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The Long Distance Service Line is the division of Amtrak responsible for operating all intercity passenger train services in the United States longer than 750 miles (1,210 km). There are fourteen such routes as of 2024 [update] , serving over 300 stations in 39 states.
Long distance Chicago – Los Angeles 3, 4: 1 261,485 2,256 Sunset Limited: Long distance New Orleans – Los Angeles 1, 2: 3 weekly round trips: 76,937 1,995 Texas Eagle: Long distance Chicago – San Antonio (through cars to Los Angeles on the Sunset Limited) 21, 22, 421, 422: 1 325,709 1,306 (Chicago – San Antonio) 2,728 (Chicago – Los ...
The closest inter-city rail connections by road or ferry are across San Francisco Bay at Oakland–Jack London Square, Emeryville, and Berkeley. Direct inter-city passenger service to the San Francisco Peninsula ended with the formation of Amtrak in 1971, when the Del Monte was discontinued and the Coast Daylight was rerouted to Oakland.
In November 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.Section 22214 of the law orders the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to study the restoration of all long-distance Amtrak routes that had been discontinued, daily service on non-daily trains (the Cardinal and Sunset Limited), and the possibility of new long-distance routes—particularly those that were ...
It operated its last Rio Grande Zephyr in 1983, and Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr was renamed the California Zephyr. [7] The Georgia Railroad received tax benefits from the state of Georgia so long as it ran mixed trains. [3] The Seaboard System Railroad, its successor, discontinued the last mixed train on May 6, 1983. [8]
BNSF is the largest host to Amtrak routes, with 6.3 million train-miles. [111] Freight rail operators are required under federal law to give dispatching preference to Amtrak trains. However, Amtrak has accused freight railroads of violating or skirting these regulations, resulting in passenger trains waiting for freight traffic to clear the ...
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.
It passes through Anchorage and Denali National Park, to which 17% of visitors travel by train. The railroad has 656 miles (1,056 km) of track, including sidings , rail yards and branch lines . The main line between Seward and Fairbanks is over 470 miles (760 km) long.