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  2. List of Amtrak routes - Wikipedia

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    Amtrak restored the Empire Service brand with the June 11, 1972, timetable, and added individual train names on the May 19, 1974, timetable. [5] [6] As was done on the Northeast Corridor with NortheastDirect, individual train names for New York-Albany and New York-Niagara Falls service were dropped on October 28, 1995, and replaced with Empire. [7]

  3. Long-distance Amtrak routes - Wikipedia

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    Amtrak's long-distance network is a legacy of the railroad age, when trains operated by private railroad companies were the fastest and sometimes only mode of intercity transportation. The mid-20th century saw steep disinvestment in passenger rail relative to air and highway travel. Passenger trains became financial burdens for railroad ...

  4. Template:Amtrak Auto Train - Wikipedia

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    This is a route-map template for the Auto Train, an Amtrak train service in the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.

  5. High-speed rail in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Under the most common international definition of high-speed rail (speeds above 155 mph (250 km/h) on newly built lines and speeds above 124 mph (200 km/h) on upgraded lines), Amtrak's Acela is the United States' only true high-speed rail service, reaching 150 mph (240 km/h) over 49.9 miles (80.3 km) of track along the Northeast Corridor. [2]

  6. Amtrak - Wikipedia

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    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (/ ˈ æ m t r æ k /; reporting marks AMTK, AMTZ), is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and track.

  7. I rode Amtrak's legendary Winter Park Express train to a ski ...

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    Amtrak employees helped us unload our ski gear from the train. Molly O'Brien We pulled into the train platform shortly after 9 a.m., and I could see the ski runs right out the train windows.

  8. Category:Former Amtrak routes - Wikipedia

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    Cape Codder (train) Capitols (Amtrak train) Cascadia (train) Champion (train) Charter Oak (train) Chesapeake (train, 1994–1995) Chesapeake (train) City of San Francisco (train) Clamdigger (train) Clocker (train) Coast Daylight; Colonial (Amtrak train) Connecticut Connector; Connecticut Valley Service; Connecticut Yankee (train)

  9. U.S. Route 80 - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Route 80 or U.S. Highway 80 (US 80) is a major east–west United States Numbered Highway in the Southern United States, much of which was once part of the early auto trail known as the Dixie Overland Highway. As the "0" in the route number indicates, it was originally a cross-country route, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.