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The city of Norfolk had long been served by passenger railroads, including Norfolk & Western at Norfolk Terminal Station (demolished 1963), and then by N&W and Amtrak at Lambert's Point station. But passenger service to the city dwindled in the mid-20th century and stopped altogether in 1977, when Amtrak ended its Mountaineer train.
Staunton station is an Amtrak train station in Staunton, Virginia, located in the downtown Wharf Area Historic District of the city. It is served by Amtrak's Cardinal , which runs between New York and Chicago .
[3] [4] Unlike many U.S. heritage operations, which operate on lightly used branch lines, the VSR trains share track with Amtrak and CSX operations. [5] Around autumn of 2023, ex-Norfolk and Western 4-8-4 steam locomotive No. 611, visited the VSR to haul the weekend Shenandoah Valley Limited excursions between Goshen and Staunton.
Amtrak Virginia is the collective name for Virginia's state-supported Amtrak train service, all of which falls under the Northeast Regional brand. Amtrak Virginia trains run between Washington, D.C., and one of four southern termini: Richmond, Newport News, Norfolk, or Roanoke.
30th Street Station in Philadelphia Omaha station in Omaha, Nebraska, designed as part of the Amtrak Standard Stations Program This is a list of train stations and Amtrak Thruway stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States). This list is in alphabetical order by station or stop name, which mostly corresponds to the city in which it is located. If an ...
Long distance New York – Miami: 97, 98: 1 298,328 1,389 Southwest Chief: Long distance Chicago – Los Angeles 3, 4: 1 261,485 2,256 Sunset Limited: Long distance New Orleans – Los Angeles 1, 2: 3 weekly round trips: 76,937 1,995 Texas Eagle: Long distance Chicago – San Antonio (through cars to Los Angeles on the Sunset Limited) 21, 22 ...
Discontinued Amtrak long-distance routes Name Year started [note 8] Year discontinued Eastern terminus Western terminus Later analog James Whitcomb Riley: 1971 1977 Washington, DC: Chicago, IL: Cardinal: Mountaineer: 1975 1977 Norfolk, VA: Chicago, IL: Hilltopper: Champion: 1971 1979 New York, NY: St. Petersburg, FL: Silver Meteor: Floridian ...
Amtrak Northeast Corridor: New Rochelle to Washington, D.C. Some trips diverge at New Haven and turn north to serve Springfield, Massachusetts, operating over Amtrak's New Haven–Springfield Line. Additional service on that line is provided by Amtrak's Hartford Line trains, which have timed transfers to and from many Northeast Regional trips. [3]