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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.
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 ...
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.
Floridian: Plant City, Florida: Grade crossing 10 0 The train struck a pickup truck at a grade crossing, killing all ten occupants of the truck. RHR-78-2 June 9, 1978 Montrealer: Seabrook, Maryland: Train collision 0 176 A Conrail commuter train collided with the rear end of the Amtrak train. RAR-79-3 March 28, 1979 Empire Builder: Lohman ...
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 ...
It is the southern terminus for Amtrak's Floridian and Silver Meteor trains. The station opened in 1978 to replace a 48-year-old Seaboard Air Line Railroad station. It is several blocks away from the Tri-Rail and Metrorail Transfer Station , but there is no direct connection between the two.