e/River Cities (Amtrak)

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has gloss	eng: The River Cities was a passenger train operated by Amtrak between and via . Not a true train in its own right, the River Cities was the name given to through car service from Kansas City to New Orleans via the Kansas City Mule and the City of New Orleans. In through cars would be de-coupled from the northbound City of New Orleans and attached to their own engine. The train, now the River Cities, would proceed to St. Louis, where additional cars were attached to form the westbound Kansas City Mule. For southbound trains the procedure was reversed. Amtrak ended the service on November 4, 1993, as part of national cost-cutting measures, and instituted Thruway Motorcoach service between St. Louis and . The only city to permanently lose service was .
lexicalization	eng: River Cities
instance of	c/Former Amtrak routes