So I was going to make a poll on the missing routes in our system but like the only real long distance route that is the missing Chicago-Indianapolis-Louisville-Nashville -Chattanooga-Atlanta Corridor which is honestly the only really missing long distance route in the system. I mean Pioneer and Northcoast Hiawatha would be nice but the biggest missing route is still that South east corridor
Anyways here is a map which shows how well this would fit in with the existing routes in the amtrak system.
Routes shown are as follows: Acela, Cardinal, City of New Orleans, 3C+D, Northeast Regional, Silver Star / Meateor.
Hypothetical routes that would be supported by this corridor are as follows, Louisville-Cincinnati, Louisville-Lexington-Knoxville-Chattanooga, Nashville-Huntsville-Birmingham -Montgomery, and Atlanta-Montgomery-Mobile
fuck you "the only real long distance route that is the missing" where are all the north-south lines west of chicago i dont want to go halfway across the country just to go to the state neighboring me to the north :(
i love you amtrak but come on 😔
Okay maybe a Tuscon-Pheonix-SLC-Boise line and an El Paso-Albuqurque-Denver-Cheyenne-Billings line would be good for the west
It's a start considering this is what's offered for Houston to Albuquerque.
Not even on a train for six hours of this trip. Routed all the way to Illinois to go one state over. I could literally drive to Albuquerque quicker than this.
Okay yeah amtrak isn't the best west of the Mississippi but if that el paso line I just made up got made it would certainly make it far more direct. That is an example of why the connects us plan is flawed, it relies too much on state supported routes, when Long distance routes in the west are severely needed, the current proposals for restoration of the Northcoast Hiawatha and Pioneer are good but the South west seriously needs more routes and connections
I know this is just the Amtrack tumblr account but please just fucking give us service again in Phoenix. There isn't even a fucking passenger train station here, the 5th largest metro area in the nation. The nearest station is all the way in Maricopa, a town to the south of Phoenix only accessible by Highway. It is a 30 - 60 mile drive depending on the area of the Valley you live in.
I would absolutely love to ride long distance rail, but riding a passenger train isn't even a feasible option in the Phoenix Area.
It is actually coming back as a new stop on the southwest chief, if we get the money of course<3
