Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2012
State of Texas
Amtrak-Texas partnership
Grants from the State of Texas help support the daily Heartland Flyer service
between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City
z Almost 69,000 Texas residents are members of the Amtrak Guest Rewards
frequent user program
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Amtrak Service & Ridership
Amtrak operates one shorter-distance train, the Heartland Flyer (daily Fort Worth-Gainesville-Oklahoma
City) and two long-distance trains through Texas:
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The Sunset Limited (tri-weekly Orlando-New Orleans-Los Angeles via Houston, San Antonio,
and El Paso)*
The Texas Eagle (daily Chicago-Dallas-San Antonio with tri-weekly through car service via the
Sunset Limited to Los Angeles)
* Sunset Limited service suspended east of New Orleans.
During FY12 Amtrak served the following Texas locations:
City
Alpine
Austin
Beaumont
Cleburne
Dallas
Del Rio
El Paso
Fort Worth
Gainesville
Houston
Longview
Marshall
McGregor
Mineola
San Antonio
Boardings + Alightings
4,416
41,638
2,724
4,536
55,764
2,175
12,329
141,696
8,055
20,327
49,126
10,025
4,988
6,956
70,161
Amtrak Government Affairs: November 2012
San Marcos
Sanderson
Taylor
Temple
Total Texas Station Usage:
7,294
255
4,979
17,856
465,300
(up 9.2% from FY11)
Procurement/Contracts
Amtrak spent $23,002,766 on goods and services in Texas in FY12. Much of this was in the following
locations:
City
Austin
Dallas
Houston
Irving
Southlake
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$
$
$
$
Amount
5,307,313
6,213,913
2,127,284
1,495,675
2,052,805
Employment
At the end of FY12, Amtrak employed 201 Texas residents. Total wages of Amtrak employees living in
Texas were $14,872,422 during FY12.
State-Assisted Services
The Texas Transportation Commission voted in September 2006 to begin contributing a part of the
operating grant for the Fort Worth-Oklahoma City Heartland Flyer. The State of Oklahoma also
contributes to this service.
Station Improvements
Beaumont: Amtrak in January 2012 opened a new shelter station and ADA-compliant platform on the
former site of the Missouri Pacific station. Adjacent property has been acquired by the city and is slated
to host a new police substation with public restrooms.
Longview: The city has recently acquired the former Texas & Pacific Railroad station from the previous
owner, the Union Pacific Railroad, for restoration. When complete, Amtrak will be moved back into the
original waiting room and ticket office, while the rest of the building will be used for city offices and
meeting space. The $2.8-million restoration project is scheduled to begin construction in December 2012
and be complete by fall 2013.
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Infrastructure Improvements
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced on September 1, 2011, a $34 million TIGER
II grant for improvements to rail lines in and around Tower 55 in Fort Worth. The project is
expected to greatly improve rail and street traffic flow in the area, where two busy freight lines
currently intersect at grade. The Texas Eagle backs in and out of the Fort Worth station through
Tower 55. The project will begin construction in 2012 and has matching grants from Texas DOT
($1 million), City of Fort Worth ($1 million), BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad ($65
million).
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--Amtrak Government Affairs, summer 2011