Rail travel

Transit officials say a $1 billion expansion of the MetroLink that would connect north and south St. Louis along Jefferson Avenue will rely on federal transit grants.

The passenger train, which departed from Kansas City Tuesday morning, was headed to Chicago via St. Louis and crashed just north of Pleasant Hill. No passengers or staff aboard were injured.

Spokesman Marc Magliari discussed some of the latest changes along Amtrak corridors that run through St. Louis. Service along the passenger rail line that runs between St. Louis and Kansas City was just reduced by 50% due to a lack of funding from the state of Missouri.