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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 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 ...
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.
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 ...
Amtrak began testing the line for 110 mph (177 km/h) revenue service in 2022. Effective May 3, 2023, trains are authorized to travel up to 110 mph (177 km/h) on the line, while new schedules are written for the line. [17] The new schedules debuted on June 26, 2023. [18] [19]
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 .
By 2020, the first train set was expected to enter revenue service in early 2022, with all train sets in service by late 2022, at which point Amtrak would retire the previous Acela fleet. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] By February 2022, full high-speed testing was not expected to begin until later that year. [ 18 ]
The Hiawatha (also called the Hiawatha Service), is an 86-mile (138 km) train route operated by Amtrak between Chicago, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Twelve to fourteen trains (six round-trips, five on Sunday) run daily between Chicago and Milwaukee, [2] making intermediate stops in Glenview, Illinois; Sturtevant, Wisconsin; and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport.