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ORLANDO — Amtrak’s decision last fall to create the Chicago-Miami Floridian out of the Capitol Limited and Silver Star — ostensibly to reduce equipment moves during East River tunnel ...
I took a 15-hour train ride from Denver to Salt Lake City on an Amtrak Superliner. For $400, I booked a 23-square-foot roomette accommodation, and my ticket included meals. Seven unique aspects of ...
The $28 million upgrade project focuses on Amtrak's bi-level Superliner and single-story Viewliner fleets of rail cars used for overnight train routes. Amtrak will improve more than 450 rail cars ...
I took an Amtrak Viewliner train from my home in New York City to Miami and spent the 30-hour ride in a roomette — a 20-square-foot private cabin — for $500.
For my first overnight Amtrak ride in 2021, I booked a roomette on a Viewliner train. Then, in 2025, I booked a roomette on a newly upgraded Superliner train.
Amtrak is updating the roughly 30-to-50-year-old Superliner cars, and about 76% of the fleet has already been refreshed, including the train I took, an Amtrak spokesman, Marc Magliari, told Business ...
In November, Amtrak, America’s national passenger rail operator, launched a direct service between Chicago and Miami — the first on the route since 1979.
According to a new report from the Amtrak Office of Inspector General (OIG), Amtrak’s initial requirements for premium designs and amenities for its planned procurement of new long-distance ...
On the single-level Viewliner cars Amtrak uses in the eastern part of the United States, the upper bunk is the ideal spot. From the bunk, you’ll be able to lie on your side and see the landscape ...
Amtrak ‘Floridian’ to connect Savannah to Pittburgh, Cleveland, Chicago by: Dylan James Posted: Sep 25, 2024 / 06:14 PM EDT Updated: Sep 25, 2024 / 06:14 PM EDT ...
TRAVEL Amtrak announces 'Floridian' train with 2-day route, sparking reactions on social media The route, from Chicago to Miami, will take about 47 hours from start to finish, said Amtrak ...