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First State: Flying Yankee: New York City – Boston May 19, 1974 April 29, 1978 Replaced Shoreliner: Foggy Bottom: Washington, D.C. – New York City Free State: Washington, D.C. – New York City November 14, 1971 October 28, 1973 Garden State: Philadelphia – New York City October 28, 1979 October 24, 1981 Formerly unnamed; renamed Clocker
This is a route-map template for Amtrak California, an Amtrak state network in the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Simplified version exists at Image:Amtrak California simplified map.svg. Map of Amtrak routes in California, highlighting the Amtrak California services: Capitol Corridor (red) Pacific Surfliner (green) San Joaquins (blue) Other Amtrak routes (daily or less) are in black. Stations served by those trains have a purple center.
The Superliner Sightseer Lounge aboard the Southwest Chief. Amtrak operates two types of long-distance trains: single-level and bi-level. Due to height restrictions on the Northeast Corridor, all six routes that terminate at New York Penn Station operate as single-level trains with Amfleet coaches and Viewliner sleeping cars.
Amtrak California (reporting mark CDTX) is a brand name used by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Division of Rail for three state-supported Amtrak regional rail routes in California – the Capitol Corridor, the Pacific Surfliner, and the San Joaquins [1] – and their associated connecting network of Amtrak Thruway transportation services.
Map of the areas and stations served by Acela in 2006. The Acela (/ ə ˈ s ɛ l ə / ə-SEL-ə; originally the Acela Express until September 2019) is Amtrak's flagship passenger train service along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in the Northeastern United States between Washington, D.C. and Boston via 13 intermediate stops, including Baltimore, New York City and Philadelphia.
Amtrak receives federal funding for its operations between Boston and Washington, D.C. Northeast Regional operations south of Washington are funded in part by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Operations along the New Haven–Springfield Line are funded by the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
A 2011 study estimated that in 2010 Amtrak carried 6% of the Boston–Washington traffic, compared to 80% for automobiles, 8–9% for intercity bus, and 5% for airlines. [93] Amtrak's share of the air or rail passenger traffic between New York City and Boston has grown from 20 percent to 54 percent since 2001, and 75 percent between New York ...