Hermann (Amtrak station)
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The Hermann Amtrak station is a train station in Hermann
Hermann, Missouri
Hermann is a city designated in 1842 as the county seat of Gasconade County, Missouri, United States. It is near the center of the Missouri Rhineland and south of the Missouri River. The population was 2,674 at the 2000 census....

, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 served by Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...

, the national railroad passenger system.

Hermann became a permanent stop on September 28, 1991 when the Mules
Mules (Amtrak)
The Kansas City Mule and St. Louis Mule were a pair of 283-mile passenger trains operated by Amtrak running between St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri as part of the Missouri Service train network. From 2007 these trains used the same track as one other Amtrak route, the Ann Rutledge...

and Ann Rutledge
Ann Rutledge (Amtrak)
The Ann Rutledge was a passenger train service operated by Amtrak running between St. Louis, Missouri, and Kansas City, Missouri as part of the Missouri Services brand...

began stopping there. Trains had previously stopped only during Hermann's annual Maifest and Octoberfest.

Of the twelve Missouri stations served by Amtrak, Hermann was the eighth busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 35 passengers daily.

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