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Amtrak's Western Thruway Bus Service

Connections with western trains.

Schedules effective October 31, 2005.

Schedules are included for the following connections:

• Amtrak California Thruway Service
• Amtrak Thruway Washington - Oregon - Idaho Services
  • Albany, OR - Corvallis - Newport, OR
  • Portland - Astoria
  • Portland - Pendleton - Boise, ID
  • Portland - Grant's Pass - Medford, OR
  • Wenatchee - Omak, WA
  • Seattle - Spokane, WA - Boise, ID (Train/bus service)
• Seattle - Vancouver, BC (Cascades schedule)
• Ontario - Bend - Eugene - Coos Bay, OR
• Chemult - Bend - Redmond
• Klamath Falls - Ashland
• Fargo - Winnepeg
• Fargo - Sioux Falls - Omaha
• Whitefish - Kalispell - Missoula
• Albuquerque - El Paso
• Denver - Colorado Springs - Raton, NM
• Denver - Cheyenne, WY - Casper, WY
• Denver - Vail, CO - Glenwood Springs, CO
• Flagstaff - Williams - Grand Canyon
• Flagstaff - Phoenix
• Emeryville - San Francisco
• Glenwood - Aspen - Vail
• Houston - Galveston
• Galesburg - Springfield, IL
• Kansas City - Tulsa
• Lamy, NM - Santa Fe, NM
• Kingman - Laughlin - Las Vegas
• Longview - Shreveport - Bossier City, LA
• Longview - Houston - Galveston
• Las Vegas - Los Angeles
• St. Paul-Minneapolis - Duluth
• Salt Lake City - Ogden - Twin Falls - Boise
• Salt Lake City - Las Vegas
• San Antonio - Brownsville, TX
• San Antonio - Laredo, TX
• Shelby, MT - Great Falls - Butte
• Oklahoma City - Tulsa - Kansas City
• Temple, TX - Killeen-Fort Hood, TX
• Williams, AZ - Williams Junction
• East and Northeast thruway connections
• Midwest thruway connections

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Denver - Colorado Springs - Pueblo, CO - Raton, NM

Thruway Bus Number                      6003    8004    8305    8306
Days of Operation                       Daily   Daily   Daily   Daily
Connecting Train                                         R5      R6 
                             miles                                  .
Denver, CO - Union Sta. (MT)    o  Dp   6:00a   7:20a  11:50a  11:35p 
Colorado Sprgs, CO             70       7:45a   9:05a   1:20p   1:00a
Pueblo, CO                    112       8:35a  10:20a   2:15p   1:50a
Raton, NM               (MT)  220  Ar  10:25a  12:25p               .

Connecting Train                         R3      R4      

Thruway Bus Number                      8405    6003    8406    6004
Days of Operation                       Daily   Daily   Daily   Daily

Connecting Train                                 R3              R4
                             miles                                  .
Raton, NM               (MT)    0  Dp          11:27a           6:00p
Pueblo, CO                    108       3:10a   1:20p   1:30p   8:10p 
Colorado Sprgs, CO            150       4:05a   2:15p   2:20p   9:00p
Denver, CO              (MT)  220  Ar   5:30a   3:55p   3:55p  10:25p

Connecting Train                         R5              R6

R -- Reservations required on this train.

Trains 3 and 4 connecting at Raton are the Southwest Chief.
Trains 5 and 6 connecting at Denver are the California Zephyr.
All trains are reserved.

Operated by TNM&O.

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San Antonio - Brownsville, TX

  8201            Thruway Bus Number            8021
  Daily           Days of Operation             Daily
 R1,R21           Connecting Train             R1,R21
Read down                                      Read up
        miles                                        
  6:15p    0  Dp  Brownsville, TX               
  7:00p   26      Harlingen, TX                 7:40a
  8:15p   58      McAllen, TX                   6:15a
 12:25a  295  Ar  San Antonio, TX    (CT) Ar    1:55a

  8001            Thruway Bus Number            8422
                                                     
  4:25a    0  Dp  San Antonio, TX    (CT) Ar    5:15a
  8:20a  237      McAllen, TX                   1:30a
  9:50a  269      Harlingen, TX                12:30a
 10:50a  295  Ar  Brownsville, TX         Dp   11:45p

Connects with the all-reserved daily east of San Antonio Texas Eagle, trains 21 and 22, and the tri-weekly Sunset Limited, trains 1 (TuThSa) and 2 (TuFrSu).

Operated by Greyhound Lines.

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San Antonio - Laredo, TX

  8121            Thruway Bus number            8122 
  Daily           Days of Operation             Daily

 R1,R21           Connecting Train             R2,R22

Read down                                     Read up
         miles                                       

  4:10a    0  Dp  San Antonio, TX     (CT)  Ar  3:20a
  6:40a  153  Ar  Laredo, TX -              Dp 12:45a
                  (801 San Bernardo)                 

Connects with the all-reserved daily Texas Eagle, trains 21 and 22, and the tri-weekly Sunset Limited, trains 1 (TuThSa) and 2 (TuFrSu).

Operated by Greyhound Lines.

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Credits:

• Minor edits January 10, 2006.
• Updated to October 31 schedules December 20, 2005.
• These schedules authorized by Amtrak, and provided by volunteers from the railroad newsgroup.
  
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Notice:

• Subject to change without notice.
• Neither Amtrak nor the authors accept responsibility for errors or omissions.
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