(AP) – There’s a new Amtrak train stop in Arcadia, Missouri.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a stop in the small southeastern Missouri
town opened this past week.
The train depot was built in 1941 and has since been renovated. It also serves
as a museum.
It’s been close to 50 years since a passenger rail service went through the
area.
A little more than 600 people live in Arcadia, a town that relies heavily on
tourism to nearby Johnson’s Shut-Ins, Elephant Rocks and Taum Sauk Mountain
state parks.
Arcadia leaders say they hope the stop will attract more tourism and spur the
economy.
The stop is along Amtrak’s Texas Eagle line, which connects cities including
Chicago, St. Louis and Ft. Worth, Texas.
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