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Osceola station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Osceola, Iowa, United States served by Amtrak. Osceola is the closest Amtrak station to Des Moines , Iowa's capital and most populous city, which is about 50 miles (80 km) to the north.
I-235 east – West Des Moines, Des Moines: I-235 exit 123: 72B: I-80 west – Council Bluffs, Omaha: Southern end of I-80 concurrency; no exit number southbound; I-80 east exit 123B: West Des Moines–Clive line: 73.231: 117.854: 72C: University Avenue – Clive: Signed as exit 124 southbound; access to MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center ...
Osceola is located at the junction of Interstate 35 and U.S. Routes 34 and 69. It lies 35 miles (56 km) north of the Missouri border, and approximately 40 mi (64 km) south of Des Moines . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 6.68 square miles (17.30 km 2 ), of which 6.48 square miles (16.78 km 2 ) is land ...
The California Zephyr, which goes from San Franciso to Chicago, stops in Osceola. There have long been discussions about bringing a route directly to Des Moines with service to Chicago. That route ...
In Des Moines, I-35 has a 12-mile (19 km) overlap with I-80. The concurrency takes place northwest of the downtown district of the city. At exit 127 of I-80, the overlap turns east and terminates at exit 137 via an interchange with I-235. North of Des Moines, I-35 is mainly parallel with US 69, traversing a vast and rural area of Iowa. [6]
Des Moines, Northern and Western Railroad: Des Moines North Western Railway: MILW: 1880 1888 Des Moines and Northwestern Railway: Des Moines and Northwestern Railway: MILW: 1887 1891 Des Moines, Northern and Western Railway: Des Moines, Osceola and Southern Railroad: CB&Q: 1879 1887 Des Moines and Kansas City Railway: Des Moines and St. Louis ...
It uses the eastern leg of the Des Moines to Burlington Highway, which since 2009 has carried the Iowa 163 designation when it was extended from Oskaloosa to Burlington. Prior to 2009, Iowa 163 ran from Des Moines to Oskaloosa. The application of the 163 route number gave the Des Moines to Burlington corridor a single route number. [7]
The Osceola station is served by the Chicago–San Francisco California Zephyr; there is no Osceola–Des Moines Amtrak Thruway connecting service. [109] There have been proposals to extend Amtrak's planned Chicago–Moline Quad City Rocket to Des Moines via the Iowa Interstate Railroad. [110] [111]