Eight more trains added to Amtrak Midwest cancellation list

CHICAGO — Amtrak’s list of Midwest train cancellations because of extreme cold weather continues to expand.

Added to the list in an updated advisory issued at 1 a.m. ET today (Monday, Jan. 20) are the following trains that were scheduled to operate today:

— Combined Missouri River Runner/Lincoln Service train No. 318 , the 8:40 a.m. departure from Kansas City to Chicago. Bus transportation will be provided between Kansas City and Chicago, with passengers then accommodated on train No. 306, an 5:40 p.m. departure from St. Louis to Chicago.

— The St. Louis-Kansas City portion of Lincoln Service/Missouri River Runner train No. 319, scheduled to depart Chicago at 9:40 a.m. and leave St. Louis at 3:11 p.m. Bus service will be provided on the cancelled portion.

— Missouri River Runners No. 311 (St. Louis-Kansas City, departing 8:11 a.m.) and 316 (Kansas City-St. Louis, departing 4:05 p.m.). Bus transportation will be provided.

— Lincoln Service trains No. 300 (St. Louis-Chicago, departing 4:30 a.m.), whose passengers will instead take No. 302, departing at 6:25 a.m.; No. 301 (Chicago-St. Louis, 7:15 a.m. departure), whose passengers will instead take train No. 319; and No. 305 (Chicago-St. Louis, departing 5:20 p.m.), whose passengers will now take No. 307, departing 7:10 p.m.

— Saluki No. 390, a 7:30 a.m. departure from Carbondale, Ill., for Chicago. Bus transportation will be provided.

Today’s Midwest and long-distance cancellations now include at least 27 trains. Previously announced cancellations today through Wednesday, Jan. 22, involving the Empire Builder, Sunset Limited, Texas Eagle, City of New Orleans, Hiawatha, Wolverine, Borealis, and Carl Sandburg are detailed in a previous report [see “Amtrak cancels more Midwest trains …,” Trains News Wire, Jan. 17, 2025].

Also cancelled is  at least one Northeast Corridor train — Acela No. 2163, scheduled to depart Boston for Washington at 11:05 a.m. It has been cancelled because of “equipment unavailability,” according to the Amtrak NEC Alerts feed on X.com.