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Silver Service And Palmetto The Silver Service and Palmetto are a group of passenger railway lines operated by Amtrak, connecting New York Penn Station to Tampa, Florida and Miami, Florida. The line splits between Selma, North Carolina and Savannah, Georgia and south of Auburndale, Florida. Except for a short section at Savannah (where it uses the S Line), the combined route and east alignment runs along CSX's A Line (former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad mainline) from Richmond, Virginia to Tampa. Except between Selma and Raleigh, North Carolina (where it uses Norfolk Southern's H Line), the west alignment uses CSX's S Line, formerly the Seaboard Air Line Railroad mainline. The Silver Star runs from New York City to Tampa, and then to Miami, via the west route at the north split and the east route at the south split. The Silver Meteor runs from New York City to Miami, using both east routes and bypassing Tampa. The Palmetto runs from New York City to Savannah, Georgia via the east route. Each train runs once per direction per day. Until late 2002, the Palmetto was known as the Silver Palm. Until November 1, 2004, service was slightly different. The Palmetto continued south to Miami with the other trains, but used CSX's S Line between Jacksonville and Plant City. There it turned west to Tampa, turned around, and went to Miami. Both Silver Service trains bypassed Tampa. The Palmetto's old routing is now served by Thruway Motorcoach bus service, with transfers at Jacksonville and Lakeland. The bus also stops at Gainesville, which had not been served by rail. Other Amtrak lines on these tracks (south of Washington) are: The Crescent and Cardinal lines only use the route from Washington to Alexandria, Virginia, stopping at both (and north to New York City); no information is provided here about those lines. Station listing For service north of Washington, see Northeast Corridor. Silver Service/Palmetto trains stop only at these stations: These lines are listed in the table below: - Amtrak lines: AT=Auto Train, CL=Carolinian, PL=Palmetto, RG=Regional, SL=Sunset Limited, SM=Silver Meteor, SS=Silver Star (note that not all trains of that designation necessarily stop at those stations)
- Tri-Rail
- VRE=Fredericksburg Line (and Manassas Line at and north of Alexandria)
| ilepost | City | Station | Amtrak | Other | Connections | | owspan=3|DC | 0 | rowspan=3|Washington | Union Station | CL PL RG SM SS | VRE | MARC Brunswick Line, Camden Line and Penn Line, WMATA Red Line, Amtrak Northeast Corridor continues north
Thruway Motorcoach service (Greyhound Lines) to Dulles Airport, Warrenton and Charlottesville | .2
QL136.7 | CP Virginia | | L137.1 | L'Enfant | ||VRE||WMATA Blue Line, Green Line, Orange Line and Yellow Line | | |QL138.5||state line | | owspan=15|VA | ||||Crystal City||||VRE||WMATA Blue Line and Yellow Line | L138.9
CFP110.1 | ||RO | | FP104.6 | ||Alexandria||CL PL RG SM SS||VRE||WMATA Blue Line and Yellow Line
VRE Manassas Line splits, along with Amtrak Crescent and Cardinal service | | FP99.6 | ||Franconia/Springfield||RG||VRE||WMATA Blue Line | | FP94.5 | ||Lorton||AT||VRE | | FP89.4 | ||Woodbridge||RG||VRE | | FP87.8 | ||Rippon||||VRE | | FP79.1 | ||Quantico||CL RG||VRE | | FP66.0 | ||Brooke||||VRE | | FP63.4 | ||Leeland||||VRE | | FP58.8 | ||Fredericksburg||CL RG||VRE | | |||Richmond Staples Mill Road Station||CL PL RG SM SS | FP1.7
ARN3.3 | ||Acca Yard||||||Amtrak Regional service splits | RN0
A0 | | 17.4 | ||Petersburg||CL PL SM SS | | owspan=4|NC | A119.0 | ||Rocky Mount||CL PL SM SS||||Thruway Motorcoach service (Greyhound Lines) to Kinston, Jacksonville, Camp LeJeune, Goldsboro, Wallace and Wilmington | | 135.7 | ||Wilson||CL PL | | 161.2 | ||Selma-Smithfield||CL PL||||Amtrak Carolinian and Silver Star service splits along the west route | | 209.7 | ||Fayetteville||PL SM | | owspan=5|SC | A262.2 | ||Dillon||PL | | 292.7 | ||Florence||PL SM | | 331.8 | ||Kingstree||PL SM | | 388.0 | ||North Charleston||PL SM | | 443.0 | ||Yemassee||PL SM | | owspan=3|GA | A490.0
S499.9 | ||Savannah||PL SM SS||||Amtrak Silver Star service joins from the west route
Thruway Motorcoach service (Greyhound Lines) to Augusta | 509.6
A503.1 | ||Burroughs | | 548.2 | |||Jesup||SM | | owspan=11|FL | A639.4 | ||Jacksonville||SL SM SS||||Thruway Motorcoach service (Amtrak) to Waldo, Gainesville, Ocala, Wildwood, Dade City and Lakeland | | 698.0 | ||Palatka||SL SM SS | | 750.0 | ||DeLand||SL SM SS||||Thruway Motorcoach service (local taxi companies) to Daytona Beach | | |||Sanford Auto Train Station||AT | | 766.3 | ||Sanford||SL SM SS | | 785.6 | ||Winter Park||SL SM SS | | 790.4 | ||Orlando||SL SM SS||||Thruway Motorcoach service (Martz Tampa Bay) to Lakeland, Tampa, Pinellas Park-St. Petersburg, Bradenton, Sarasota, Port Charlotte and Fort Myers
Thruway Motorcoach service (Coach USA) to area hotels and attractions | | 808.0 | ||Kissimmee||SM SS | | 840.9 | ||Auburndale Crossing||||||Amtrak Silver Meteor service splits along and Silver Star service joins from the Miami route | | 851.8 | ||Lakeland||SS||||Thruway Motorcoach service (Martz Tampa Bay) to Orlando, Tampa, Pinellas Park-St. Petersburg, Bradenton, Sarasota, Port Charlotte and Fort Myers
Thruway Motorcoach service (Amtrak) to Dade City, Wildwood, Ocala, Gainesville, Waldo and Jacksonville | | 881.7 | ||Tampa||SS||||Thruway Motorcoach service (Martz Tampa Bay) to Lakeland, Orlando, Pinellas Park-St. Petersburg, Bradenton, Sarasota, Port Charlotte and Fort Myers | West route Miami route External links
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