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Map of the Keystone Service route. The Keystone Service operates entirely over Amtrak-owned trackage: Amtrak Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line, Harrisburg–Philadelphia; Amtrak Northeast Corridor, Philadelphia–New York; Trains operate at speeds up to 125 mph (201 km/h) over the Northeast Corridor and up to 110 mph (177 km/h) over the Main ...
The Keystone Corridor is a 349-mile (562 km) railroad corridor between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that consists of two rail lines: Amtrak and SEPTA's Philadelphia-to-Harrisburg main line, which hosts SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line commuter rail service, and Amtrak's Keystone Service and Pennsylvanian inter-city trains; and the Norfolk Southern Pittsburgh Line.
The line runs from Philadelphia, where it meets the Northeast Corridor at Zoo Junction at milepost 1.9, west to Harrisburg (MP 104.6), where electrification ends. The Main Line is part of the longer Keystone Corridor, which continues west to Pittsburgh along the Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line. [1]
Philadelphia – Harrisburg April 24, 1983 1986 Replaced a Keystone Service train; discontinued during cuts to corridor service Keystone Service † Philadelphia – Harrisburg October 25, 1981 October 29, 1994 Renamed from Silverliner Service; some trains extended to New York beginning in 1994 New York City – Harrisburg October 30, 1994 present
The Pennsylvanian is a 444-mile (715 km) daily daytime Amtrak train running between New York City and Pittsburgh via Philadelphia.The trains travel across the Appalachian Mountains, through Pennsylvania's capital Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, suburban and central Philadelphia, and New Jersey en route to New York.
The Pittsburgh Line is the Norfolk Southern Railway's primary east–west artery in its Pittsburgh Division and Harrisburg Division across the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is part of the Keystone Corridor, Amtrak-Norfolk Southern's combined rail corridor.
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SEPTA and Amtrak share the four-track Main Line grade of the "Keystone Corridor" between Philadelphia and Thorndale. This branch makes local stops between Thorndale and Center City Philadelphia along Amtrak's Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line, an electrified 104-mile two to four-track high-speed route between Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg and 30th Street Station in ...