Railroads Serving San Antonio

Amtrak, Union Pacific, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Passenger Services

The Amtrak train station in San Antonio serves two Amtrak lines: the Sunset Limited and the Texas Eagle. The two lines are part of the same train from Los Angeles, California, but split at this station with the Sunset Limited continuing on to New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Texas Eagle to Chicago, Illinois.

San Antonio Station provides an Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach route serving Harlingen, Brownsville, and McAllen, Texas.

Of the 19 Texas stations served by Amtrak, San Antonio was the second-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 160 passengers daily. For more information, click here.

Competitive Access

Thanks to the Surface Transportation Board approval of the Union Pacific / Southern Pacific (UP / SP) merger, San Antonio has the ability to offer competitive rail services to all parts of the U.S., various border crossing points into Mexico, and access to deep water ports. BNSF and UP have reciprocal switching agreements on certain tracks within the city limits. For more information on BNSF, visit www.bnsf.com and for more information on UP, visit www.up.com.