List of Amtrak routes

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Amtrak operates the following passenger train routes.

Contents 1 Current routes 2 Full listing, including discontinued routes 2.1 Northeast Corridor 2.2 Empire Corridor 2.3 Keystone Corridor 2.4 Northeast 2.5 South 2.6 Northeast-Midwest 2.7 Midwest 2.8 Midwest-West 2.9 West 3 Sources 4 See also

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

• Bay State Richmond - Boston
• Gotham Limited Newport News - New York
• James River Newport News - Washington
• Old Dominion Newport News - Boston
• Potomac Newport News - New York
• Tidewater Newport News/Richmond - New York
• Twilight Shoreliner Newport News - Boston
• Virginian Newport News/Richmond - New York

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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]

[edit] Sources

• "Trainman" at Everything2.com Discontinued Amtrak Trains
• Matthew J. Melzer and Jon-Michael Noe Retired Amtrak Routes on Trainweb.com
• Craig Sanders, Ph.D. and Mark D. Bej, M.D. Amtrak's First Trains - 5/1/1971
• Amtrak Northeast Direct Routes and Amtrak Route Names & Numbers Cross-Reference
• November 14, 1971 timetable
• Schafer, Mike. Amtrak's atlas, Trains June 1991

Trains prior to Amtrak

• Edmonson, Harold A. Passenger Trains on the Eve of Amtrak 4/30/1971, Journey to Amtrak (Kalmbach Publishing, 1972) ISBN 0-89024-023-X
• Solomon, Brian. "Amtrak", MBI Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN 0-7603-1765-8
• List of Named Passenger Trains (Association of American Railroads, 1952)
• New Carl Sandburg service

[edit] See also

• A schematic of the Amtrak routes
• List of North American named passenger trains