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After the Southern Railway opted-in to Amtrak in 1979, and the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1983, Amtrak was left as the sole long-distance train operator in the US. In the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA), Congress divided Amtrak's routes into three strictly-defined service lines: Northeast Corridor ...
Pages in category "Passenger rail transportation in Wyoming" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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
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 ...
New York City–Chicago [1907] 1902–1914 Buffalonian: West Shore Railroad: New York City–Buffalo, New York (with sleeping cars to Chicago, St. Louis, and Boston) [1915] 1910–1925 Buffalonian: New York Central: New York City–Buffalo, New York [1924] 1915–1932 Buffalonian: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
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: Third rail, 750 V DC (only parts of the network) Baltimore–Washington, D.C. USA: MARC Train: Maryland / West Virginia ...
Trains for what is being called the nation's first true high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area will be built at a new factory in upstate New York, Senate Majority Leader ...
The most culturally notable and physically evident exception to the general lack of significant passenger rail transport in the U.S. is the Northeast Corridor between Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston, with significant branches in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The corridor handles frequent passenger service that is ...