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The Silver Meteor is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York City and Miami, Florida.Introduced in 1939 as the first diesel-powered streamliner between New York and Florida, it was the flagship train of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL) and one of the flagship trains of its successor, the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL).
Amtrak has a new, limited-time route coming soon from Miami from Chicago. Here's what to know. ... The Silver Meteor (trains 97 & 98) route will continue to operate daily between New York and Miami.
Amtrak argued that the platforms were insufficient in length, as extra cars are normally added to the Silver Meteor and Silver Star during the winter season to accommodate increased demand. [21] Tri-Rail began serving the MIC on April 5, 2015, [ 22 ] and Greyhound began using the station on June 24, 2015. [ 23 ]
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Amtrak discontinued the Tampa section of the Silver Meteor in 1994. In 1995 Amtrak discontinued the Gulf Breeze, Palmetto, and Broadway Limited, the latter being partially replaced with the short-distance Three Rivers. Meanwhile, the City of New Orleans was rerouted west to Greenwood between Memphis and Jackson.
Amtrak's Palmetto operates over the Silver Meteor's route between New York City and Savannah. However, from 1996 to 2002, the train was known as the Silver Palm and ran all the way south to Miami, though over a different routing between Jacksonville and Auburndale.
The Palmetto is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 829-mile (1,334 km) route [3] between New York City and Savannah, Georgia, via the Northeast Corridor, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina.
Silver Meteor: Selma, North Carolina: Train collision 1 121 The train collided with a trailer that was falling off a passing CSX freight train. RAR-95-02: August 3, 1994 Lake Shore Limited: Batavia, New York: Derailment 0 118 The train derailed due to a track defect. RAR-96-02: October 9, 1995: Sunset Limited: Palo Verde, Arizona: Derailment 1 78