Talk:List of Amtrak routes
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Scheduled Service Time
[edit]Anyone want to collaborate on adding a column with scheduled service time to this table? Theblindsage (talk) 21:44, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
Untitled
[edit]There are some trains that were listed on other websites for which I cannot find any corraborating info. I'm going to place these here until further info/confirmation is found. Please remove items from list that you know are not valid Amtrak Routes.
- Encore (Midwest?)
- Gulf Wind (Was an L&N Train)
- Indiana Connection
- Lake Shore (NOT LAKE SHORE LIMITED) VIA Montreal, QC-Toronto, ON Montreal - Toronto
- La Salle CN; VIA Chicago, IL-Toronto, ON;Sarnia, ON-Montreal, QC
- Marquette (Show the Pere Marquette RR Operated this Train Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI; Amtrak now had the Pere Marquette)
- South Breeze
- Spirit of America
- Texan
- Weekender
- West Virginian
- Willamette Valley (Oregon)
- Wishbone
[1] shows the Lake Shore as the old name for the Lake Shore Limited. The 1991 Trains article agrees. That timetable also shows the West Virginian. --SPUI (talk) 10:51, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
I've gone through a bunch of info and added start and end dates for most of the trains outside the corridors (Northeast, Empire, Keystone, Hiawatha and Cascade). User:SPUI/Amtrak shite has some compiled info. --SPUI (talk) 19:14, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
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I have a summary of the ownership of Amtrak's 21,767 route miles here-
http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/569629/ShowPost.aspx
Dale
nanaimo73@shaw.ca
- Dale, that's an excellent work you did there. Rhallanger 00:57, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Colors in table
[edit]There are multiple dates in the various tables which have a red background, but as far as I can tell there's nothing in the article itself that explains what this use of color means. This seems inconsistent with MOS:COLOR's requirement that colored backgrounds should not be used except in conjunction with accessibility tools or footnotes to make it clear what the use of color is meant to symbolize. Rfwang4 (talk) 21:06, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- That's odd. It seems to me that the colors indicate either a) the route was operated by Amtrak on May 1, 1971, the date Amtrak began operations, or b) the route is currently active. I don't understand why both cases would use the same color. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 21:13, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Trainsandotherthings: That appears to have been around since 2005, could use an update perhaps. Cards84664 21:16, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- Ah, 2005, when VHS was still a thing and I was in elementary school. That was probably advanced technique back in 2005 to have the colors like that. I'd recommend changing the present services color from red to green. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 21:31, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Trainsandotherthings: That appears to have been around since 2005, could use an update perhaps. Cards84664 21:16, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- I realize that @Trainsandotherthings have our differences over station notability but there's no need to make some us feel older than we are :). Anyway, the red background denoted (for the start date) trains that Amtrak assumed control over on May 1, 1971 and (for the end date) trains that are still running. At one time, I believe, the reporting mark of the pre-Amtrak carrier was also indicated in the start date. I agree that in its current form it adds nothing. If a color key is needed or useful, we should do something similar to what's implemented at List of MBTA subway stations. Mackensen (talk) 22:36, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- Edit: yes they were, see [13] for example. Mackensen (talk) 22:39, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
How's this grab folks? Mackensen (talk)
- Sure, and maybe add a new column for predecessor operator, similar to Conrail#Passenger rail operations. Cards84664 23:26, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
| Name | Indicates Amtrak's name for the train; or in some cases the pre-Amtrak name for trains operating prior to November 14, 1971 |
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| Route | The endpoints and major intermediate stops for the train. Changes to terminal stations within the same city, as well as route changes that did not modify the endpoint cities, are not shown. |
| Service began | The date Amtrak began operating the train |
| Service ended | The date Amtrak ceased operating the train |
| Notes | Additional information concerning name changes and prior operators |
| ‡ | Trains conveyed to Amtrak either on May 1, 1971, or afterward |
| † | Trains that are currently operating |
| †‡ | Trains conveyed to Amtrak that are currently operating |