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July 28, 2022 [12] New York City – Burlington: July 29, 2022 present Half Moon: New York City – Albany May 1, 1994 October 27, 1995 Hendrick Hudson: New York City – Albany Henry Hudson: New York City – Albany May 19, 1974 April 25, 1981 Previously unnamed; renamed Bear Mountain: Hudson Highlander: New York City – Albany April 26, 1981
The Superliner Sightseer Lounge aboard the Southwest Chief. Amtrak operates two types of long-distance trains: single-level and bi-level. Due to height restrictions on the Northeast Corridor, all six routes that terminate at New York Penn Station operate as single-level trains with Amfleet coaches and Viewliner sleeping cars.
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (/ ˈ æ m t r æ k /; reporting marks AMTK, AMTZ), is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and track.
It was rescheduled to take place in summer 2022 and 2023, and was later expanded to a third year, 2024. In April 2022, Amtrak announced that the first trip would depart on July 8. [13] Tickets went up for sale on May 25, starting at $45 one way. [14] [15] Service began as announced on July 8, 2022, with train 1235 departing on-time from Penn ...
While most Amtrak trains saw service reductions in 2020–2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sunset Limited and its existing sub-daily schedule were not affected. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The Texas Eagle was reduced to tri-weekly from October 2020 and May 2021, temporarily matching the Sunset Limited .
Amtrak re-routed the San Francisco Zephyr over the D&RGW's Moffat Subdivision between Denver and Salt Lake City, its original preference from 1971. The change was scheduled for April 25, but a mudslide at Thistle, Utah, closed the line and delayed the change until July 16. With the change of route, Amtrak renamed the train as the California Zephyr.
Amtrak and MoDOT restored the route's second daily round trip on July 19, 2021. [13] However, this second round trip was once again suspended on January 3, 2022, after the Missouri General Assembly cut the trip from the state budget. [14] Missouri restored full funding in July 2022 amid increased demand for public transit due to high gas prices.
The morning westbound/evening eastbound schedule complements the opposite morning eastbound/evening westbound schedule of the Illinois Zephyr. Starting November 16, 2022, Amtrak began substituting the morning runs of the Illinois Zephyr (train 380) and Carl Sandburg (train 381) with Amtrak Thruway buses due to staffing shortages at Amtrak's ...