(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 1.)
DES MOINES, Iowa — Passengers on Amtrak’s California Zephyr will arrive at their destinations — by bus.
Amtrak uses a railroad bridge over the Mississippi River in Burlington that was closed when it was hit by a barge early today.
The California Zephyr operates between Chicago and San Francisco, and is heading back to Chicago.
Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says it will make a scheduled stop in Mount Pleasant in southeast Iowa this afternoon, where it will end the service.
Amtrak will then bus 140 passengers to their destinations, which are Burlington and three stops in Illinois — Galesburg, Naperville and Chicago.
Magliari says Amtrak has been told the bridge will reopen today, and the afternoon train, which leaves Chicago for San Francisco, will be able to use it.