Silver Star (Amtrak train)

Silver Star

The Silver Star at Southern Pines, North Carolina, in 2009
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Temporarily merged into the Floridian
Locale	East Coast of the United States
First service	December 12, 1947
Last service	November 9, 2024
Former operator(s)	Amtrak (May 1, 1971 – November 9, 2024) Seaboard Air Line Railroad (December 12, 1947 - June 30, 1967) Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (July 1, 1967 - April 30, 1971) Pennsylvania Railroad (December 12, 1947 - January 31, 1968, haulage agreement) Penn Central Transportation (February 1, 1968 - April 30, 1971, haulage agreement)
Annual ridership	351,732 (FY23) -19.1%[a][1]
Route
Termini	New York City Miami
Stops	38
Distance travelled	1,522 miles (2,449 km)
Average journey time	31h 33m
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	91, 92
On-board services
Class(es)	Coach Class Sleeper Service
Disabled access	All train cars, all stations
Sleeping arrangements	Roomette (2 beds) Bedroom (2 beds) Bedroom Suite (4 beds) Accessible Bedroom (2 beds)
Catering facilities	Dining car, Café
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks, checked baggage available at selected stations
Technical
Rolling stock	Amfleet, Viewliner, GE Genesis, ACS-64, GE Dash 8-32BWH
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed	125 mph (201 km/h) (top, NEC) 79 mph (127 km/h) (top)
Track owner(s)	Amtrak, CSXT, NS, CFRC, SFRTA
Route map Legend Northeast Corridor to Boston 0 mi 0 km New York City Empire Corridor NY NJ North River Tunnels under Hudson River 10 mi 16 km Newark Penn 58 mi 93 km Trenton Delaware River NJ PA Keystone Service & Pennsylvanian 91 mi 146 km Philadelphia–30th Street PA DE 116 mi 187 km Wilmington DE MD 185 mi 298 km Baltimore Capitol Limited to Chicago MD DC 225 mi 362 km Washington, D.C. Potomac River DC VA 234 mi 377 km Alexandria Cardinal, Crescent, & Northeast Regional 334 mi 538 km Richmond Staples Mill Road Northeast Regional to Newport News 362 mi 583 km Petersburg Northeast Regional to Norfolk VA NC 460 mi 740 km Rocky Mount Silver Meteor 530 mi 853 km Raleigh 538 mi 866 km Cary Carolinian & Piedmont 598 mi 962 km Southern Pines 626 mi 1007 km Hamlet NC SC 700 mi 1127 km Camden 733 mi 1180 km Columbia 782 mi 1259 km Denmark Savannah River SC GA Silver Meteor 870 mi 1400 km Savannah St. Marys River GA FL 1018 mi 1638 km Jacksonville 1076 mi 1732 km Palatka 1128 mi 1815 km DeLand 1160 mi 1867 km Winter Park 1165 mi 1875 km Orlando 1183 mi 1904 km Kissimmee 1233 mi 1984 km Lakeland 1264 mi 2034 km Tampa 1312 mi 2111 km Winter Haven 1353 mi 2177 km Sebring 1395 mi 2245 km Okeechobee 1456 mi 2343 km West Palm Beach 1474 mi 2372 km Delray Beach 1484 mi 2388 km Deerfield Beach 1498 mi 2411 km Fort Lauderdale 1506 mi 2424 km Hollywood 1389 mi 2235 km Miami 1393 mi 2242 km Miami Intermodal Center Planned All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit

The Silver Star is a temporarily discontinued long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 1,522-mile (2,449 km) route between New York City and Miami via Washington, D.C.; Richmond, Virginia; Raleigh, North Carolina; Columbia, South Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; Jacksonville, Florida; and Tampa, Florida.^[2]

The Silver Star and its sister train in the Silver Service brand, the Silver Meteor, are the descendants of numerous long-distance trains that operated between Florida and New York for most of the 20th century. On November 10, 2024, Amtrak temporarily combined the Capitol Limited and Silver Star, producing a Chicago-Washington–Miami route, the Floridian.

During fiscal year 2023, the Silver Star carried 351,732 passengers, a decrease of 19.1% from FY2022.^[3] In November 2023, the train had a total revenue of $8.7 million.^[4]

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