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Amtrak operates the following passenger train routes.

Schematic of Amtrak services.

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Schematic of Amtrak services.

Current routes

Name Route Origin Numbers Frequency
Acela Express Boston - Washington, DC (high-speed rail) PC more than daily
Adirondack Montreal - New York via Albany D&H 68-71 daily
Amtrak Cascades Vancouver, BC - Eugene, Oregon via Portland and Seattle 500-517 more than daily
Ann Rutledge Chicago - Kansas City, Missouri via St. Louis 303-304 daily
Auto Train Lorton, Virginia - Sanford, Florida ATC 52-53 daily
Blue Water Chicago - Port Huron, Michigan GTW 364-365 daily
California Zephyr Chicago - Emeryville, California (Oakland/San Francisco) CB&Q 5-6 daily
Capitol Corridor Auburn, California - Sacramento - San Jose via Oakland 518-551, 720-751 more than daily
Capitol Limited Chicago - Washington, DC via Cleveland and Pittsburgh B&O 29-30 daily
Cardinal Chicago - New York via Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Washington, DC PC 50-51 3 days per week
Carl Sandburg Chicago - Quincy, Illinois CB&Q 381-382 daily
Carolinian New York - Charlotte, North Carolina 79-80 daily
City of New Orleans Chicago - New Orleans IC 58-59 daily
Coast Starlight Seattle - Los Angeles via Sacramento and Oakland SP 11, 14 daily
Crescent New York - New Orleans via Atlanta SOU 19-20 daily
Downeaster Portland, Maine - Boston B&M 680-689 more than daily
Empire Builder Chicago - Portland, Oregon/Seattle via Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota BN 7-8, 27-28 daily
Empire Service New York - Niagara Falls, New York via Albany PC 238-288 more than daily
Ethan Allen Express New York - Rutland, Vermont via Albany 291-296 daily
Heartland Flyer Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Fort Worth, Texas 821-822 daily
Hiawatha Chicago - Milwaukee, Wisconsin MILW 329-342 more than daily
Hoosier State Chicago - Indianapolis PC 317-318 opposite days from Cardinal giving daily service as far as Indianapolis
Illini Chicago - Carbondale, Illinois IC 393-392 daily
Illinois Zephyr Chicago - Quincy, Illinois CB&Q 347-348 daily, train numbers change to 380,383 on October 30
Kansas City Mule St. Louis, Missouri → Kansas City, Missouri MP 311 daily
Keystone Service New York - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania via Philadelphia PC 601-665 more than daily
Lake Shore Limited New York - Chicago via Albany with connection from Boston PC 48-49, 447-449 daily
Lincoln Service Chicago - St. Louis, Missouri GM&O 300-302, 305-307 more than daily
Maple Leaf New York - Toronto, Ontario via Albany PC 63-64 daily
Pacific Surfliner San Luis Obispo, California - San Diego, California via Los Angeles 562-597, 763-799 more than daily
Palmetto New York - Savannah, Georgia SCL 89-90 daily
Pennsylvanian New York - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania via Philadelphia PC 42-44 daily
Pere Marquette Chicago - Grand Rapids, Michigan C&O 370-371 daily
Piedmont Raleigh, North Carolina - Charlotte, North Carolina SOU 73-74 daily
Regional Boston, Massachusetts/Springfield, Massachusetts - New York - Philadelphia - Baltimore - Washington, DC - Newport News, Virginia PC more than daily
St. Louis Mule Kansas City, Missouri → St. Louis, Missouri MP 316 daily
Saluki Chicago - Carbondale, Illinois IC 391-390 daily
San Joaquins Oakland/Sacramento - Bakersfield, California SP 701-718 more than daily
Silver Meteor New York - Miami, Florida SCL 97-98 daily
Silver Star New York - Miami, Florida SCL 91-92 daily
Southwest Chief Chicago - Los Angeles via Kansas City, Missouri and Albuquerque, New Mexico ATSF 3-4 daily
Sunset Limited Orlando, Florida - Los Angeles via New Orleans and Houston SP 1-2 3 days per week
Texas Eagle Chicago - San Antonio, Texas via St. Louis and Fort Worth, Texas MP 21-22 daily with through cars to Los Angeles on days that the Sunset Limited stops in San Antonio
Vermonter St. Albans, Vermont - Washington, DC CV 54-57 daily
Wolverine Chicago - Pontiac, Michigan via Detroit PC 350-355 3 per day

Full listing, including discontinued routes

Note that intercity trains were 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 Texas Mexican and Southern Railway. The D&RGW and Southern routes were picked up by Amtrak in 1983 and 1979 respectively. In addition, the Canadian Pacific Railway's Atlantic, taken over by VIA Rail in 1976, crossed northern Maine.

Northeast Corridor

Most Northeast Corridor trains were renamed NortheastDirect in the late 1990s, then Acela Regional. Currently most of the below named trains are called Regional. Some of these train names were changed prior to the late 1990s.

Washington - Boston: Colonial, Concord, Fast Mail, Federal, Mayflower, Merchants Limited, Minute Man, Narragansett, Night Owl, Patriot, Potomac, Potomac Special, Senator, Times Square, Yankee Clipper

Washington - Springfield: Bankers, Charter Oak, Fast Mail, Mayflower, Merchants Limited, Nutmeg State, Patriot, Senator

Washington - New York: Afternoon Congressional, Bowery, Capitol Hill, Chesapeake, Congressional, Embassy, Evening Metropolitan, Foggy Bottom, Georgetown, Legislator, Metroliner Midday Congressional, Mount Vernon, New Yorker, President, Representative, Wall Street, Weekend Metroliner

Washington - Philadelphia: Capitol Sunrise

Philadelphia - Boston:

Philadelphia - New York: Benjamin Franklin, Big Apple, Clockers, Evening Metropolitan Liberty Bell

New York - Boston: Bay State, Bostonian, Manhattan, Merchants Limited, Murray Hill, New Yorker, Turboservice, Yankee Clipper

Other
Unknown
  • Beacon Hill
  • Betsy Ross
  • Bicentennial
  • Bunker Hill
  • Capitol
  • Capitol Hill Express
  • Central Park
  • Clamdigger
  • Connecticut Valley Service
  • Connecticut Yankee
  • East Wind
  • Edison
  • Evening Executive
  • Executive Sleeper
  • Fairfield (? - New Haven)
  • First State
  • Flying Yankee
  • Garden State
  • Garden State Special
  • Gotham
  • Herald Square
  • Independence
  • Jeffersonian
  • Liberty Express
  • Mail Express
  • Manhattan Limited
  • Metropolitan
  • Morning Executive
  • New Englander
  • New England Express
  • New England Zip
  • New Jerseyan
  • New York Executive
  • Nightcap
  • Philadelphian
  • Pilgrim
  • Quaker City
  • Rittenhouse
  • Schuylkill
  • Shoreliner
  • Statesman
  • Sundown
  • Verrazano
  • Washington Executive
  • William Penn

Empire Corridor

Trains operating over the Empire Corridor (the former New York Central Railroad Water Level Route) are now collectively known as the Empire Service.

New York - Niagara Falls: Empire State Express, Mohawk, Niagara Rainbow, Water Level Express

New York - Buffalo: Cayuga

New York - Syracuse: Oneida, Salt City Express

New York - Schenectady: Electric City Express, Hudson Valley Express, Storm King, Washington Irving

New York - Albany: Bear Mountain, DeWitt Clinton, Hendrick Hudson, Hudson Highlander, Hudson Valley Service, Knickerbocker, Palisades

Unknown: Capital City Express, Catskill, Henry Hudson, Hudson River Express, Nieuw Amsterdam, Rip Van Winkle, Saratogian, Sleepy Hollow, Spuyten Duyvil

Keystone Corridor

Trains operating over the Keystone Corridor (the former Pennsylvania Railroad main line) to Harrisburg are now collectively known as the Keystone Service.

New York - Harrisburg: Valley Forge

Philadelphia - Harrisburg: Silverliner Service

Unknown: Keystone Executive, Susquehanna

Northeast

Name Route Dates operated Notes
Adirondack Montreal - Albany - New York August 6, 1974 present
Atlantic City Express Washington, D.C. and other cities - Atlantic City May 21, 1989 April 1, 1995
Cape Codder New York - Hyannis June 29, 1986 September 29, 1996
Downeaster Boston - Portland December 14, 2001 present
Ethan Allen Express New York - Albany - Rutland December 1, 1996 present
Keystone New York - Pittsburgh May 1, 1971
PC Duquesne		 named the Duquesne until November 14, 1971
Maple Leaf New York - Albany - Buffalo - Toronto April 26, 1981 present
Montrealer Washington, D.C. - New York - Hartford - Springfield - Montreal September 29, 1972 April 6, 1987 renamed the Vermonter
July 18, 1989 April 1, 1995
Pennsylvanian New York - Pittsburgh March 8, 2005 present renamed from the Three Rivers
Vermonter Washington, D.C. - New York - Hartford - Springfield - St. Albans April 2, 1995 present renamed from the Montrealer
Washingtonian Washington, DC - New York - Hartford - Springfield - Montreal September 29, 1972 May 19, 1974 name given to southbound Montrealer

South

Name Route Dates operated Notes
Auto Train Lorton - Sanford October 30, 1983 present
Carolinian New York - Washington, D.C. - Raleigh - Charlotte October 28, 1984 September 1, 1985
May 12, 1990 present
Champion New York - Washington, D.C. - St. Petersburg May 1, 1971
PC/RF&P/SCL Champion
Crescent New York - Washington, D.C. - Atlanta - New Orleans February 1, 1979 present conveyed from Southern Railway's Southern Crescent
Florida Special New York - Miami November 14, 1971? 1972 renamed the Vacationer
Floridian Chicago - Louisville - Nashville - Birmingham - Montgomery - St. Petersburg May 1, 1971
PC/L&N/SCL South Wind		 October 8, 1979 named the South Wind until November 14, 1971 [1] [2]
Gulf Breeze New York - Washington, D.C. - Atlanta - Birmingham - Montgomery - Mobile October 27, 1989 April 1, 1995 [3]
Gulf Coast Limited New Orleans - Mobile April 29, 1984 January 6, 1985 [4]
June 28, 1996 March 31, 1997
Meteor Boston - Florida June 11, 1972 September 10, 1972 renamed from and to the Silver Meteor
Palmetto New York - Charleston - Savannah - Tampa 1979 February 1, 1995 renamed from the Silver Palm in 2002 [5]
2002 present
Piedmont Raleigh - Charlotte May 25, 1995 present
Silver Meteor New York - Washington, D.C. - Charleston - Savannah - Jacksonville - Orlando - Tampa - Miami May 1, 1971
PC/RF&P/SCL Silver Meteor		 June 11, 1972 renamed the Meteor in between
September 10, 1972 present
Silver Palm Washington, D.C. - Columbia - Savannah - Miami October 1, 1996? 2002 renamed the Palmetto in 2002
Silver Star New York - Washington, D.C. - Raleigh - Columbia - Savannah - Jacksonville - Orlando - Tampa - Miami May 1, 1971
PC/RF&P/SCL Silver Star		 present
Vacationer New York - Miami 1972 1974 renamed from the Florida Special

Northeast-Midwest

Name Route Dates operated Notes
Blue Ridge Washington, D.C. - Martinsburg - Cumberland May 6, 1973 October 24, 1986 renamed from the Potomac Special
transferred to MARC
Broadway Limited New York/Washington, D.C. - Pittsburgh – Chicago May 1, 1971
PC Broadway Limited		 September 10, 1995 renamed the Three Rivers [6]
Capitol Limited Washington, D.C. - Pittsburgh - Chicago October 1, 1981 present
Cardinal New York - Washington, D.C. - Cincinnati - Indianapolis - Chicago October 30, 1977 September 30, 1981 renamed from the James Whitcomb Riley
January 8, 1982 present
Empire State Express New York - Albany - Buffalo - Detroit October 31, 1974 October 29, 1978 Empire Corridor train pre-1974
renamed the Niagara Rainbow
George Washington Washington, D.C./Newport News - Charlottesville - Cincinnati – Indianapolis – Chicago May 1, 1971
C&O George Washington		 May 14, 1974 name given to eastbound James Whitcomb Riley [7]
Hilltopper Washington, D.C. - Petersburg - Roanoke - Catlettsburg May 31, 1977 September 30, 1979 renamed from the Mountaineer
James Whitcomb Riley Washington, D.C./Newport News - Charlottesville - Cincinnati – Indianapolis – Chicago May 1, 1971
PC James Whitcomb Riley		 October 30, 1977 renamed the Cardinal [8]
Lake Shore New York - Albany - Chicago May 10, 1971
PC unnamed		 January 6, 1972 unnamed until November 14, 1971
Lake Shore Limited New York/Boston - Albany - Chicago October 31, 1975 present
Mountaineer Norfolk - Petersburg - Roanoke - Catlettsburg - Cincinnati - Chicago March 25, 1975 May 31, 1977 renamed the Hilltopper [9]
National Limited New York/Washington, D.C. - Harrisburg - Pittsburgh - Columbus - Indianapolis - St. Louis - Kansas City May 1, 1971
PC/MP Spirit of St. Louis		 October 1, 1979 named the Spirit of St. Louis until July 12, then unnamed until November 14, 1971 [10]
Niagara Rainbow New York - Albany - Buffalo - Niagara Falls - Detroit October 29, 1978 April 28, 1979 renamed from the Empire State Express
Empire Corridor train post-1979
Potomac Special Washington - Cumberland - Parkersburg June 1972 May 6, 1973 renamed from the West Virginian
renamed the Blue Ridge
Shenandoah Washington, D.C. - Cumberland - Parkersburg - Cincinnati October 31, 1976 September 30, 1981
Skyline Connection New York - Philadelphia - Pittsburgh - Cleveland - Chicago never implemented but was listed in the 2000 timetable [11]
Three Rivers New York - Philadelphia - Pittsburgh - Chicago September 11, 1995 March 7, 2005 renamed from the Broadway Limited
renamed the Pennsylvanian
West Virginian Washington, D.C. - Cumberland - Parkersburg September 8, 1971
B&O Metropolitan		 June 1972 renamed the Potomac Special

Midwest

Name Route Dates operated Notes
Abraham Lincoln Chicago - St. Louis May 1, 1971
GM&O Abraham Lincoln		 unnamed until November 14, 1971 [12] Proposed to name train Lincoln Express[13]
Ann Rutledge Chicago - Kansas City present
Arrowhead Minneapolis - Duluth April 16, 1975 April 30, 1978 renamed the North Star [14] [15]
Black Hawk Chicago - Dubuque February 14, 1974 September 30, 1981
Blue Water Chicago - Port Huron present
Blue Water Limited Chicago - Port Huron September 15, 1974 October 31, 1982 renamed the International [16]
Calumet Chicago - Valparaiso 1979 May 3, 1991 commuter service
Campus Chicago - Champaign November 14, 1971
Carl Sandburg Chicago - Quincy October 30, 2006
BN Illinois portion of Kansas City Zephyr		 present [17]
City of New Orleans Chicago - Memphis - New Orleans January 31, 1981 present renamed from the Panama Limited (also named the City of New Orleans until November 14, 1971)
Eagle Chicago - St. Louis - Little Rock - Dallas - San Antonio October 2, 1981 January 20, 1990 renamed from the Inter-American
renamed the Texas Eagle [18]
Heartland Flyer Oklahoma City - Fort Worth June 15, 1999 present
Hiawatha Chicago - Milwaukee present
Hoosier State Chicago - Indianapolis October 1, 1980 September 9, 1995 renamed the Kentucky Cardinal in between
July 19, 1998 December 16, 1999
July 6, 2003 present
Illini Chicago - Champaign - Carbondale November 14, 1971 present New Saluki train added to same route[19]
Illinois Zephyr Chicago - Quincy November 14, 1971
BN American Royal Zephyr		 present New Carl Sandburg second train being added to same route[20]
Indiana Connection Chicago - Valparaiso 1979 commuter service
Inter-American Chicago - St. Louis - Little Rock - Dallas - San Antonio - Laredo January 28, 1973 October 2, 1981 renamed the Eagle [21] [22]
International limited Chicago - Port Huron - Toronto October 31, 1982 April 25, 2004 renamed from the Blue Water Limited
renamed the Blue Water
Kansas City Mule St. Louis - Kansas City April 1, 1995
July 1, 1995 present
Kentucky Cardinal Chicago - Indianapolis - Louisville December 17, 1999 July 4, 2003 renamed from and to the Hoosier State
Lake Cities Chicago - Detroit - Toledo August 3, 1980 2001 renamed the Wolverine
Lake Country Limited Chicago - Janesville June 15, 2000 September 2001 [23]
Lone Star Chicago - Kansas City - Oklahoma City - Dallas - Houston May 15, 1974 October 1, 1979 renamed from the Texas Chief [24]
Loop Chicago - Springfield June 30, 1996 [25]
Michigan Executive Detroit - Jackson [26]
Nicollet Chicago - Milwaukee
North Star Chicago - Minneapolis - Duluth April 30, 1978 April 7, 1985 renamed from the Arrowhead [27]
Panama Limited Chicago - Memphis - New Orleans May 1, 1971
IC City of New Orleans		 February 1, 1981 named the City of New Orleans until November 14, 1971; renamed the City of New Orleans
Pere Marquette Chicago - Grand Rapids August 4, 1984 present
Prairie Marksman Chicago - Peoria August 10, 1980 October 4, 1981 [28] [29]
Prairie State Milwaukee - Chicago - Springfield, Illinois - St. Louis May 1, 1971
GM&O Limited		 named the Limited until November 14, 1971 [30]
Radisson Chicago - Milwaukee
River Cities Kansas City - St. Louis - Carbondale - Memphis - New Orleans April 29, 1984 1993 [31]
Saluki Chicago - Champaign - Carbondale October 30, 2006 present New train running on same route as Illini train.
St. Clair Chicago - Detroit May 1, 1971
PC Twilight Limited/Michigan		 August 3, 1980 unnamed until November 14, 1971
renamed the Lake Cities
St. Louis Mule St. Louis - Kansas City April 1, 1995
July 1, 1995 present
Shawnee Chicago - Carbondale May 1, 1971
IC Shawnee		 Proposed to be named The Saluki[32]
State House Chicago - St. Louis present
Texas Chief Chicago - Kansas City - Oklahoma City - Dallas - Houston May 1, 1971
ATSF Texas Chief		 May 15, 1974 renamed the Lone Star [33]
Texas Eagle Chicago - St. Louis - Little Rock - Dallas - San Antonio - Los Angeles January 20, 1990 present renamed from the Eagle
Twilight Limited Chicago - Detroit renamed the Wolverine
Twin Cities Hiawatha Chicago - Milwaukee - Minneapolis 1971 1979 [34]
Wolverine Chicago - Detroit - Pontiac May 1, 1971
PC Wolverine		 unnamed until November 14, 1971
present

There is a 2006 proposal to add service between St Louis - Springfield, Missouri. [35] [36]

Midwest-West

Name Route Dates operated Notes
California Zephyr Chicago - Omaha - Denver - Salt Lake City - Sacramento - Oakland April 24, 1983 present renamed from the San Francisco Zephyr
City of San Francisco Chicago - Denver - Cheyenne - Ogden - Oakland November 14, 1971 about 1973 renamed from a section of the Denver Zephyr
renamed the San Francisco Zephyr [37]
Denver Zephyr Chicago - Denver May 1, 1971
BN Denver Zephyr		 extended to Oakland until November 14, 1971, when that section was renamed the City of San Francisco [38]
Desert Wind Los Angeles - Las Vegas - Salt Lake City - Denver - Omaha - Chicago October 28, 1979 May 10, 1997 [39] [40]
Empire Builder Chicago - Minneapolis - Spokane - Portland/Seattle May 1, 1971
BN Empire Builder		 present
National Chief Washington, D.C. - Pittsburgh - Cleveland - Chicago - Kansas City - Albuquerque - Los Angeles never implemented but announced in the 1996 timetable as a through train without the need to transfer, combining the Southwest Chief and the Capitol Limited [41]
North Coast Hiawatha Chicago - Minneapolis - Bismarck - Butte - Spokane - Seattle June 5, 1971
BN North Coast Limited		 October 7, 1979 unnamed until November 14, 1971 [42]
San Francisco Zephyr Chicago - Omaha - Denver - Cheyenne - Ogden - Sacramento - Oakland about 1973 April 24, 1983 renamed from the City of San Francisco
renamed the California Zephyr [43]
Southwest Chief Chicago - Kansas City - Albuquerque - Los Angeles October 28, 1984 present renamed from the Southwest Limited
Southwest Limited Chicago - Kansas City - Albuquerque - Los Angeles May 19, 1974 October 28, 1984 renamed from the Super Chief
renamed the Southwest Chief [44]
Sunset Limited Orlando - Jacksonville - New Orleans - Houston - San Antonio - Los Angeles May 1, 1971
SP Sunset Limited		 present
Super Chief Chicago - Kansas City - Albuquerque - Los Angeles May 1, 1971
ATSF Super Chief/El Capitan		 May 19, 1974 Named the Super Chief/El Capitan until May 1973
renamed the Southwest Limited [45] [46]

West

Name Route Dates operated Notes
Amtrak Cascades Vancouver - Seattle - Portland - Eugene May 17, 1998 present
Capitol Corridor Auburn - Sacramento - Oakland - San Jose December 11, 1991 present
Cascadia Seattle - Portland - Eugene May 16, 1998 renamed from the Mount Rainier
renamed the Amtrak Cascades [47]
Coast Daylight San Diego - Los Angeles - Oakland May 1, 1971
SP Coast Daylight		 unnamed until November 14, 1971
became part of the Coast Starlight [48]
Coast Starlight Seattle - Portland - Oakland - Los Angeles - San Diego May 1, 1971
SP/BN Cascade; SP Coast Daylight; ATSF San Diegan		 present unnamed until November 14, 1971
Las Vegas Limited Los Angeles - Las Vegas May 21, 1976 August 8, 1976
Mount Adams Seattle - Portland 1994 May 16, 1998 renamed the Amtrak Cascades [49]
Mount Baker International Seattle - Vancouver May 26, 1995 1998 renamed the Cascadia [50]
Mount Hood October 30, 1994 renamed from the Northwest Talgo
Mount Rainier Seattle - Portland May 1, 1971
BN unnamed		 1995 unnamed until November 14, 1971
renamed Cascadia [51]
Northwest Talgo October 30, 1994 renamed the Mount Hood
Orange County Commuter Los Angeles - San Juan Capistrano 1991 1993 replaced by Metrolink [52]
Pacific International Seattle - Vancouver July 17, 1972
BN International		 September 30, 1981 [53]
Pacific Surfliner San Diego - Los Angeles - Santa Barbara - San Luis Obispo June 1, 2000 present renamed from the San Diegan
Pioneer Denver - Cheyenne - Ogden - Boise - Portland - Seattle June 7, 1977 May 10, 1997 [54] [55]
Puget Sound Seattle - Portland, Oregon May 1, 1971
BN unnamed		 1979 unnamed until November 14, 1971 [56]
San Diegan Los Angeles - San Diego May 1, 1971
ATSF San Diegan		 May 31, 2000 unnamed until November 14, 1971
renamed the Pacific Surfliner [57]
San Joaquins Oakland/Sacramento - Bakersfield March 5, 1974 present
Spirit of California Los Angeles - Oakland - Sacramento September 30, 1983 [58] [59]

Sources

Trains prior to Amtrak

See also

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