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!
Thanks for the great comment! I'll add that to the list of things to request. We hope Nashville gets back on the Amtrak line soon. It's needed so much. Thanks for watching! Hopefully we hear from you again someday.
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👍
That is awesome! We hope to take this full route sometime next year hopefully. We are doing a small portion of it later this year. Thanks for watching! Hope to hear from you again soon!
Can’t wait to to take this trip, I travel on the Texas Eagle to El Paso to visit my sister, my last trip in July was a nightmare I booked a Bedroom for my granddaughter and I wasted my money we had to get off and ride across Texas 7hrs on a bus going and coming they said they would refund part of my money never did I spend over $3,000. to ride on a bus so pissed Amtrak needs to do much better if want people to keep riding and clean and update the trains.
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.
Yeah we were thinking about u two during storm. We made out ok. Mostly downed tree branches our way. We gotta take a train trip with u guys. Go someplace short
@@PrimeTimeTravelers that would be great! Since we've never been on a train outside of an amusement park, it would be nice to go with someone who knows about train travel!😀
Sure is! Thanks for watching! See I need you to see the article and think of us right away! HAHA! Have a great next few days, have a hurricane to prepare for.
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.
Yeah we are aware of the combined lines and the fact that this might be temporary until the tunnel work is finished. We are glad to have a ONE train solution from FL to Chicago. Makes it one step easier for us Floridians to get to the 'hub' in the Windy City. The traditional dining being back on the full route is nice as well. Hoping this can lead to a FL to Chicago train thru Atlanta and Nashville. Would shave a TON of time off the round trip! We appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment. We hope to hear from you again soon on another video. New Amtrak Station Tours every Saturday!
Thank you for this explanation. I read Amtrak's note about the NY tunnel work but didn't understand what that had to do with the Floridian. The missing ingredient: the curtailment of the Silver Star. I am booked on the Floridian in late November, my first rail trip in the east and my first on a Viewliner.
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
Yeah, hoping we get the original Floridian back someday but this is a start. I would love to go Jacksonville to Atlanta to Nashville to Chicago. That would make for a lot of epic trips!
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
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.
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.
It's the combination of 2 current routes to make this one be non-stop and no train switching required. Hopefully the first step to get the original Floridian back thru TN and KY.
That's because its not meant to be the real solution for a Miami to Chicago train, as Amtrak themselves have said that the train would be temporary. And the main reason they are doing this is because of construction on the East River Tunnels and to free up Superliners for western routes.
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.
Yes not having to pick up all your stuff and switch trains is an added bonus for sure! Thanks for watching my friend! Take care and stay safe in this hurricane. We are starting to get much darker clouds here
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.
Yeah we are hoping to do this route at some point from Chicago to Miami full way. $113 is great but that long in coach sounds a little rough. We will try and get our own room for this one. Need a route that goes St. Louis to Indianapolis to Columbus to Pittsburgh and stops in Dayton! That would be great! Would be good for sports!
Yeah, due to tunnel construction but if successful as longer distance route could stay or get us closer to original Floridian route. Gotta start somewhere
Biden used to take the Floridian for 36 years as a US senator to commute between Washington and his home in Delaware. Got to know conductor Angelo Negri quite well.
Well that's Impossible because the Amtrak train the "Floridian" was discontinued in 1979 because of budget cuts to Amtrak . So President Biden hasn't been taking the Floridian for 36 years, he rode the NE Regional Train or Metroliner back then from his Delaware stop to Washington DC.
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!
Thanks for the great comment! I'll add that to the list of things to request. We hope Nashville gets back on the Amtrak line soon. It's needed so much.
Thanks for watching! Hopefully we hear from you again someday.
Amtrak Floridian
Woohoo 🖐️
Glad to know this new route 😊
Yes new route! Thanks for watching!
Great news! We always look to you for the most up to date info on everything trains. 😊Thank you!- Michelle
Thanks for stopping in for the premiere of this video! Was great talking with you! Hope you both have a good day. I have a hurricane to prep for!
@@PrimeTimeTravelers Prayers for your family's safety and protection over your home! Jim has a sister in the path of the hurricane too. 😢
@@airstreamer Thank you so much! Got a lot to prep outside for sure.
Pretty interesting 😎👍
We are ready
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👍
That is awesome! We hope to take this full route sometime next year hopefully. We are doing a small portion of it later this year. Thanks for watching! Hope to hear from you again soon!
Awesome! This is a new route
Indeed it is!
Thanks for all the info
No problem 👍
Can’t wait to to take this trip, I travel on the Texas Eagle to El Paso to visit my sister, my last trip in July was a nightmare I booked a Bedroom for my granddaughter and I wasted my money we had to get off and ride across Texas 7hrs on a bus going and coming they said they would refund part of my money never did I spend over $3,000. to ride on a bus so pissed Amtrak needs to do much better if want people to keep riding and clean and update the trains.
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.
Yeah we were thinking about u two during storm. We made out ok. Mostly downed tree branches our way.
We gotta take a train trip with u guys. Go someplace short
@@PrimeTimeTravelers that would be great! Since we've never been on a train outside of an amusement park, it would be nice to go with someone who knows about train travel!😀
I saw an article on Facebook about it. Great news!!👍
Sure is! Thanks for watching! See I need you to see the article and think of us right away! HAHA! Have a great next few days, have a hurricane to prepare for.
@@PrimeTimeTravelers at least Helene is supposed to go north of Tampa. We’re a little inland so only wind to worry about 🙏
Great Information
Thank you! Got a lot more coming soon. Amtrak trips coming!
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!
Right now it's temporary but nobody knows how long. Hoping it becomes permanent.
Food included with roommette!!
amtak french toast and pancakes are to kill for. yum ym.
Yes so good!
I`ll have to try the French Toast this January then on my way to Chicago!
@@77Keith let us know
@@PrimeTimeTravelers Will do!
We need the “Pioneer” route back from Portland OR to Salt Lake City UT!!
That would be nice! We are hoping for return of New Orleans to Jacksonville
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.
Yeah we are aware of the combined lines and the fact that this might be temporary until the tunnel work is finished. We are glad to have a ONE train solution from FL to Chicago. Makes it one step easier for us Floridians to get to the 'hub' in the Windy City. The traditional dining being back on the full route is nice as well. Hoping this can lead to a FL to Chicago train thru Atlanta and Nashville. Would shave a TON of time off the round trip!
We appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment. We hope to hear from you again soon on another video. New Amtrak Station Tours every Saturday!
Thank you for this explanation. I read Amtrak's note about the NY tunnel work but didn't understand what that had to do with the Floridian. The missing ingredient: the curtailment of the Silver Star.
I am booked on the Floridian in late November, my first rail trip in the east and my first on a Viewliner.
@@AtomicBuffalo hope you enjoy your trip
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
Yeah, hoping we get the original Floridian back someday but this is a start. I would love to go Jacksonville to Atlanta to Nashville to Chicago. That would make for a lot of epic trips!
@@PrimeTimeTravelers That's what I'm saying
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
Interesting idea. Thank you for watching 👀 we truly appreciate it
@@PrimeTimeTravelers np ;)
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Another option for Floridians! We are excited about this one!
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.
You are correct. It was me hoping new Floridian heads that way. Much needed.
Thank you so much for watching 👀
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.
It's the combination of 2 current routes to make this one be non-stop and no train switching required. Hopefully the first step to get the original Floridian back thru TN and KY.
That's because its not meant to be the real solution for a Miami to Chicago train, as Amtrak themselves have said that the train would be temporary. And the main reason they are doing this is because of construction on the East River Tunnels and to free up Superliners for western routes.
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.
Yes not having to pick up all your stuff and switch trains is an added bonus for sure! Thanks for watching my friend! Take care and stay safe in this hurricane. We are starting to get much darker clouds here
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.
Yeah like old Floridian. Hoping we someday get Louisville to Nashville to Atlanta to Savannah.
@@PrimeTimeTravelers That would be awesome.
Your picture of the old Floridian route does not include Atlanta and Savannah. What you describe is what the route *should* be.
Correct the old route went thru Atlanta but the new route does not. At least not yet. Hoping someday!
$113 sounds pretty reasonable. Fairly long route with it dipping all the way up to DC though. Still nothing very close to me though 😢
Yeah we are hoping to do this route at some point from Chicago to Miami full way. $113 is great but that long in coach sounds a little rough. We will try and get our own room for this one. Need a route that goes St. Louis to Indianapolis to Columbus to Pittsburgh and stops in Dayton! That would be great! Would be good for sports!
@@PrimeTimeTravelers I've never done a train. You have to sleep in your seat like a bus?
@jjhatnm Amtrak's seats recline very nicely. Actually quite comfy. Or you can rent roomette and have a bed!!
Wait? So we gotta go east to DC before heading South to Florida? Id rather drive.
Understandable but hoping we get more direct route thru Atlanta and Nashville someday.
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Thank you so much 😁
Please increase the gain on your microphone i can hardly hear you even with my volume turned all the way up
Sorry about that. We viewed it on phone tablet and tv and volume sounded good on our end. We will double check it
Thanks for watching 👀
@@PrimeTimeTravelers you sound fine on my Mac Air laptop - Thanks! I just subscribed, too!
@cstawisconsin588 thanks for the sub! And the sound check! Lots of Amtrak station tours on our channel. New one every Saturday night
2 days on a train in coach doesn’t sound fun. Lol
No most we've done is about 27 hours so far....if we had roomette we'd be great
That's already happening but on longer routes out west.
@@traintrak Yep TX Eagle well over 60 hours long.....
Two days in an Amtrak sleeper is like camping in an RV.
It’s pretty rough. You really gotta leverage that sightseer lounge car and bring slippers and a neck pillow.
Too long. Better not be late😊
Amtrak long distance routes almost always late
Smoke and mirrors. All Amtrak did is combine two existing trains.
Yeah, due to tunnel construction but if successful as longer distance route could stay or get us closer to original Floridian route. Gotta start somewhere
It makes a difference because you don't have to worry about one line being too late and missing the connecting train
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Biden used to take the Floridian for 36 years as a US senator to commute between Washington and his home in Delaware. Got to know conductor Angelo Negri quite well.
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Well that's Impossible because the Amtrak train the "Floridian" was discontinued in 1979 because of budget cuts to Amtrak . So President Biden hasn't been taking the Floridian for 36 years, he rode the NE Regional Train or Metroliner back then from his Delaware stop to Washington DC.