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Amtrak Silver Star
Numbers	91-92
Distance	1522-mile (2449 km)
Dates of operation	May 1, 1971 – present
Track owners	Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern

The Silver Star is a 1522-mile (2449 km) passenger train route in the Silver Service brand operated by Amtrak, running from New York City south to Miami, Florida via the Northeast Corridor to Washington, DC, then via: Richmond, Virginia; Raleigh, North Carolina; Columbia, South Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; Jacksonville, Florida; Orlando, Florida; and Tampa, Florida. The Silver Star shares much of its track with the Silver Meteor, which runs further east through North Carolina and South Carolina and bypasses Tampa.

Contents 1 History 2 Consist details 3 Route details 4 Station stops 5 External links

The Silver Star was originally a service of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, running from New York to Miami and later also St. Petersburg (beyond Tampa). It was inaugurated December 12, 1947 to replace the Advance Silver Meteor.

Until November 1, 2004 the Silver Star bypassed Tampa, which was served by the Palmetto. The Palmetto was truncated to Savannah, Georgia at that time, and the Silver Star was rerouted to serve Tampa. The former segment of Palmetto between Jacksonville and Lakeland is now served by a Thruway Motorcoach bus connection to the Silver Star.

Until the Star stopped splitting into two sections in the mid-Nineties, the consist was as such:

• E60 engine (New York-Washington D.C.)
• E60 engine (New York-Washington D.C.)
• F40 engine (Washington D.C.-Miami)
• F40 engine (Washington D.C.-Tampa)
• Heritage Fleet baggage car (Tampa)
• Heritage Fleet baggage-dorm (Miami)
• Amfleet II Coach (Miami)
• Amfleet II Coach (Miami)
• Amfleet II Coach (Miami)
• Amfleet II Coach (Miami)
• Amfleet II Café (Miami)
• Heritage Fleet buffet-diner (Miami)
• Heritage Fleet diner (Miami)
• Heritage Fleet 10/6 sleeper (Miami)
• Heritage Fleet 24/8 slumbercoach (Miami)
• Heritage Fleet 10/6 sleeper (Tampa)
• Heritage Fleet lounge car (Tampa)
• Amfleet II Coach (Tampa)
• Amfleet II Coach (Tampa)
• Amfleet II Coach (Tampa)

Between 1996 and 2004, an ordinary consist for the "Silver Star" was:

• E60 engine (New York-Washington D.C.)
• P42 engine (Washington D.C.-Miami)
• P42 engine (Washington D.C.-Miami)
• 1500-series MHC car (New York-Washington D.C.)
• Heritage Fleet baggage car
• Heritage Fleet crew dorm rebuilt from a 10/6 sleeper
• Viewliner sleeper
• Viewliner sleeper
• Viewliner sleeper
• Heritage Fleet diner
• Amfleet II café
• Amfleet II coach
• Amfleet II coach
• Amfleet II coach
• Amfleet II coach
• Amfleet II coach
• 1500-series MHC car
• 1500-series MHC car

Today an ordinary consist for the "Silver Star" is as such:

• HHP-8 or AEM7 engine (New York-Washington D.C.)
• P42 (Washington D.C.-Miami)
• P42 (Washington D.C.-Miami)
• Baggage car rebuilt from a Heritage Fleet coach
• Viewliner sleeper
• Viewliner sleeper
• Viewliner sleeper
• Heritage Fleet diner
• Amfleet II café
• Amfleet II coach
• Amfleet II coach
• Amfleet II coach
• Amfleet II coach

The Silver Star operates over Amtrak, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern Railway trackage:

• Amtrak Northeast Corridor, New York to Washington
• CSX Landover Subdivision, RF&P Subdivision, Richmond Terminal Subdivision, North End Subdivision, and South End Subdivision, Washington to Selma
• NS, Selma to Raleigh
• CSX Aberdeen Subdivision, Hamlet Terminal Subdivision, Hamlet Subdivision, Columbia Subdivision, Savannah Subdivision, Nahunta Subdivision, Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision, Sanford Subdivision, Lakeland Subdivision, and Tampa Terminal Subdivision, Raleigh to Tampa
• CSX Auburndale Subdivision and Miami Subdivision, Auburndale to Miami

South from Jacksonville to Palatka, the train travels along St. Johns River.

The Silver Star operates as train numbers 91 southbound and 92 northbound, making the following station stops:

New York Newark Trenton Philadelphia Wilmington Baltimore Washington Alexandria Richmond Staples Mill Road Petersburg Rocky Mount Raleigh

Cary Southern Pines Hamlet Camden Columbia Denmark Savannah Jacksonville Palatka DeLand Winter Park Orlando Kissimmee

Lakeland (to/from the north only) Tampa Lakeland (to/from the south only) Winter Haven Sebring Okeechobee West Palm Beach Delray Beach Deerfield Beach Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Miami

Amtrak routes
Northeast Acela Express - Adirondack - Auto Train - Capitol Limited - Cardinal - Carolinian - Crescent - Downeaster - Empire Service - Ethan Allen Express - Keystone Service - Lake Shore Limited - Maple Leaf - Palmetto - Pennsylvanian - Regional - Silver Meteor - Silver Star - Vermonter
South Auto Train - Carolinian - City of New Orleans - Crescent - Palmetto - Piedmont - Heartland Flyer - Silver Meteor - Silver Star - Sunset Limited - Texas Eagle

• Amtrak - Silver Service / Palmetto