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While anchored by major cities, long-distance trains also serve many rural communities en route (unlike commercial flights). A minority of passengers ride an entire route at once, with most traveling between a terminus and an intermediate stop. [8] In FY2023, Amtrak's long-distance trains carried 3,944,124 riders, around 14% of the company's ...
Passenger service to the station halted completely in 1995 when Amtrak began using the Tri-Rail station as its Delray Beach stop. [5] The station was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on September 4, 1986, and purchased by the city of Delray Beach in 2005 for $1.6 million. The station depot after the fire of February 25, 2020
However, intercity passenger service on the line was discontinued in 1971 upon the creation of Amtrak, who opted not to serve Southwest Florida. In 1977, the swing bridge over the Caloosahatchee River in Tice was replaced by the current bascule bridge. [2] [15]
Amtrak maintained Silver Meteor service to the station when it took over intercity passenger train service in 1971. Both the Silver Meteor and Amtrak's Floridian continue to use the station. On January 9, 1989, the Tri-County Commuter Rail Authority began Tri-Rail service to the station, building additional facilities and a pedestrian overpass ...
Amtrak allows carry-on baggage on all routes; services with baggage cars allow checked baggage at selected stations. [157] [158] With the passage of the Wicker Amendment in 2010 passengers are allowed to put lawfully owned, unloaded firearms in checked Amtrak baggage, reversing a decade-long ban on such carriage. [159]
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Since Amtrak ended passenger rail service over the CSX Clearwater Subdivision between Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida in February 1984, [41] Amtrak Thruway bus service has been provided at Tampa Union Station for trainside transfer of passengers and their baggage to and from Clearwater, Florida and St. Petersburg.
During 1997 and part of 1998, Amtrak operated the Capitol Limited in conjunction with the Southwest Chief, a daily Los Angeles–Chicago service. The two trains used the same Superliner equipment sets, and passengers traveling on both trains could remain aboard during the layover in Chicago.