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The Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study was created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to be completed by the Federal Railroad Administration.Its purpose is to evaluate the restoration and addition of discontinued and new long-distance passenger services, as well as the upgrading of tri-weekly long-distance services to daily operation.
UPDATE: Amtrak is working restore all canceled train routes on Thursday after freight rail companies and labor unions reached a tentative agreement to avoid a strike. The company said in a brief ...
Currently, Amtrak's only Tennessee stops are on the City of New Orleans line in Memphis and Newbern-Dyersburg. Amtrak is launching the Floridian, a new temporary route offering a direct round-trip ...
Amtrak has delayed the rollout of its upcoming high-speed Acela trains to 2024. The new trains will have more seats, speed, and comfort. See inside the upcoming train cars with a modernized cafe ...
The Silver Star is a temporarily discontinued long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 1,522-mile (2,449 km) route between New York City and Miami via Washington, D.C.; Richmond, Virginia; Raleigh, North Carolina; Columbia, South Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; Jacksonville, Florida; and Tampa, Florida.
This listing includes current and discontinued routes operated by Amtrak since May 1, 1971. Some intercity trains were also operated after 1971 by the Alaska Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Georgia Railroad, Reading Company, and Southern Railway.
Amtrak’s new Acela trains are already years late. The new trains were supposed to enter service in 2021, and the railroad says the delay is because testing isn’t going smoothly.
Inter-city passenger train service operated by Amtrak has been proposed between Nashville, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia, via Chattanooga, Tennessee. As of December 2023 [update] , the project is moving forward and has received federal funding for engineering and feasibility studies.