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[[File:Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907.png|thumb|Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907]]
 
Two of the nation's three busiest rail centers are in Missouri. [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] is a major railroad hub for [[BNSF Railway]], [[Norfolk Southern Railway]], [[Kansas City Southern Railway]], and [[Union Pacific Railroad]], and every class{{nbsp}}1 railroad serves Missouri. Kansas City is the second-largest freight rail center in the USU.S. (but is first in the amount of tonnage handled). Like Kansas City, St. Louis is a major destination for train freight. Springfield remains an operational hub for BNSF Railway.
 
[[Amtrak]] passenger trains serve [[Union Station (Kansas City, Missouri)|Kansas City]], [[La Plata (Amtrak station)|La Plata]], [[Jefferson City station|Jefferson City]], [[Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center|St. Louis]], [[Lee's Summit, Missouri|Lee's Summit]], [[Independence (Amtrak station)|Independence]], [[Warrensburg, Missouri|Warrensburg]], [[Hermann, Missouri|Hermann]], [[Washington, Missouri|Washington]], Kirkwood, [[Sedalia, Missouri|Sedalia]], and [[Poplar Bluff, Missouri|Poplar Bluff]]. A proposed [[high-speed rail]] route in Missouri as part of the [[Chicago Hub Network]] has received $31&nbsp;million in funding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/realitycheck/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-chicago-st-louis-kansas-city|title=Fact Sheet: High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program: Chicago–St. Louis–Kansas City|access-date=January 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128213342/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/realitycheck/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-chicago-st-louis-kansas-city|archive-date=January 28, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>{{update|reference from 2010 about Chicago Hub Network high-speed rail|date=June 2023}}