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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.
However, it turned west at Jacksonville and ran via Waldo, Ocala, Wildwood, Dade City, Tampa and Lakeland, before rejoining the Silver Star and Silver Meteor in Auburndale. [4] Amtrak reinstated the Palmetto name on May 1, 2002, after eliminating the sleeper and dining cars, but it still provided service to Florida.
In November 2024 Amtrak truncated the Silver Star at Washington and merged it with the Capitol Limited, creating a single Chicago–Washington–Miami route: the Floridian. [28] This was the first direct train service between the Midwest and Florida since the 1979 discontinuance of the original Floridian, albeit following a longer route.
The Floridian will combine the most of the Silver Star with the Capital Limited between Washington and Chicago. Amtrak to offer direct train service between the Triangle and the Midwest Skip to ...
This is a route-map template for the Silver Star, 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.
The rebooted, temporary Floridian line is a combination of Amtrak's Capitol Limited and Silver Star lines, connecting Chicago with Miami and stops along the East Coast.
[6] Amtrak confirmed this speculation on September 23, 2024, announcing the temporary merger of the Capitol Limited and the Silver Star. The new train, called the Floridian, will use the entire route of the Capitol Limited between Chicago and Washington, D.C., and the route of the Silver Star between Washington, D.C
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