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AMTRAK® SYSTEM WINTER SPRING TIMETABLE 2014 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 13, 2014 AMTRAK ® SYSTEM TIMETABLE AMTRAK.COM SERVING OVER 31 MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR AND ONE WHO SERVES US. Amtrak® carries over 31 million people a year to more than 500 communities nationwide, including many rural areas without other options for scheduled intercity transportation. Amtrak.com Pfc. Jesus Arizmendi, marksman, frequent Amtrak traveler. “I’m off to wherever they send me.” Amtrak is a registered service mark of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. YOU’RE NOT JUST GOING PLACES, YOU’RE GETTING REWARDED More people than ever are getting rewarded for the Amtrak® travel they’re already taking. Now it’s your turn. Join us today and start earning points toward free Amtrak travel, upgrades, hotel stays, exclusive deals and more. Join Us. AmtrakGuestRewards.com Welcome Aboard! If you’re picking up this timetable for the fi rst time, I would like to say “welcome,” and “thanks” for considering making us your travel choice. This year, you’re joining a record number of Americans who chose to travel by Amtrak, making 2013 our best year ever, with a total of 31.6 million passengers who chose to travel on one of the more than 300 trains that traverse our 21,000 mile network to reach more than 500 destinations nationwide. This is our tenth record in eleven years, and all of us at Amtrak are very proud of the work that we have done to make those journeys – and your journey – safe, timely, and comfortable. With your support, we’ve also been able to raise much-needed revenue, minimizing Amtrak’s impact on the Federal budget and ensuring that trains will be a viable travel choice for decades to come. We also contribute to our country’s economy, employing more than 20,000 Americans in 46 states, and returning three dollars to the economy for every dollar of federal investment. With new equipment for our East Coast long-distance trains and new locomotives for our Northeast Corridor services, we hope to be able to provide you with even better service choices in the coming year. This timetable is one of the many tools that we have made available to you when planning your next train trip, and I hope you fi nd it useful. With our eTicketing system, Internet reservations, smartphone app, the friendly and professional station staff, and the voice of Julie on the phone, your next train trip is at your fi ngertips. Visit us online at Amtrak.com or call us at 1-800-USA-RAIL for more information and let us help you plan your next trip. Sincerely, Joe Boardman President and Chief Executive Officer YOUR MAP TO FUTURE TRAVEL is right inside the front cover. ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO START PLANNING YOUR TRAVEL is our improved color map of the full Amtrak nationwide system. Simply flip open the front cover and discover Amtrak routes, other rail service routes, Thruway Bus connecting services and key points and places of interest – all color coded for ease of use. Just find the area you’d like to visit, note the page number nearest it in a black square, and you are on your way to mapping out your very own rail odyssey! TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome Aboard ................................................... 1 Northeast Corridor Service ............... 24-25 System Map .....................................Inside Front Cover Acela Express® and Northeast RegionalSM (Southbound) Boston-Springfield-New Haven-New York- Table of Contents ............................................... 2-3 Philadelphia-Washington, DC ............................................... 26-33 How to Use the Timetable ............................. 4-5 (Northbound) Washington, DC-Philadelphia-New York- New Haven-Springfield-Boston .............................................34-41 How to Book Your Trip with Amtrak ....... 6-7 Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Virginia Service Amtrak® Service Locations ........................... 8-23 Boston-New York-Washington, DC-Richmond- Lynchburg-Norfolk .................................................................42-45 Planning Tips for Travel on Amtrak ..........105 Amtrak Downeaster SM Discounts and Passes ................................ 128-129 Brunswick-Portland-Boston ................................................... 46-47 VIA® Rail Canada..................................................130 Connecticut and New Hampshire Thruway Bus Connections ...........................................48 Glossary of Amtrak Services and Amenities .............................................. 131-135 Philadelphia and Atlantic City Connections - NJ Transit Service..............................49 Travel Information ..................................... 135-144 Keystone Service® New York-Philadelphia-Lancaster-Harrisburg-Pittsburgh .........50-53 CONTACT INFORMATION Empire Service® and Maple Leaf SM New York-Albany-Syracuse-Rochester-Buffalo- For information and reservations, visit our website Niagara Falls-Toronto ............................................................54-57 or call the 800 number to speak to “Julie,®” the Amtrak automated agent, or call your Travel Agent. Routes in the East ..................................... 58-59 Amtrak.com Adirondack® 1-800-USA-RAIL (1-800-872-7245) Montréal-Albany-New York .........................................................60 Customers with hearing impairments and access to VermonterSM a teletypewriter may call 1-800-523-6590 for St. Albans-Essex Junction-Springfield-New York-Washington, DC ...61 information or reservations. Ethan Allen Express® For Group Travel Information, Call 1-800-USA-1GRP. Rutland-Albany-New York ...........................................................62 Auto Train® Take an Amtrak Vacation! For information and Lorton-Sanford ..........................................................................63 reservations, visit Amtrakvacations.com or call 1-800-Amtrak-2. Atlantic Coast Service Silver Meteor®, Silver Star®, Palmetto®, Amtrak offers express shipping service to more than CarolinianSM and Piedmont® 100 cities nationwide. Call 1-800-377-6914. New York-Richmond-Raleigh-Charleston-Savannah- Jacksonville-Orlando-Tampa-Miami ....................................... 64-65 Silver Service® Thruway Bus Connections ..........65 SM ® Travel on Amtrak is subject to Amtrak policies, conditions of carriage and Carolinian and Piedmont limitations of liabilities (collectively “Policies”). Amtrak Policies, fares, New York-Raleigh-Charlotte ..................................................66-67 schedules and rates are subject to change without notice. Amtrak permits First Amendment activity on property owned or controlled by ® Amtrak to the extent that those activities are not incompatible with the Crescent Amtrak mission to operate a national rail system safely, and to do so New York-Washington, DC-Atlanta-New Orleans ....................... 68 with optimum service to the public, as well as with the best economy of operation possible. Because of safety reasons, First Amendment activities SM are not permitted on board Amtrak trains, nor on Amtrak platforms. For Pennsylvanian detailed Amtrak policies and procedures, go to Amtrak.com (Terms of New York-Philadelphia-Harrisburg-Pittsburgh .............................70 Transportation) or call 1-800-USA-RAIL. Cardinal® and Hoosier State® © Amtrak 2014 National Railroad Passenger Corporation New York-Washington, DC-Cincinnati-Indianapolis-Chicago .......71 Washington Union Station, 60 Massachusetts Ave., N.E., Washington, DC 20002 NRPC Form T1 1/13/14 (updated 12/16/14) JAW/BMG Internet Only Capitol LimitedSM Washington, DC-Pittsburgh-Cleveland-Chicago .......................... 72 page Visit Lake Shore Limited® 2 Amtrak.com New York/Boston-Albany-Cleveland-Chicago ..............................73 TABLE OF CONTENTS Routes in the Midwest................. 74-75 West Coast (Pacific Northwest) ....... 98-99 Wolverine® Service and Blue WaterSM Amtrak® Cascades® Chicago-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-East Lansing- Vancouver, BC-Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia-Lacey-Portland- Port Huron-Detroit-Pontiac ......................................... 76-77 Salem-Eugene ........................................................ 100-101 Pere Marquette® Pacific Coast Thruway Bus Chicago-Grand Rapids .....................................................78 Connections ................................................... 102-103 northeast City of New Orleans® Idaho and Washington Services Chicago-Carbondale-Memphis-New Orleans .....................79 Boise-Lewiston-Spokane-Seattle-Portland-Eugene ... 104-105 Illini® and Saluki® Chicago-Champaign-Urbana-Carbondale ..........................79 West Coast (California Corridor) .. 106-107 Illinois and Missouri Routes California Coastal Routes Chicago-Springfield-St. Louis-Jefferson City- Linking Northern and Southern California ...............108-109 Kansas City ................................................................ 80-81 California Thruway Bus east Illinois Zephyr® and Carl Sandburg® Connections - San Joaquin® ................... 110-113 Chicago-Galesburg-Quincy ...............................................82 San Joaquin® ® Hiawatha Service San Francisco-San Joaquin Valley-Fresno- Chicago-Milwaukee .........................................................84 Bakersfield-Southern California .............................. 114-115 Capitol Corridor® Routes in the West .......................... 86-87 Reno-Auburn-Roseville-Sacramento-Emeryville- Empire Builder® Oakland-San Francisco-San Jose ............................116-121 Chicago-St. Paul-Minneapolis-Portland/Seattle
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