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Home / Regional / North America / United States / Government / Agencies / Independent / National Railroad Passenger Corporation - Amtrak / Trains and Routes
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- Amtrak California - News on rail travel in California and links to Caltrans (California Dept. of Transportation) and Amtrak web sites that provide information on fares, schedules, station locations, destinations, and rail improvement plans.
www.amtrakcalifornia.com
- Amtrak Cascades - This Pacific Northwest route, running between Eugene, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia, features custom-built Talgo trains. Site includes route map, schedules, news, and information on train equipment and amenities, onboard services, stations and towns en route, and travel deals and promotions.
www.wsdot.wa.gov/amtrak
- Amtrak Crescent - Information on Amtrak's route between New York and New Orleans, including schedules, a history of the Crescent, and information on promotional offers, train services, and amenities.
www.amtrakcrescent.com
- Amtrak's West Coast - Amtrak's West Coast train routes, including details of Coast Starlight, Capitol Corridor, Sunset Limited and others.
www.amtrak.com/destinations/west.html
- Capitol Corridor - Rail corridor and feeder bus system serving Northern California, including San Jose and Sacramento. Includes map, schedules, fares, and reports and news on the corridor.
www.amtrakcapitols.com
- Downeaster - Amtrak's rail service from Boston to Portland, Maine.
www.thedowneaster.com
- Texas Eagle - Amtrak's route from Chicago to Los Angeles via Texas. Site has information on train equipment and services, stations, and schedules.
www.texaseagle.com/home.htm
- Trains.com: Acela Express Lives Up to Its Name - Recounts a trip aboard the Acela Express shortly after its December 2000 inauguration of service. Trains magazine article by Kevin P. Keefe.
www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/000/504woelr.asp
- Trains.com: All Aboard! The Coast Starlight - How this became Amtrak's premier long-distance train after 1995 service upgrades, and a return visit five years later by rail writer Karl Zimmermann.
www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/001/187ruzpj.asp
- Trains.com: All Aboard! The Tortoise and the Hare - Rail writer Karl Zimmermann makes a Washington-Boston round trip aboard the overnight Twilight Shoreliner and the new Acela Express.
www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/000/629asdxx.asp
- Trains.com: Riding Maine's Downeaster - Article describes Amtrak's new rail service between Boston and Portland, Maine, inaugurated in 2001, and recounts the author's journey.
www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/002/049cmqub.asp
- Washington Monthly: Slower Than A Speeding Bullet - Acela trains fail to live up to their speedy image, says this Washington Monthly article by David Carr.
www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0110.carr.html
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