DC to Pittsburgh pleaseee and vice versa. Apparently it’s only part of the Floridian line and it runs twice a week which is absurd. It easily could be a daily route and people shouldn’t have to travel to Philly to transfer.
DC-Pittsburgh is part of the Floridian, but it runs daily & doesn't serve Philly. You might be thinking of the Cardinal, which runs three times a week Chicago-Indianapolis-Cincinnati-DC-Philly-NYC, but it doesn't serve Pittsburgh.
Chicago-Columbus is on the https://niprarail.org/midwest-connect/ route, and Columbus-Cinci is on the 3C+D route, both of which have received funding for developing state-supported operations.
Based on the popularity of the Borealis (and ORD-STL / ORD-MKE) I've begun wondering if more frequent and better timed point-to-point routes might be popular. Chicago-Indy. Cleveland-Pittsburgh. Cleve-Col-Day-Cincy. That sort of thing.
Amtrak should have a reasonably scheduled train for every city within 500 miles of each other. I’m flying from SF to SLC because I don’t want to arrive by train in sub-zero weather at 3:00am. A single train leaving three hours later would make the difference.
Winnipeg -> Minneapolis. The fact that’s there’s 0 cross-border transit between Detroit and Vancouver is ridiculous. I think given Winnipeg’s the city between those points that’s closest to the border, it makes the most sense to connect through there. Could even extend to Chicago as a sleeper train
New England has miles and miles of rail. But if you’re going to get there by rail you have to get off in NYC or NY state and take a greyhound like it’s 1960. All of New England should be connected.
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Denver to pretty much anywhere not currently served.
Second Vermonter
Burlington to Montreal.
Direct fast clear across the country
NY- NorCal
Cool glass car so you see everything
Fancy cars like in the old times with room service!!
Basically, the I-75 corridor.
It's pretty much a straight shot with existing rail lines, just needs double tracking in some areas.
Idk where you put that or how it works, but I'm begging somebody to figure it out 😭
Chicago-Cleveland-Pittsburgh-NYC. Should be 2-3 through trains, not 1 inconvenient P'Burgh transfer.
Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati. Big cities each end, state capitol & university in middle, should have 3-5 trains.