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The ''Texas Eagle'' is a 1,306-mile (2,102 km) passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the central and western United States. Trains run daily between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, and continue to Los Angeles, California, 2,728 miles (4,390 km) total, three days a week (incorporated as part of the ''Sunset Limited''). Prior to 1988 the train was known as the ''Eagle''. During fiscal year 2011, the ''Texas Eagle'' carried nearly 300,000 passengers, a 4.3% increase over FY2010. The train had a total revenue of $24,475,309 during FY2011, an increase of 7.7% from FY 2010.〔 == History == Amtrak's ''Texas Eagle'' is the direct successor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Texas and Pacific Railway train of the same name, which was inaugurated in 1948 and ultimately discontinued in 1971. The route of Amtrak's ''Texas Eagle'' is longer (Chicago to San Antonio versus St. Louis to San Antonio), but much of today's route is historically a part of the original ''Texas Eagle'' route. St. Louis to Texarkana and Taylor, Texas, to San Antonio is over former Missouri Pacific Railroad trackage, while the Texarkana to Fort Worth segment traverses the former Texas and Pacific Railway. The ''Eagle'' began on October 2, 1981, as a restructuring of the discontinued ''Inter-American'', which had operated a daily schedule from Chicago to Laredo, Texas, via San Antonio with a section to Houston, Texas, which diverged at Temple, Texas. The new ''Eagle'' dropped the Houston section and cut back from Laredo to San Antonio. The new train carried Superliner equipment, replacing the Amfleet coaches on the ''Inter-American''. In addition, the new train ran on a tri-weekly schedule with a through car on the ''Sunset Limited'' to Los Angeles, although the latter was not announced until the April 1982 timetable. On November 15, 1988 Amtrak revived a Houston section, this time diverging at Dallas and running over the tracks of the Southern Pacific. It was the first time passenger traffic had served that route since 1958. Amtrak had intended to operate the ''Lone Star'' over this route back in the 1970s but dropped the plan in the face of obstruction from the Southern Pacific.〔; 83, 89.〕 With the change Amtrak revived the name "''Texas Eagle''" for the thrice-weekly Chicago-San Antonio/Houston train, while the off-day Chicago-St. Louis train remained the ''Eagle''. On April 4, 2013 Amtrak opened a new station in Hope, Arkansas, the hometown of former U.S. president Bill Clinton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/442/547/Amtrak-Hope-service-announcement-ATK-13-028.pdf )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Texas Eagle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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