Editing Wichita, Kansas (section)

====Rail====
[[File:Wichita Kansas Former Train Station (3616104314).jpg|thumb|[[Union Station (Wichita, Kansas)|Union Station]], Wichita's former passenger rail station (2009)]]

Two [[Class I railroad]]s, [[BNSF Railway]] and [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific Railroad (UP)]], operate freight rail lines through Wichita.<ref name=Metro>{{cite web | title = Getting Around the Metro Area | publisher = Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce | url = http://www.wichitakansas.org/economic_development-wichita_metro_profile-transportation.php | access-date = January 9, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110119024104/http://www.wichitakansas.org/economic_development-wichita_metro_profile-transportation.php | archive-date = January 19, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> UP's OKT Line runs generally north-south through the city; north of downtown, the line consists of trackage leased to BNSF.<ref name=CityMap/><ref>{{cite web | title = UPRR Common Line Names | publisher = [[Union Pacific Railroad]] | url = http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/maps/graphics/upcomnam2.gif | access-date = January 9, 2011}}</ref> An additional UP line enters the city from the northeast and terminates downtown.<ref name=CityMap/> BNSF's main line through the city enters from the north, passes through downtown, and exits to the southeast, paralleling highway K-15.<ref name=CityMap/><ref>{{cite web | title = Kansas Operating Division | publisher = [[BNSF Railway]] | date = April 1, 2009 | url = http://www.bnsf.com/customers/pdf/maps/div_ks.pdf | access-date = January 9, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110325001559/http://www.bnsf.com/customers/pdf/maps/div_ks.pdf | archive-date = March 25, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> The [[Wichita Terminal Association]], a joint operation between BNSF and UP, provides [[switching (railroad)|switching]] service on three miles (5&nbsp;km) of track downtown.<ref>{{cite web | title = Rail Plan 2005-2006 | publisher = [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] | pages = 66–67 | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burrail/rail/publications/ksrailpln06.pdf | access-date = January 9, 2011}}</ref> In addition, two lines of the [[Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad]] enter the city, one from the northwest and the other from the southwest, both terminating at their junction in west-central Wichita.<ref name=CityMap/>

Wichita has not had passenger rail service since 1979.<ref>{{cite news | last = Wistrom | first = Brent | title = Proposed Amtrak line would mean millions for Wichita | newspaper = [[USA Today]] | date = January 11, 2010 | url = https://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2010-01-11-amtrak-northern-flyer-wichita_N.htm | access-date = January 9, 2011 | archive-date = November 26, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111126033331/http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2010-01-11-amtrak-northern-flyer-wichita_N.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> The nearest [[Amtrak]] station is in [[Newton, Kansas|Newton]] {{convert|25|mi|km}} north, offering service on the ''[[Southwest Chief]]'' line between [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] and [[Chicago]].<ref name=Metro/> Amtrak offers bus service from downtown Wichita to its [[Newton station (Kansas)|station in Newton]] as well as to its [[Santa Fe Depot (Oklahoma City)|station]] in [[Oklahoma City]], the northern terminus of the ''[[Heartland Flyer]]'' line.<ref>{{cite web | title = Thruway Bus Connection ties two Amtrak routes together through Wichita | publisher = Amtrak | date = April 18, 2016 | url = http://media.amtrak.com/2016/04/wichita-returns-to-the-amtrak-map/ | access-date = March 7, 2017 | archive-date = March 8, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170308045301/http://media.amtrak.com/2016/04/wichita-returns-to-the-amtrak-map/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>