Amtrak Floridian - New Route Announced - Chicago to Miami

Welcome to Amtrak's newest long distance train, The Floridian! Although the route is a bit different from Amtrak's old Floridian train thru Kentucky and Tennessee, this new service links Miami and Chicago with a direct train for the first time since 1979.

Amtrak's train 40 and 41 will replace the existing Silver Star and Capitol Limited creating one combined route using single-level Viewliner train cars. The new train will also bring the return of full traditional dining to portions of the Capitol Limited Route. Amtrak's Famous Flat Iron Steak anyone?

Although we bid farewell to the Star and Capitol even if just for a short time, the national train network gains a convenient new option in the Floridian.

Join us as we explore the exciting return of the Amtrak Floridian Route! See why this route is a must-ride for both locals and tourists alike!

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[AishusCraftyKidsClub]

Amtrak Floridian
Woohoo 🖐️
Glad to know this new route 😊

[airstreamer]

Great news! We always look to you for the most up to date info on everything trains. 😊Thank you!- Michelle

[danielboone]

Glad this new train is out in service!

[traintrak]

I went on my first trip from Miami to Newark on the Silver Meteor/Star and it was amazing. We did the roomette coming back and it was awesome, especially the traditionally dinning. Although it's not the true Floridian, I'm very excited to be able to go from Miami to Chicago on one train! Great video👍

[harryborsalino]

I was unaware of the old Floridian, since my Amtrak experience is much more recent than 1979 (I was in college then). But I would love to see such a route that also covered Nashville and Atlanta, and especially if a regional route from Memphis (where I live) to Nashvegas could also be added. I know that the chances are slim to none that that will happen, at least in my lifetime, but I can dream! As it is, I can always take the City of New Orleans (the only Amtrak service we have for Memphis) to Chicago and catch the Floridian there, so not totally bummed out. One thing I'm looking forward to is traveling in the Viewliner cars, because all of my travels to date have been Western routes with Superliner service. Thanks for an extremely informative video!

[birdnest]

I saw an article on Facebook about it. Great news!!👍

[timandtammytime]

That will be an awesome trip! We're going to have a train adventure one day. How are y'all doing today after the storm? Helene wobbled a little further East and pretty much left us in the clear in our little corner of Georgia.

[FloridaandBeyond]

I saw this, which is awesome! The food looks good! I want to do this train! Will it be around permanently? Thanks for the info!

[FollowThomas]

This is an existing news can't wait to go all away to Chicago or great way to get to the Pittsburgh to ride the GAP trail back to DC. The good thing is that I don't have to pay for an extra bike ticket for two trains.

[zevpost]

You made an error twice in your reporting of the route of the Original Amtrak Floridian and the mistake was the Amtrak Original Floridian was NEVER routed through Atlanta Georgia. In fact Amtrak never ran from Chicago to Atlanta Georgia. It ran from Chicago to Louisville Kentucky, Nashville Tennessee, Montgomery and BIrmingham Alabama.

[markfisher]

The "hidden" reason for this "new" train (which is simply a changing/combining of two trains) is because of scheduled impending work on the East River tunnels in New York. When they take one tunnel out of service, it severely constrains Amtrak's capacity. As a result, where two trains (the Silver Star and Silver Meteor) provided travel between New York and Miami, the Silver Star (with its backtracking dogleg to Tampa) will no longer go to New York. Only the Silver Meteor will remain as a full-route overnight NY-MIA train. The "Floridian" simply switches a required train change for Chicago-bound passengers to New York-bound passengers. Meanwhile, although the Capitol Limited route regains traditional dining, it accommodates fewer sleeper passengers with the change to single-level equipment. Each Superliner sleeper has 5 bedrooms, 14 roomettes, 1 family bedroom and 1 accessible bedroom; the Viewliners only have 2 bedrooms, 12 roomettes, and 1 accessible bedroom. This change does free up the Capitol Limited's Superliners to be moved to supplement the western US long-distance routes -- if Amtrak will actually do that. Once the nearly two-year tunnel project is complete (if it is done on time) we'll see whether the route is maintained or split back to separate Cap and Star.

[nathanreynolds]

I am guessing Amtrak will continue negotiations with the railroad companies that own the lines to take the traditional Floridian route. This seems like an unnecessarily long route to connect Chicago and Miami on one train.

[mikeymutual]

Your picture of the old Floridian route does not include Atlanta and Savannah. What you describe is what the route *should* be.

[allanegleston]

amtak french toast and pancakes are to kill for. yum ym.

[christopherreiff]

What would be better, they should keep the Capitol Limited and Silver star separate, and replace the silver meteor with the original Floridan except that the route will got through Atlanta and not Birmingham, and go to Miami Central, not the present Miami Amtrak station but, it's still nice to have a train between Chicago and Miami

[TheTolleRoad]

$113 sounds pretty reasonable. Fairly long route with it dipping all the way up to DC though. Still nothing very close to me though 😢

[RussSmith-xukd]

We need the “Pioneer” route back from Portland OR to Salt Lake City UT!!

[christopherreiff]

Amtrak should make a daily train called the Coast Daylight that is connected to the Coast Starlight from LA to San Jose, then 3 ACS-64 should move to California for Coast Daylight, California Zephyr and shunting Amtrak cars between San Francisco and San Jose

[adambuesser]

I thought the new Chicago to Miami route would go through Nashville and Atlanta. Like to connect from Chicago to Nashville to Atlanta and to Miami, All on one train.

[Societyday]

Wait? So we gotta go east to DC before heading South to Florida? Id rather drive.