Want to go somewhere in Texas by train?

Traveling by train is an excellent alternative to driving or flying. Here are some great ways to both see Texas and travel to other parts of the country by rail!

Texas Eagle

Daily service originating in Chicago & San Antonio. Tri-weekly service San Antonio to Los Angeles as the Texas Eagle connects with the Sunset Limited at the Alamo city three days a week. Daily Texas Eagle service includes to/from Bloomington/Normal, Ill; Springfield, Ill; St. Louis and Little Rock, AR.

Texas cities served include Texarkana, Marshall, Longview, Mineola, Dallas, Fort Worth, Cleburne, McGregor (Waco), Temple, Taylor, Austin, San Marcos, San Antonio.

Note: Amtrak no longer publishes printed timetables so download this timetable for your next trip!

• More Info: TexasEagle.com
• Time Tables: Download PDF

Heartland Flyer

Daily service Fort Worth to Oklahoma City. Cities served include Fort Worth, Gainesville, Ardmore, Pauls Valley, Purcell, Norman and Oklahoma City. Note: Amtrak no longer publishes printed timetables so download this timetable for your next trip!

• Time Tables: Download PDF

Sunset Limited

Tri-weekly service originating in New Orleans & Los Angeles. Cities served include Beaumont, Houston, San Antonio, Del Rio, Sanderson, Alpine and El Paso. Note: Amtrak no longer publishes printed timetables so download this timetable for your next trip!

• Time Tables: Download PDF

Freight Rail

• https://railfanguides.us/system/awrr/index.htm

• http://www.bnsf.com/customers/where-can-i-ship/maps/

• http://www.fwwr.net/fwwr-system-map.php

• http://www.kcsouthern.com/en-us/why-choose-kcs/network-map

• http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/rail/south_orient/map.pdf

• ftp://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/rail/railroad_map.pdf

• https://www.up.com/aboutup/reference/maps/

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Intercity Passenger Rail

• http://texaseagle.com/

• http://heartlandflyer.com/

• http://www.amtrak.com

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TXDOT / TTI Maps

• http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/rail/plan/maps/freight_density.pdf

• http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/rail/railroad_map.pdf

• http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/rail/city_pairs_ranking.pdf

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Urban / Regional Passenger Rail Maps

• http://www.capmetro.org/schedmap/?svc=2

• https://www.dart.org/maps/printrailmap.asp

• https://www.dcta.net/service-overview/a-train-rail-service

• https://www.ridemetro.org/Pages/Rail.aspx

• http://www.trinityrailwayexpress.org/stations.html

• https://ridetrinitymetro.org/texrail-schedule/

Alpine – Austin – Beaumont – Carrollton – Cleburne – Dallas – Del Rio – Denton – El Paso – Farmers Branch – Fort Hood* – Fort Worth – Gainesville – Galveston* – Grapevine – Highland Village – Houston – Hurst – Irving – Leander – Lewisville – Longview – Marshall – McGregor (Waco) – Mineola – Nacogdoches* – North Richland Hills – Plano – Richardson – Richland Hills – San Antonio – Sanderson – San Marcos – Shreveport* – Taylor – Temple – Texarkana

*Connecting Amtrak Thruway Bus

Flatonia (for Victoria) – this city has requested an Amtrak stop but has not yet been approved

• SunMetro – El Paso Streetcar
• Houston METRORail – Houston proper
• Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) – Dallas and suburbs / DFW Airport
• Trinity Railway Express – Dallas to Fort Worth
• TEXRail – Fort Worth to DFW International Airport
• Austin CapMetro MetroRail – Leander to Austin
• A-Train Denton County – Denton to Carrollton

From November 1962 Official Railway Guide: