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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.
This listing includes current and discontinued routes operated by Amtrak since May 1, 1971. Some intercity trains were also operated after 1971 by the Alaska Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Georgia Railroad, Reading Company, and Southern Railway.
The Colonial began running over its former route between Newport News and Richmond, continuing northward to Washington and New York. The Riley ran between Chicago and Washington, via Charlottesville. In 1977 the Mountaineer was replaced by the Hilltopper, which ran between Washington and Cattlettsburg, where it connected with the Riley for ...
Until the late 1950s, the Riley carried the Washington ' s sleeper cars between Cincinnati and Chicago. [10] Both routes survived until the formation of Amtrak in 1971. [11]: 51, 93 Amtrak kept service mostly identical through the spring and summer of 1971. [12] It slowly began integrating the trains that summer.
Capitol Limited (trains 29 & 30) between Chicago and Washington, D.C. Silver Star (trains 91 & 92) between Miami and Washington, D.C. Notable stops include Savannah, Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh.
The Capitol Limited is a temporarily discontinued daily Amtrak train between Washington, D.C., and Chicago, running 764 miles (1,230 km) via Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Service began in 1981. On November 10, 2024, Amtrak temporarily combined the Capitol Limited and Silver Star, producing a Chicago-Washington–Miami route, the Floridian.
I took Amtrak trains from California to Washington, DC, which took 77 hours over four days. I recommend bringing a book, a pillow, and a jacket on the train, but there's hot water on board.
Amtrak created the Capitol Limited in 1981 as a Washington section of the Chicago–New York Broadway Limited, with the split occurring in Pittsburgh. [2] It became a fully separate train in 1986. [3] The train gained bilevel Superliner cars in 1994. [4] Amtrak inherited the Silver Star from the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1971.
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