Amtrak Lone Star

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Amtrak Lone Star was a former long-distance passenger train route that operated between Chicago and Texas in the 1970s and early 1980s before its discontinuation.

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Amtrak Lone Star canonical 2
Lone Star (train) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf long-distance train
passenger train service
category Former Amtrak routes
Passenger rail transportation in Illinois
Passenger rail transportation in Kansas
Passenger rail transportation in Oklahoma
Passenger rail transportation in Texas
country United States
discontinuationReason federal budget cuts
route rationalization
discontinuedBy Amtrak
endPoint Dallas, Texas
Houston, Texas
linked to: Houston

San Antonio, Texas
formerName Texas Chief
namedAfter Lone Star State
linked to: Texas
nameRefersTo Texas
onboardService coach seating
dining car
lounge car
sleeping cars
operatedOnInfrastructure Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
operatingEra 1970s
early 1980s
operator Amtrak
primaryStateServed Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
propulsion diesel
railGauge standard gauge
railwayLineUsed Santa Fe line through Kansas and Oklahoma
Santa Fe main line between Chicago and Kansas City
replacedBy Amtrak Heartland Flyer (partial corridor successor)
Amtrak Southwest Chief
linked to: Southwest Chief
routeVia Fort Worth, Texas
Kansas City, Missouri
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Topeka, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
serviceEndYear 1979
serviceFrequency daily
serviceStartYear 1971
serviceType inter-city rail
startPoint Chicago, Illinois
linked to: Chicago
successorTo Texas Chief
trainNumber 15
16

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Amtrak Heartland Flyer replaced Amtrak Lone Star
Texas Chief successor Lone Star (train)
linked to: Amtrak Lone Star