Amtrak

Amtrak® operates a nationwide rail network of intercity passenger trains in the contiguous United States, serving more than 500 destinations in 46 states, the District of Columbia and three Canadian provinces on more than 21,400 miles of routes: most of the USA's passenger=regional (medium-distance: intrastate or interstate) trains and all passenger=national (long distance, interstate), overnight, highspeed=* and passenger=international trains. Many states (California, Virginia, Maryland, Missouri, Illinois, Utah, New Mexico, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida...) and regional transportation authorities (e.g. Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District) sponsor their own state/regional commuter and intrastate route=trains, some are included in Amtrak (California), some are not (Maryland). Try an OpenPublicTransportMap rendering, which displays route=train relations as train-numbered black lines, including the union of Amtrak routes with state- and regional-sponsored routes. While Acela is the only high-speed route which may reach 150 MPH (241 km/h), nearly half of Amtrak trains operate at top speeds of 100 MPH (161 km/h) or greater. In the Passenger column, bold type indicates "higher-speed" service, which may include Class 5 (90 MPH) or Class 6 (110 MPH) track.

In North America, "bottom level" (infrastructure) route=tracks relations are omitted, instead skipping to "middle level" (infrastructure) route=railway relations. "Higher level" passenger rail routes like the Amtrak route relations linked here are properly a collection of rail segments, stations/stops and platforms. More complete tagging on underlying infrastructure (track) segments (making up a "named Subdivision") includes accurate, contiguous railway=* elements, with identical name=* and usage=* tags. These are collected into middle level route=railway relations, not bottom level route=tracks relations as OpenRailwayMap suggests. You can improve one or more of the higher level route=train relations below without the following suggestion, but please endeavor to create/review/correct/complete underlying middle level route=railway relations (infrastructure which should contain contiguous, identically named track segments) as you do so.

For example, the Hiawatha Service route=train relation contains all track segments that make up that route, so it is correct to mark here as Complete. But examining this relation's members shows that while some tracks are correctly named "C&M Subdivision," others are missing such name=* (and usage=*) tags. Furthermore, track segments which make up the C&M Subdivision are not (yet) collected into a middle level route=railway + name=C&M Subdivision relation. Please endeavor to identify contiguous rail segments with identical name=* and usage=* tags and collect them into a middle level route=railway "named Subdivision" relation. The higher level route=train relations listed below are important to complete, but so are their underlying middle level infrastructure route=railway relations, too!

Try OpenPublicTransportMap (OPTM): it displays passenger rail in route=train relations. At closer zooms, OPTM also displays route=light_rail, route=subway, route=tram, route=monorail, route=funicular, route=bus, route=trolleybus, route=aerialway and route=ferry with colors similar to OpenRailwayMap (ORM). Please compare and contrast ORM (rail infrastructure) and OPTM (passenger routes) with OSM's Transport layer which rather simply displays "any and all rail" (railway=*), though not disused or abandoned rail, and at closer zooms, route=bus. (Another rail renderer displayed rail-based passenger routes with their colour=* or color=* tag, but is no longer functional).

Amtrak route=train routes are roughly Complete, at least to public_transport:version=1 (v1 in the type=route column) as green Route names, yellow indicates minor problems with underlying infrastructure, not the v1 route=train relation. Underway now are improvements to public_transport:version=2 (a route_master super-relation, each tracked train in its own route relation, bi-directional route logic and precise locations of a completed set of public_transport=platforms). Such growth from v1 to v2 is what is meant by Map Your Train Ride! If they are not in OSM, add public_transport=platforms to the route=train relation of your commute. It's easy: add a node, way or draw a small polygon representing the exact location of the platform, tag it public_transport=platform, railway=platform and train=yes. Many platforms already exist! If so, include them in the proper route=train relation(s), found around that railway=station. See this diagram of a "simple railway station." Thanks to all who improve OSM!

Even-numbered Amtrak trains travel north and east, odd-numbered south and west. Among the exceptions are Pacific Surfliner trains, which use the opposite numbering system inherited from Santa Fe Railway, and some Downeaster and Empire Service trains. All routes are network=Amtrak.

Route name	Trains (ref=*)	passenger=*	type=route_master	type=route	Status and Notes
Acela Express®	2100-2222	high speed	9796393 9796393	WAS-BOS 9796293 9796293 BOS-WAS 9796352 9796352	Roughly complete; public_transport v2. 457 miles (735 km). Amtrak's premier high-speed service between Boston and Washington, with speeds up to 150 MPH (241 km/h) in parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Underlying infrastructure Northeast Corridor needs track connectivity fixes. Partly due to COVID-19, as of early March, 2020, Acela Express service is suspended "until May" (2020).
Adirondack®	68, 69	international	10322765 10322765	v1 4073816 4073816	Roughly complete; public_transport v1. 381 miles (613 km), a "higher-speed" corridor and service, contrasted with Acela, Amtrak's highest speed service. No overnight service.
Auto Train®	52, 53	car	10322764 10322764	v1 3517701 3517701	Nearly complete; public_transport v1. 855 miles (1,376 km). Tagged both passenger=national and service=car.
Blue Water℠	364, 365	regional	10322763 10322763	v1 1687374 1687374	Roughly complete; public_transport v1. 319 miles (513 km). Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing (there is a "track split" on Flint Subdivision east of Battle Creek). Part of "Michigan Services."
California Zephyr℠	5, 6	national	905830 905830	EMY-CHI 8440301 8440301 CHI-EMY 8440320 8440320	EMY-CHI CHI-EMY Mostly complete; public_transport v2. 2438 miles (Chicago - Emeryville, California). Underlying infrastructure route=railway relations are mostly but not quite completely correct (e.g. Creston Subdivision "track splits"), relation is very large. Platforms, amenities around them need improvement.
Capitol Corridor℠	522, 523, 527, 537, 538, 546, 549, 720, 727, 732, 737, 744, 748, 749	regional	2845553 2845553	ARN-OKJ 9601561 9601561 OKJ-ARN 9601563 9601563 ARN-SJC 8472908 8472908 SJC-ARN 8472909 8472909 SAC-OKJ 9601562 9601562 OKJ-SAC 9601564 9601564 SAC-OAC 9601560 9601560 OAC-SAC 9601559 9601559 SAC-SJC 9601566 9601566 SJC-SAC 9601565 9601565	EB WB Complete; public_transport v2. 168 miles (275 km) (San Jose - Oakland - Sacramento - Auburn). A Phase 1 extension from San José (Diridon) south to Gilroy (+49 km) and Salinas (+60 km) is expected in the 2020s for a new length of 238 miles (384 km). Infill stations at Pajaro/Watsonville Junction (to serve Santa Cruz) and Castroville (to serve Monterey) are Phase 2, with no revenue service date specified, as Monterey Branch is disused / abandoned and Santa Cruz Branch is Class 1 (or 2?) speed, limiting freight and occasional tourism trains to 25 MPH/40 km/h as it rehabilitates. The Capitol Corridor is the third busiest Amtrak route in the USA, moving 1.4 million passengers annually between San Jose and Auburn. Platform assignments need surveying at Martinez and Sacramento: Map Your Train Ride! Part of "Amtrak California:" partially funded by Caltrans' Division of Rail, this branding is less prominent with "more local" CCJPA joint powers authority.
Capitol Limited℠	29, 30	national	10563425 10563425	v1 2794554 2794554	Roughly complete; public_transport v1. 780 miles (1260 km). Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing (there are numerous "track splits").
Cardinal®	50, 51	national	10322762 10322762	v1 2807121 2807121	Complete; public_transport v1. 1146 miles (1844 km).
Carl Sandburg®-Illinois Zephyr®	380-383	regional	10322761 10322761	v1 4744150 4744150	Complete; public_transport v1. 258 miles (415 km). Part of "Illinois Service."
Carolinian℠	79, 80	national	10322760 10322760	v1 1900976 1900976	Nearly complete; public_transport v1. (Needs minor "track split" fixes). 704 miles (1133 km). No overnight service.
Cascades ®	500-519	international regional	10322759 10322759	VAC-PDX 71428 71428 PDX-VAC 10571796 10571796 VAC-SEA 10945391 10945391 SEA-VAC 10945392 10945392 SEA-EUG 10945394 10945394 EUG-SEA 10945393 10945393 SEA-PDX 10945390 10945390 PDX-SEA 10945389 10945389 PDX-EUG 10945388 10945388	Complete; rough public_transport v2. 467 miles (752 km), though no single train covers this entire distance; there is no single route=train going all the way from Eugene to Vancouver. Only trains serving Canada are tagged as international; the rest are regional. No overnight service. Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing.
City of New Orleans®	58, 59	national	1532755 1532755	CHI-NOL 8436202 8436202 NOL-CHI 8436201 8436201	CHI-NOL NOL-CHI Complete; public_transport v2. 934 miles (1503 km).
Coast Starlight®	11, 14	national	10322757 10322757	v1 2812900 2812900	Mostly complete; public_transport v1. 1377 miles (2216 km). Los Angeles - San José - Oakland - Sacramento - Portland - Seattle.
Crescent®	19, 20	national	10322758 10322758	v1 1809808 1809808	Somewhat complete; rough public_transport v1. 1377 miles (2216 km). Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing.
Downeaster℠	680-699	regional	10322756 10322756	v1 4743492 4743492	Somewhat complete; rough public_transport v1. Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing, for example, double-tracking on line ends suddenly at Massachusetts-New Hampshire boundary. 145 miles (233 km).
Empire Builder®	7, 8, 27, 28	national	10322755 10322755	v1 CHI-SPK 1809794 1809794 v1 SPK-PDX 10946020 10946020 v1 SPK-SEA 10946021 10946021	Somewhat complete; rough public_transport v1. 2206 miles (3550 km) (Chicago - Seattle). At Spokane, trains 7 and 27 decouple westbound and trains 8 and 28 couple eastbound.
Empire Service®	230-260, 233-259, 280, 281, 283, 288	regional	4452798 4452798	NYP-YNY-POU-ALB 4234377 4234377 ALB-POU-CRT-YNY-NYP 4452779 4452779 NYP-POU-ALB 10322899 10322899 ALB-POU-CRT-NYP 10322903 10322903 NYP-ALB 10322898 10322898 ALB-CRT-NYP 10322902 10322902 ALB-NYP 10322901 10322901 NYP-YNY-ALB-NFL 9155839 9155839 NFL-ALB-YNY-NYP 9155838 9155838 NYP-ALB-NFL 10322900 10322900 NFL-ALB-NYP 10322904 10322904	NYP-ALB ALB-NYP 142 miles (229 km) New York City - Albany NYP-NFL NFL-NYP Complete; public_transport v2. 460 miles (740 km) New York City - Buffalo, a "higher-speed" corridor and service, contrasted with Acela, Amtrak's highest speed service.
Ethan Allen Express®	290-293, 295, 296	regional	4445810 4445810	RUD-NYP 4445771 4445771 NYP-YNY-RUD 4234911 4234911 NYP-RUD 10322921 10322921	SB NB Complete; public_transport v2. 241 miles (388 km).
Hartford Line	401, 405, 407, 432, 450, 460, 463-465, 467, 470, 475, 476, 479, 490, 493, 497	regional	10530881 10530881	v1 9704911 9704911	Complete; public_transport v1. About 62 miles (100 km) serving New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut to Springfield, Massachusetts.
Heartland Flyer®	821, 822	regional	4743154 4743154	OKC-FTW 9161443 9161443 FTW-OKC 9161444 9161444	OKC-FTW FTW-OKC Complete; public_transport v2. 206 miles (332 km).
Hiawatha Service®	329-343	regional	9161615 9161615	MKE-CHI 9161614 9161614 CHI-MKE 1638760 1638760	MKE-CHI CHI-MKE Complete; public_transport v2. 86 miles (138 km).
Illini®-Saluki®	390-393	regional	1902680 1902680	CHI-CDL 8438428 8438428 CDL-CHI 8438427 8438427	CHI-CDL CDL-CHI Complete; public_transport v2. 310 miles (499 km). Part of "Illinois Service."
Keystone Service®	600-672	regional	10322752 10322752	v1 4748609 4748609	Mostly complete; public_transport v1. 195 miles (314 km), a "higher-speed" corridor and service, contrasted with Acela, Amtrak's highest speed service.
Lake Shore Limited®	48, 49, 448, 449	national	10322753 10322753	v1 CHI-ALB 1358974 1358974 v1 ALB-NYP 10946018 10946018 v1 ALB-BOS 10946019 10946019	Complete; rough public_transport v1. 959 miles (1543 km). At Albany-Rensselaer, trains 48 and 448 decouple eastbound and trains 49 and 449 couple westbound. Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing.
Lincoln® Service	300-307	regional	10322754 10322754	v1 4744138 4744138	Complete; rough public_transport v1. 284 miles (457 km), a "higher-speed" corridor and service, contrasted with Acela, Amtrak's highest speed service. Tracks near St. Louis estimated. Part of "Illinois Service."
Maple Leaf℠	63, 64	international	4467191 4467191	TWO-NYP 4467190 4467190 NYP-TWO 4467189 4467189	TWO-NYP NYP-TWO Complete; public_transport v2. 544 miles (875 km). No overnight service. Needs to be separated at Niagara Falls, Ontario into Amtrak- and VIA-operated segments.
Missouri River Runner℠	311-316	regional	10322748 10322748	v1 4743862 4743862	Complete; rough public_transport v1. 283 miles (455 km). Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing. Part of "Illinois Service."
Northeast Regional℠ (Norfolk/Newport News)	65-67, 82, 83, 85-87, 88, 93-96, 99, 110, 111, 121, 123, 125-127, 129-141, 143, 146, 148-170, 172-175, 179-190, 192-196, 198, 199	regional	10322749 10322749	v1 4799100 4799100	Somewhat complete; rough public_transport v1. Amtrak's busiest routes. 457 miles (735 km), a "higher-speed" corridor and service, contrasted with Acela, Amtrak's highest speed service. Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing.
Northeast Regional℠ (Roanoke)	65, 67, 82, 83, 85-87, 93, 95, 96, 99, 110, 111, 121, 123, 125-127, 129-141, 143, 145-156, 158-178, 180-190, 192-196, 198, 199	regional	10322749 10322749	v1 4799101 4799101	Somewhat complete; rough public_transport v1. Amtrak's busiest routes. 457 miles (735 km), a "higher-speed" corridor and service, contrasted with Acela, Amtrak's highest speed service. Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing.
Pacific Surfliner®	562, 564-567, 572-575, 579, 580, 583, 584, 590, 591, 595, 761, 763, 768, 769, 774, 777, 782, 785, 792, 796, 1566-1568, 1588, 1761	regional	10322750 10322750	v1 2812898 2812898	Largely complete; rough public_transport v1. 350 miles (565 km); (San Diego - Los Angeles - Santa Barbara - San Luis Obispo). Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing. While there are some 90 MPH segments (MCBC Pendleton), the underlying LOSSAN corridor is not "higher-speed" (black text regional). Pacific Surfliner is the second busiest Amtrak route in the country, moving 2.6 million passengers annually between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. Part of "Amtrak California:" partially funded by Caltrans' Division of Rail, this branding is less prominent with the "more local" LOSSAN joint powers authority. Needs better public_transport=platform members: Map Your Train Ride!
Palmetto®	89, 90	national	10322751 10322751	v1 2648181 2648181	Complete; public_transport v1. 829 miles (1344 km). No overnight service.
Pennsylvanian℠	42, 43	regional	10322745 10322745	v1 4044002 4044002	Complete; rough public_transport v1. 444 miles (715 km). Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing.
Pere Marquette®	370, 371	regional	10322746 10322746	v1 2744526 2744526	Complete; rough public_transport v1. 176 miles (283 km). Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need review. Part of "Michigan Services."
Piedmont®	73-76	regional	10322747 10322747	v1 1901007 1901007	Complete; public_transport v1. 173 miles (278 km).
San Joaquins℠	701-704, 710-719	regional	4668744 4668744	BFD-OKJ 4668742 4668742 OKJ-BFD 4668743 4668743 BFD-SAC 2856113 2856113 SAC-BFD 4713797 4713797	Complete; public_transport v2. 315 miles (507 km); (Bakersfield - Stockton - Oakland), 282 miles (454 km); (Bakersfield - Stockton - Sacramento). The San Joaquins is the fifth busiest Amtrak route in the country, moving 1.1 million passengers annually. With connecting buses at Bakersfield, the San Joaquin service is the spine of Amtrak California: linking Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Platform assignments need surveying at Bakersfield, Martinez and Sacramento: Map Your Train Ride!'
Silver Meteor®	97, 98	national	10322741 10322741	v1 1590286 1590286	Complete; public_transport v1. 1522 miles (2449 km). Part of "Silver Service®."
Silver Star®	91, 92	national	10322742 10322742	v1 1897938 1897938	Complete; public_transport v1. 1377 miles (2216 km). Part of "Silver Service®."
Southwest Chief®	3, 4	national	4720714 4720714	LAX-CHI 904839 904839 CHI-LAX 4720713 4720713	CHI-LAX LAX-CHI Complete; public_transport v2. 2265 miles (Chicago - Los Angeles).
Sunset Limited®	1, 2	national	10322739 10322739	v1 LAX-SAS 10946017 10946017 v1 SAS-NOL 297142 297142	Complete; public_transport v1. 1995 miles (New Orleans - San Antonio - Los Angeles). At San Antonio, train 1 couples with train 421 westbound and train 2 decouples from train 422 eastbound.
Texas Eagle®	21, 22, 421, 422	national	10322739 10322739	v1 CHI-SAS 2795760 2795760	Complete; rough public_transport v1. 2728 miles (Chicago - San Antonio - Los Angeles). At San Antonio, train 421 couples with train 1 westbound and train 422 decouples from train 2 eastbound. Trains 21 and 22 cover the segment between Chicago and San Antonio on days without Sunset Limited service. Tracks around Saint Louis are estimated.
Valley Flyer	400, 478, 488, 494, 461, 471, 495, 499	regional	10322743 10322743	v1 4797181 4797181	Complete; public_transport v1.
Vermonter℠	54-57	regional	10322744 10322744	v1 1359387 1359387	Essentially complete; public_transport v1. 611 miles (983 km). Needs rerouting through Connecticut River Line (see [1])
Wolverine®	350-355	regional	10322740 10322740	v1 1665342 1665342	Largely complete; public_transport v1. 304 miles (489 km), a "higher-speed" corridor and service, contrasted with Acela, Amtrak's highest speed service. Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing. Part of "Michigan Services."

About the (status) colors in the Route name column

Green means that the route has achieved a rudimentary level of public_transport:version=1. This implies that other relation attributes are correct, but this isn't always strictly true; see Status and Notes column. Green does not conflict with active v1 -> v2 growth. Go!
Yellow means "only partially complete" ; additional volunteer work is needed to enter or correct additional data (railway and/or train route) into OSM. Yellow may also mean a route has a volunteer entering data, yet route ambiguities persist about what is actually correct.
No Amtrak® routes are Red ("Something, often very little is known about the route, so it is useful to put a row in the table about it as a placeholder, but it is likely too early to create a route relation: route data are unknown, incomplete or route attributes are significantly missing").

Acela Express service is "temporarily supspended until May (2020)." Note its route table entry is not set to red/no but remains yellow/partial to denote the completeness of the route itself.

About the (branding, livery) colors in the passenger=* column

Mapzen made a rail renderer, transit-colours, that displayed passenger route=trains with their colour=* (or color=*) tag value (and at closer zooms, route=subway, route=light_rail, route=tram). Although Amtrak does not assign colors to routes, routes above display colors in a rough schema: passenger=international = a purple or green, passenger=national (interstate, long distance) = blue, highspeed=yes = red, passenger=regional = a brown or orange and service=car = yellow. Try clicking the passenger=* column's sort arrow to see:

• International routes include Cascades green (as below) and purples: Adirondack as DarkViolet (dark, as it is on a "higher-speed" corridor; see below), Maple Leaf as MediumOrchid.
  
• National routes are blue, most are overnight routes (all Amtrak night routes are passenger=national). Overnight routes are darker shades of blue, such as DarkBlue on California Zephyr and MidnightBlue on Coast Starlight. The longest national routes are darkest blue.
  
• National routes without overnight service are lighter shades of blue: SkyBlue on Carolinian and DeepSkyBlue on Palmetto. Because of this and their "medium distance" length, an argument can be made that these two routes are more regional, rather than national. No current regional routes have overnight service.
  
• Regional routes are assigned web safe colors in brown and orange palettes (smearing a bit into beige/yellowish/mustard/khaki). Exceptionally, one major regional route is a medium shade of blue: Pacific Surfliner as OceanBlue.
  
• Regional routes lighter in color (neither dark nor deeply saturated) are regular-speed routes so that regional routes on "higher-speed" corridors are colored darker (DarkOrange, SaddleBrown...). Bold white text indicates higher-speed corridors, regular black text on (lighter colored) regional routes indicates regular-speed.
  
• Lighter-shade browns are all "regular speed, shorter-length regional routes" (desaturation=shorter).

This scheme has minor flaws, for example, Vermonter is a darker brown (Sienna), yet it is not higher-speed, however it is lengthier, so darker-shade regional now has a double-meaning of higher-speed or lengthier. Have fun.

Assigning web safe brown or orange colors to each Amtrak regional route underscores the difficulty of this task and may explain why Amtrak does not assign colors, but OSM can make good choices here. For example: on Amtrak Cascades service in Washington state, OSM's Amtrak wiki and Mapzen both display(ed) a closely matching shade of green, which in turn (by intention) better matches livery of rolling stock found only on those tracks by that line and class of service; also, Amtrak and California/Railroads show that passenger=regional Capitol Corridor route = poppy orange, color of California state flower. However, overloading/exceptions do happen with brown/orange on passenger=regional routes: Pacific Surfliner is a non-brown/orange regional route tagged with a medium shade of blue. A goal is better visual color consistency (given the above schema, which attempts to bend without breaking) across all passenger=* services. Color harmony, in motion.

About the colors and symbols in the Status and Notes column

Color and symbol legend: status of each route is indicated by a symbol, which describes the type of feature, and a color, which indicates the completeness of that feature in OSM. For more details, see Wiki Help. Meaning of symbols:

Symbol	Meaning
	Route status
	Stops status

Base Code	NA	0	1	2	3	4	X
{{State Route|r=...|h=}}	- implies status unknown	- no part of route added	- route partly added (as relation)	- route mainly added, needs completing	- route relation complete (in view of 1 editor). Should be verified.	- route complete & verified by second editor. Please date.	- route does not exist in real world.
{{State Route|r=|h=...}}	- implies status unknown	- no stops added to relation	- some stops added	- most stops added, needs completing	- all stops added to relation (in view of 1 editor). Should be verified.	- route complete & verified by second editor. Please date.	- no stops in real world. Unlikely to be used without r=X as well.

The codes 0-4 are a logical progression, but they do not all have to be used in sequence. It is perfectly acceptable to go from 0 (nothing on map) to 3 (everything done in opinion of one editor). However, there should never be a jump to level 4. r=4 should only appear after r=3, and the same with h=3 & h=4, as this implies the relation has been checked by both the editor who completed it (level 3), and a second editor (level 4). Given these are different people, a jump up to level 4 from anything other than 3 is not possible.

In this wiki, this symbology is used as relations indicate where public_transport:version=1 is becoming version 2. The route_master column will eventually be fully populated with v2 relations as v1 routes upgrade to v2, the type=route_master column data acting as "entry point" into these Amtrak routes, the type=route column linking to "directional" child relations.