Amtrak's California Zephyr, a daily passenger service from Emeryville, California ( San Francisco Bay Area ) to Chicago, uses the First Transcontinental Railroad from Sacramento to central Nevada.

Amtrak's San Joaquins Oakland-Bakersfield train stops at the San Joaquin Street Station.

It is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego.

Public transport is provided by Metropolitan Transit System bus No. 992, which connects the airport to downtown San Diego, where connections can be made to other bus routes and the San Diego Trolley, COASTER, and Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner.

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner long distance rail line has stops at Glendale, Burbank Airport station, Van Nuys, and Chatsworth station, before proceeding on to Ventura County, Santa Barbara, and Northern California or Union Station and San Diego.

Amtrak's Thruway Motorcoach bus service connects passengers from Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo to Solvang, Buellton, Atascadero and Paso Robles.

Amtrak's Southwest Chief departs Los Angeles Union Station in downtown LA at 6: 15 p. m. ( Pacific Time ), making its way through suburban Fullerton, Riverside, and San Bernardino, California.

The route of Amtrak's Texas Eagle is longer ( Chicago to San Antonio versus St. Louis to San Antonio ), but much of today's route is historically a part of the original Texas Eagle route.

It connects with the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system, the San Diego Coaster and Sprinter commuter rail services, and with Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner, Coast Starlight, Southwest Chief and Sunset Limited intercity rail services.

The San Joaquin is Amtrak's fifth-busiest service and the railroad's third-busiest in California.

Amtrak's San Joaquin began in March 1974.

Union Pacific currently prohibits passenger trains from using this line, which is preventing Amtrak's San Joaquin train from serving Los Angeles.

Today, the route of the San Diegan ( the second busiest passenger rail line in the United States ) is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner.

It later was truncated to Salt Lake City when Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr was rerouted from the Overland Route to the Denver and Rio Grande Western and renamed California Zephyr in 1983.

It serves both Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego and Metrolink's Orange County Line from Los Angeles to Oceanside.

The ATSF installed ATS on much of its transcontinental main line, which is still used by Amtrak's Southwest Chief as well as its line between Los Angeles and San Diego, which is still used by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner.

Amtrak's westbound Sunset Limited will originate in San Antonio, Texas, rather than its normal origin point of Orlando, Florida.

This report also recommended the discontinuance of the Chicago — Oakland ( San Francisco ) San Francisco Zephyr — which, as the California Zephyr, has gone on to become one of Amtrak's most popular trains.

Amtrak's daily Crescent, Carolinian and Piedmont trains connect Greensboro with the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Virginia, Raleigh, North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlanta, Birmingham, Alabama and New Orleans.

Amtrak's Crescent and Northeast Regional trains connect Lynchburg with the cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans.

And finally, Dothan was a stop for the South Wind – later Amtrak's Floridian – passenger trains, with service ending in 1979.

California Zephyr railcar at the Maricopa, AZ Amtrak stationMaricopa is currently the closest stop from Phoenix on Amtrak's Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle trains.

Amtrak's daily service to Sebring consists of two trains each from the Silver Meteor and Silver Star, heading south to Miami and north to Tampa, Orlando and New York City.

Used many times daily by CSX freight trains, it is also used by Amtrak's Cardinal passenger train, train numbers 50 and 51, which carries passengers from Chicago to New York City using this bridge.

Bombardier have since used updated versions of the LRC carriages for Amtrak's Acela Express, the third generation of tilting ICE, the new generation of fast British trains ( Virgin Super Voyager ) and the experimental JetTrain.

Amtrak's Crescent and Carolinian and Piedmont trains connect Salisbury with the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans.

These trains were an experiment on Amtrak's part to find ways to expedite travel time on the Acela.

The New Haven Line is part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, and high-speed Acela Express trains run from New Rochelle to New Haven Union Station.

In the dining cars of Amtrak's modern bilevel Superliner trains, booth seating on either side of a center aisle occupies almost the entire upper level, while the galley is below ; food is sent to the upper level on a dumbwaiter.

Furthermore, most of Amtrak's intercity passenger trains operating to points west of Chicago use Superliner bilevel passenger rail cars.

All but one of the Pacific Surfliner trains consist of double-decker Surfliner Cars which are similar to, but not the same as, Superliner cars ; the remaining trainset uses four or more of Amtrak's older single-level Horizon Fleet or Amfleet cars, either a GE P32-8WH ( Dash 8 ) or P42DC ( Genesis ) locomotive, and one of Amtrak's old F40PH locomotives which has been converted to an NPCU.

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner webpage, as well as its timetables, suggest that all trains use a Surfliner trainset ; as a result, passengers occasionally become upset due to the fact that the Amfleet / Horizon Fleet cars lack many of the services typically found on Surfliner bi-level cars, do not provide as smooth a ride as the Surfliner cars, and have small windows, making it difficult to view the scenery.

Amtrak's " Keystone Service " and SEPTA's Paoli / Thorndale Line share the " Main Line " grade from Philadelphia to Thorndale. On the majority of the trains, the journey between Harrisburg and New York takes approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes, including 1 hour and 45 minutes to travel between Harrisburg and Philadelphia.

About 65 % of the cost of operating the train is covered by fare revenue, a rate among Amtrak's long-distance trains second only to the specialized East Coast Auto Train.

However, when the Food and Drug Administration inspected the food-service cars on all of Amtrak's long-distance trains in August and September 1992, the inspectors declared the Heritage lounge car's kitchen area " unsanitary.

Upon Amtrak's creation in 1971, the City of New Orleans was one of four trains that called at Chicago's Central Station, which was originally Illinois Central's terminal in Chicago.

The Penn Line runs between Washington, D. C. and Perryville, Maryland on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and is the fastest commuter rail line in North America, with trains of bi-level cars and electric locomotives operating at up to 125 mph.

Both of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor services go through New Haven Union Station ; most Acela Express and all Northeast Regional trains stop.

MARC's Brunswick Line commuter trains and Amtrak's daily Capitol Limited share the station building with Metro.

Standard Amtrak equipment such as the GE P42DC, Amtrak's main locomotive, standard Amtrak Dash 8 locomotives, and Superliner cars appear on Capitol Corridor trains as substitutes.

The station was also a stop along Amtrak's national commuter route until 2004.

Amtrak's Sunset Limited train has a stop in Schriever.

The nearest Amtrak passenger service is in Springfield ; a stop in Greenfield is under construction as part of the rerouting of Amtrak's Vermonter route.

The town also lies along the Lake Shore Limited route of Amtrak's rail service between Worcester and Springfield, though there is no stop between the two cities.

In 2006, over 68, 000 passengers embarked and disembarked through the historic Whitefish Depot, a stop on Amtrak's Empire Builder line, with some percentage of those being headed to the ski resort on Big Mountain.

Amtrak's Keystone Service and Northeast Regional routes stop at Princeton Junction.

* Amtrak's Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle routes stop at Lordsburg Train Station.

The town is a stop for Amtrak's Empire Service and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Metro-North Hudson Line service, both at the Croton-Harmon station.

Between 1977 and 1997, the city was a regular stop along the former route of Amtrak's Pioneer between Chicago, Salt Lake City, Portland and Seattle.

Between 1977 and 1997, the city was a regular stop along the former route of Amtrak's Pioneer between Chicago, Salt Lake City, Portland and Seattle.

Amtrak's Capitol Limited passes through the city on the NS mainline, but does not stop.

Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and the MBTA's Providence / Stoughton Line run through Pawtucket, though there is no stop for either in the city.

Amtrak's Sunset Limited, which operates between New Orleans and Los Angeles, passes through the city, but does not stop.

Amtrak's Vermonter line is being rerouted and will stop at the FRTA building ; service is expected to begin by the end of 2012.

* A stop on Amtrak's Downeaster service to New Hampshire and Maine

Amtrak's Thruway Motorcoach had a stop located at a Jack in the Box restaurant and Shell gas station at 72352 Baker Blvd., and its Amtrak station code was BKR, but the stop was discontinued in November 2010.

The line to Kansas City would stop at Wichita's Union Station and follow the route of Amtrak's Southwest Chief north of Newton, Kansas.

Amtrak's original Illinois Zephyr included a stop in Aurora which would be discontinued on April 28, 1985, in favor of Naperville.

Via trains from several Windsor-Quebec corridor routes stop here, as does Amtrak's Maple Leaf service from New York to Toronto.

Green Airport is not a stop on Amtrak's Northeast Regional or Acela Express trains.