What Amtrak trains will be affected by the strike?

The following routes are experiencing suspended services: the Southwest Chief, Empire Builder, California Zephyr, City of New Orleans, Coast Starlight, Crescent, Lake Shore Limited, Silver Star, Sunset Limited, Auto Train, Capitol Limited, Cardinal, Palmetto (south of Washington) and Texas Eagle.



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Amtrak is preemptively suspending some service because its track will be affected if freight rail workers go on strike. “Amtrak operates almost all of our 21,000 route miles outside the Northeast Corridor (NEC) on track owned, maintained, and dispatched by freight railroads,” said Marc Magliari, an Amtrak spokesman.

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Visit Our Website. You can always visit Amtrak.com to learn the real-time status of a train. Click “Train Status” on the top bar of the homepage and enter a few key pieces of information to learn when a train will be arriving.

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Amtrak canceled all of its long-distance routes starting Thursday in response to a potential railroad workers strike. Why it matters: It's the latest disruption stemming from the looming labor strike that could start as soon as Friday, which would lead to a shutdown of most of the country's railway system.

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The simple answer: your Amtrak trip won't be affected by the government shutdown. As we've seen during previous government shutdowns, Amtrak has enough cash on hand to keep the trains running and workers paid in the near term.

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Which Amtrak train routes are canceled?
  • Southwest Chief, which stops in Chicago, Kansas City, Albuquerque, Flagstaff, and Los Angeles.
  • Empire Builder, which stops in Chicago, St. ...
  • California Zephyr, which stops in Chicago, Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Emeryville (San Francisco)


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In fiscal year 2022, Amtrak served 22.9 million passengers. That figure was down ten million from 2019 when 33 million people rode Amtrak, a 30% decline.

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The staffing shortage plaguing American businesses of all kinds continues to bite down hard at Amtrak, whose leadership acknowledged yesterday during a public Board of Directors meeting in St. Louis that despite their best efforts those shortages are going to keep crimping service for much of 2023.

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What routes are affected? Amtrak's cancellations impacted all long-distance trains beginning Thursday, including the Auto Train between Virginia and Florida, and all its other interstate routes.

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Railroad workers first threatened to strike in July after more than three years of failed contract negotiations. The unions have generally pushed for a pay increase, better working conditions, relaxed attendance rules, and additional paid time off without fear of punishment.

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If a train is cancelled (and that's what's happened here) you're entitled to take the next train that matches any restrictions on your ticket. So if your ticket is routed via a certain place, you must go that way, or if it's only valid on a certain train company, you must use that companies services.

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