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The Long Distance Service Line is the division of Amtrak responsible for operating all intercity passenger train services in the United States longer than 750 miles (1,210 km). There are fourteen such routes as of 2024 [update] , serving over 300 stations in 39 states.
The first New York-Chicago route was provided on January 24, 1853 with the completion of the Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland Railroad to Grafton, Ohio on the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad. The route later became part of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, owned by the New York Central Railroad. [1]
This is a list of the operating passenger rail transit systems in the United States. This list does not include intercity rail services such as the Alaska Railroad or Amtrak and its state-sponsored subsidiaries. "Region" refers to the metropolitan area based around the city listed, where applicable. Operating Region State System Authority Type (FTA) Albuquerque New Mexico Rail Runner Express ...
City/area served Annual ridership 2024 [1] Avg. ridership weekdays, Q4 2024 [2] System length Avg. boardings per mile weekdays, Q4 2024 Opened Stations Lines 1 New York City Subway: NYCTA [note 1] New York City: 2,040,132,000 6,734,700 248 mi (399 km) [3] 27,156 1904 [4] 472 [4] 26 [4] 2 Washington Metro: WMATA: Washington metropolitan area ...
Kansas City – New York City July 12, 1971 October 1, 1979 Renamed from Spirit of St. Louis: Pennsylvanian † Pittsburgh – Philadelphia: April 27, 1980 October 29, 1983 Pittsburgh – New York City October 30, 1983 November 6, 1998 Chicago – New York City November 7, 1998 January 26, 2003 Pittsburgh – New York City January 27, 2003
Harrisburg–Philadelphia–New York City USA: Keystone Service [note 1] Pennsylvania / New York: 1: 5,000: Overhead line, 12 kV 25 Hz AC New York City–Long Island USA: Long Island Rail Road: New York: 11: 360,000: 276,800 Third rail, 750 V DC (only parts of the network) Baltimore–Washington, D.C. USA: MARC Train: Maryland / West Virginia ...
NJ Transit Rail – 1 commuter rail line (shared with New York City metropolitan area), operated by New Jersey Transit River Line – 1 light rail line, operated by New Jersey Transit. Pittsburgh; The T – 2 light rail lines (and one with operations presently suspended), operated by the Port Authority of Allegheny County. Greater Washington, D.C.
Long Island Rail Road: New York City–Montauk, New York [1964] 1963–1966 Beacon Hill: Amtrak: Boston–New Haven, Connecticut [1979] 1978–1981 Bear Mountain: Amtrak: New York City–Albany, New York [1985] 1977; 1981–1995 Beaver: Southern Pacific: San Francisco–Portland, Oregon [1942] 1940–1949 Beaver: New York Central