Travelling by train in the USA

Travelling by train in the USA

You'll see nothing of America at 35,000 feet, so come down to Earth and see the world class scenery from an Amtrak train across the United States.  The USA has an excellent rail network, and although it's only a skeleton network by European standards it'll take you to almost all the towns & cities a visitor wants to see.  It'll take you from coast to coast in comfort, by a variety of routes, at very affordable prices indeed.  Long-distance trains in the USA are operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, better known as Amtrak

Train services in the USA, at a glance

This route map shows where Amtrak trains run.  Each of the very long-distance transcontinental routes shown in blue has one daily train, except for New York to Florida with 2 trains a day and the Sunset Limited (New Orleans-San Antonio-Los Angeles) which runs 3 times a week.  Important short distance routes (for example, Washington