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The plan would increase the coverage of the long-distance Amtrak network by 23,200 route miles, reaching an additional 45 million population, 61 metropolitan statistical areas, 24 congressional districts, twelve National Park Service sites, and two states (Wyoming and South Dakota). Another round of public input will take place before the final ...
This listing includes current and discontinued routes operated by Amtrak since May 1, 1971. Some intercity trains were also 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, and Southern Railway.
Increasing Amtrak's current route frequency to Cincinnati from New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. The federal government provided $500,000 for planning for each route.
Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and track. Founded in 1971 as a quasi-public corporation to operate many U.S. passenger rail routes, Amtrak receives a combination of state and federal subsidies but is managed as a for-profit organization.
The maps themselves represent potential routes, not planned ones.
Amtrak is launching the Floridian, a new temporary route offering a direct round-trip between Chicago and Miami, on Nov. 10, 2024. Nashville-Chattanooga-Atlanta Amtrak route studies taking place