Like all Amtrak trains, the Texas Eagle depends on a federal subsidy to maintain operations. In recent years, Congress has set and voted on Amtrak's appropriation one year at a time. Generally this process begins in the spring.

For a list of congressional representatives--House and Senate--for Amtrak stations by state, select it from the list in the left margin. You can also view members of Congress by train for all long-distance and selected shorter-distance service from the list in the left margin.

Here are a few statistics on the 255 congressional districts that contain at least one active Amtrak station:

• 126 are represented by Democrats
• 128 are represented by Republicans
• 1 is represented by an independent

(179 members of the House of Representatives have no Amtrak stations in their districts.)

Red/blue distribution of Amtrak's 524 stations: