Amtrak to Launch New Path to Miami — What to Know

Amtrak is launching a brand-new route this fall that can run from Chicago all the best way all the way down to Miami. 

The brand new route, referred to as the Floridian line, will briefly mix the Capitol Restricted and Silver Star strains to attenuate disruptions throughout deliberate building in New York, in accordance with Amtrak. The brand new line will make its inaugural journey on Nov. 10.

“The Floridian affords clients an distinctive and sustainable journey to nice locations between Chicago and Miami, offering the facilities and scrumptious meals our friends get pleasure from when touring with us,” Amtrak’s Government Vice President and Chief Business Officer Eliot Hamlisch stated in a press release. 

The Floridian route will depart every day and take about 47 hours to finish with a number of deliberate stops alongside the best way, together with in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., Orlando, and Tampa. The Floridian will embody the present stops from the Capitol Restricted line between Chicago and Washington, D.C. and the Silver Star line between Miami and Washington, D.C. 

The Silver Meteor line will proceed to journey every day between New York and Miami.

The brand new Floridian prepare will characteristic coach tickets in addition to Roomettes and personal bed room choices, which include a devoted attendant for turndown service, complimentary lounge entry at main stations, complimentary meals, and precedence boarding. The prepare may even embody a restaurant service for all clients on board in addition to a eating automotive full with linen tablecloths and desk service (suppose: vegan chili or flat iron steak).

The schedule change comes forward of the East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Challenge in New York, which can shut one tunnel tube at a time. The mission will restore two tubes broken by Superstorm Sandy and modernize the tunnel’s infrastructure, in accordance with Amtrak. Building is estimated to be full in 2027.

Final 12 months, Amtrak modified its fare construction and now affords two fare choices: “worth” and “flex.”