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The Floridian is an Amtrak long-distance passenger train that operates daily between Chicago, Illinois, and Miami, Florida, via Washington, D.C.. Service officially began on November 10, 2024. Service officially began on November 10, 2024.
Amtrak is launching the Floridian, a new temporary route offering a direct round-trip between Chicago and Miami, on Nov. 10, 2024. Nashville-Chattanooga-Atlanta Amtrak route studies taking place
Amtrak is now selling tickets for its temporary Floridian route, which offers a round-trip "in comfort and style" between Miami and Chicago with stops in Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa.
In November 2024 Amtrak truncated the Silver Star at Washington and merged it with the Capitol Limited, creating a single Chicago–Washington–Miami route: the Floridian. [28] This was the first direct train service between the Midwest and Florida since the 1979 discontinuance of the original Floridian , albeit following a longer route.
The Floridian was a train operated by Amtrak from 1971 to 1979 that ran between Chicago and Florida, with two branches south of Jacksonville terminating at Miami and St. Petersburg. For its Nashville to Montgomery segment, its route followed that of several former Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N) passenger trains, including the Pan ...
The Floridian will combine the most of the Silver Star with the Capital Limited between Washington and Chicago. Amtrak to offer direct train service between the Triangle and the Midwest Skip to ...
Service began in 1981. On November 10, 2024, Amtrak temporarily combined the Capitol Limited and Silver Star, producing a Chicago-Washington–Miami route, the Floridian. The train was named for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Capitol Limited, which ended in 1971 upon the formation of Amtrak.
Southern Pines station is an Amtrak train station located in Southern Pines, North Carolina, served by the daily Floridian.The station was originally built by a predecessor of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1898, renovated in 1948, and restored to its 1948 design in 2004. [2]