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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amtrak Lone Star canonical 2
Lone Star (train) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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