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. Most of these routes are on Class 4 track (maximum speed 80 MPH). While Acela, on Class 5, 6, 7 or 8 track (90, 110, 125, 160 MPH, respectively) 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 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 complete to public_transport:version=2 as of 2021-01-16. A convention of right-hand main is assumed, and actual track and platform assignments may differ from what is mapped. Map Your Train Ride! Do you ride a train regularly or work at a train station? If you're sure that a train consistently serves a platform different from what is mapped, feel free to reroute the route=train relation and add the matching public_transport=stop_positions and public_transport=platforms. Alternatively, leave a note on the map or on this page, and someone will help you out.

Even-numbered Amtrak trains generally 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, except in cases where service is provided jointly by Amtrak and another operator, such as the Maple Leaf train (operated by Canada's VIA Rail west of Niagara Falls), and the Hartford Line (along which Amtrak and ConnDOT coordinate service).

type=route_master	passenger=*	Origin-Destination, ref=* as Train #, type=route	Status and Notes
Acela Express® 9796393 9796393	high speed	WAS→BOS: 2158;2248;2250;2252;2254;2256 9796293 9796293 2154 11961674 11961674 2164 11961673 11961673 2170 11961672 11961672 WAS→NYP: 2218;2224 11961666 11961666 2126 11961667 11961667 NYP→BOS: 2168 11961675 11961675 BOS→WAS: 2155;2163;2249;2251;2253;2255;2257;2259 9796352 9796352 2165 11961671 11961671 2167 11961670 11961670 NYP→WAS: 2203;2205 11961668 11961668 2109 11961669 11961669 BOS→NYP: 2173 11961676 11961676	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.
Adirondack® 10322765 10322765	international	MTR→NYP: 68 11922066 11922066 NYP→MTR: 69 4073816 4073816	Complete; public_transport v2. 381 miles (613 km), a "higher-speed" corridor and service, contrasted with Acela, Amtrak's highest speed service. No overnight service.
Auto Train® 10322764 10322764	car	SFA→LOR: 52 12009935 12009935 LOR→SFA: 53 3517701 3517701	Complete; public_transport v2. 855 miles (1,376 km). Tagged both passenger=national and service=car.
Blue Water℠ 10322763 10322763	regional	CHI→PTH: 364 1687374 1687374 PTH→CHI: 365 11879713 11879713	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℠ 905830 905830	national	EMY→CHI: 6 8440301 8440301 CHI→EMY: 5 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℠ 2845553 2845553	regional	SJC→SAC: 524;528;532;538;542;546;548;724;728;732;738;744;748 9601565 9601565 OAC→SAC: 550 9601559 9601559 OKJ→SAC: 520;522;530;534;540;544;720;734;736;746 9601564 9601564 SJC→ARN: 742 8472909 8472909 OKJ→ARN: 536 9601563 9601563 SAC→SJC: 521;523;525;527;537;543;547;723;727;737;741;743;747 9601566 9601566 SAC→OAC: 531;535;549;733 9601560 9601560 SAC→OKJ: 541;545;551;553;745;749;751 9601562 9601562 ARN→SJC: 729 8472908 8472908 ARN→OKJ: 529 9601561 9601561	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℠ 10563425 10563425	national	CHI→WAS: 30 12022605 12022605 WAS→CHI: 29 2794554 2794554	Complete; public_transport v2. 780 miles (1260 km). Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing.
Cardinal® 10322762 10322762	national	CHI→NYP: 50 2807121 2807121 NYP→CHI: 51 12037189 12037189	Complete; public_transport v2. 1146 miles (1844 km).
Carl Sandburg®-Illinois Zephyr® 10322761 10322761	regional	QCY→CHI: 380;382 11891956 11891956 CHI→QCY: 381;383 4744150 4744150	Complete; public_transport v2. 258 miles (415 km). Part of "Illinois Service."
Carolinian℠ 10322760 10322760	national	CLT→NYP: 80 11996020 11996020 NYP→CLT: 79 1900976 1900976	Complete; public_transport v2. (Needs minor "track split" fixes). 704 miles (1133 km). No overnight service.
Cascades ® 10322759 10322759	international regional	PDX→VAC: 518 10571796 10571796 SEA→VAC: 516 10945392 10945392 EUG→SEA: 500;508 10945393 10945393 506 11845490 11845490 PDX→SEA: 502 11845489 11845489 504 10945389 10945389 VAC→PDX: 517 71428 71428 VAC→SEA: 519 10945391 10945391 SEA→EUG: 505 10945394 10945394 SEA→PDX: 501 10945390 10945390 507 11845488 11845488 PDX→EUG: 511;513 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® 1532755 1532755	national	NOL→CHI: 58 8436201 8436201 CHI→NOL: 59 8436202 8436202	CHI-NOL NOL-CHI Complete; public_transport v2. 934 miles (1503 km).
Coast Starlight® 10322757 10322757	national	LAX→SEA: 14 12074397 12074397 SEA→LAX: 11 2812900 2812900	Complete; public_transport v2. 1377 miles (2216 km). Los Angeles - San José - Oakland - Sacramento - Portland - Seattle.
Crescent® 10322758 10322758	national	NOL→NYP: 20 1809808 1809808 NYP→NOL: 19 12041225 12041225	Complete; public_transport v2. 1377 miles (2216 km). Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing.
Downeaster℠ 10322756 10322756	regional	BRK→BON: 680;682;684;688 11889370 11889370 690;692;694;698 11889368 11889368 BON→BRK: 681;683;685;689 4743492 4743492 691;693;695;699 11889369 11889369	Complete; public_transport v2. 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® 10322755 10322755	national	SEA→CHI: 8 10946021 10946021 PDX→CHI: 28 10946020 10946020 CHI→SEA: 7 1809794 1809794 CHI→PDX: 27 12089100 12089100	Complete; public_transport v2. (Chicago - Portland), (Chicago - Seattle) 2206 miles (3550 km). At Spokane, trains 7 and 27 decouple westbound and trains 8 and 28 couple eastbound.
Empire Service® 4452798 4452798	regional	ALB→NYP: 236;238;242;250;252;256;260 4452779 4452779 244;254 10322903 10322903 230;232 10322902 10322902 234 10322901 10322901 NFL→NYP: 280;288 10322904 10322904 284 9155838 9155838 NYP→ALB: 233;235;241;243;253;255;259 4234377 4234377 239;245;261 10322899 10322899 237 10322898 10322898 NYP→NFL: 281 10322900 10322900 283 9155839 9155839	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® 4445810 4445810	regional	RUD→NYP: 290;292;296 4445771 4445771 NYP→RUD: 291;295 4234911 4234911 293 10322921 10322921	SB NB Complete; public_transport v2. 241 miles (388 km).
Hartford Line 10530881 10530881	regional	NHV→SPG: 450;460;464;470;474;476;4404;4406;4466;6400;6402;6410;6454 9704911 9704911 NHV→HFD: 4452;4458;4462;6456;6458 11921113 11921113 SPG→NHV: 409;417;463;465;467;473;475;4405;4407;4467;6401;6403;6411;6455 11921114 11921114 HFD→NHV: 4453;4461;4463;6457;6459 11921112 11921112	Complete; public_transport v2. About 62 miles (100 km) serving New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut to Springfield, Massachusetts. ConnDOT's CTrail-branded trains are included here, as Amtrak and ConnDOT coordinate service, run trains with identical stopping patterns and honor each other's tickets. Three-digit refs represent Amtrak trains, and four-digit refs represent CTrail trains.
Heartland Flyer® 4743154 4743154	regional	FTW→OKC: 822 9161444 9161444 OKC→FTW: 821 9161443 9161443	OKC-FTW FTW-OKC Complete; public_transport v2. 206 miles (332 km).
Hiawatha Service® 9161615 9161615	regional	MKE→CHI: 330;332;334;336;338;340;342 9161614 9161614 CHI→MKE: 329;331;333;335;337;339;341;343 1638760 1638760	MKE-CHI CHI-MKE Complete; public_transport v2. 86 miles (138 km).
Illini®-Saluki® 1902680 1902680	regional	CDL→CHI: 390;392 8438427 8438427 CHI→CDL: 391;393 8438428 8438428	CHI-CDL CDL-CHI Complete; public_transport v2. 310 miles (499 km). Part of "Illinois Service."
Keystone Service® 10322752 10322752	regional	HAR→PHL: 610;612;654;656;662;666;670;674 11914036 11914036 600;642;646;664 11914032 11914032 618;658 11914033 11914033 620;622 11914031 11914031 644;648 11914029 11914029 650 11914034 11914034 HAR→NYP: 640 4748609 4748609 652 11914037 11914037 660 11914038 11914038 672 11914039 11914039 PHL→HAR: 601;605;611;619;649;651;655;661;665;667;671 11914028 11914028 609;615;643;645 11914026 11914026 607 11914027 11914027 647 11914025 11914025 NYP→HAR: 641 11914040 11914040 653 11914041 11914041 663 11960995 11960995 669 11960996 11960996	Complete; public_transport v2. 195 miles (314 km), a "higher-speed" corridor and service, contrasted with Acela, Amtrak's highest speed service.
Lake Shore Limited® 10322753 10322753	national	CHI→NYP: 48 1358974 1358974 CHI→BOS: 448 12015551 12015551 NYP→CHI: 49 10946018 10946018 BOS→CHI: 449 10946019 10946019	Complete; public_transport v2. 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 10322754 10322754	regional	STL→CHI: 300;302;304;306 4744138 4744138 CHI→STL: 301 12192445 12192445 303;305;307 11893734 11893734	Complete; public_transport v2. 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℠ 4467191 4467191	international	TWO→NFS: 97 (VIA Rail) 11980837 11980837 NFS→NYP: 64 4467190 4467190 NYP→NFS: 63 4467189 4467189 NFS→TWO: 98 (VIA Rail) 11980838 11980838	TWO-NYP NYP-TWO Complete; public_transport v2. 544 miles (875 km). No overnight service.
Missouri River Runner℠ 10322748 10322748	regional	KCY→STL: 314;316 11896405 11896405 STL→KCY: 311;313 4743862 4743862	Complete; public_transport v2. 283 miles (455 km). Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing. Part of "Illinois Service."
Northeast Regional℠ 10322749 10322749	regional	NFK→BOS: 88 11977194 11977194 94 11977193 11977193 NFK→NYP: 84 11977192 11977192 NPN→BOS: 96;194 11977190 11977190 66 11977189 11977189 174 11977191 11977191 RNK→BOS: 176 11977188 11977188 RNK→NYP: 156 11977187 11977187 WAS→BOS: 86 11977838 11977838 162 11977837 11977837 164 11977836 11977836 166 11977835 11977835 168 11977834 11977834 170 11977833 11977833 172 11977832 11977832 178 11977831 11977831 WAS→SPG: 140 11976781 11976781 146 11976780 11976780 148 11976779 11976779 WAS→NYP: 82;192 11977961 11977961 138;158 11977962 11977962 126 11977959 11977959 134 11977958 11977958 198 11977960 11977960 NYP→BOS: 150 11977945 11977945 160 11977947 11977947 190 11977946 11977946 BOS→NFK: 93 11977201 11977201 95 4799100 4799100 BOS→NPN: 65;67 11977198 11977198 99 11977199 11977199 BOS→RNK: 171 11977196 11977196 BOS→WAS: 135 11977847 11977847 137 11977846 11977846 139 11977845 11977845 161 11977844 11977844 165 11977843 11977843 167 11977842 11977842 173 11977841 11977841 175 11977840 11977840 195 11977839 11977839 BOS→NYP: 169 11977948 11977948 179 11977949 11977949 SPG→NFK: 157 11976782 11976782 SPG→RNK: 147 4799101 4799101 SPG→WAS: 141;143 11976783 11976783 NYP→NFK: 87 11977200 11977200 NYP→NPN: 125 11977197 11977197 NYP→RNK: 145 11977195 11977195 NYP→WAS: 133 11977954 11977954 155 11977955 11977955 181 11977957 11977957 189 11977956 11977956 193 11977953 11977953	Complete; public_transport v2. 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® 10322750 10322750	regional	SLO→SAN: 774 11897311 11897311 GTA→SAN: 768 11897309 11897309 796 11897307 11897307 LAX→SAN: 564;580;584;1564;1584 11897306 11897306 SAN→SLO: 777 2812898 2812898 SAN→GTA: 763 11897308 11897308 785 11897310 11897310 SAN→LAX: 579;593;767;1767 11897305 11897305	Complete; public_transport v2. 350 miles (565 km); (San Diego - Los Angeles - Santa Barbara - San Luis Obispo). 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.
Palmetto® 10322751 10322751	national	SAV→NYP: 90 12006219 12006219 NYP→SAV: 89 2648181 2648181	Complete; public_transport v2. 829 miles (1344 km). No overnight service.
Pennsylvanian℠ 10322745 10322745	regional	PGH→NYP: 42 4044002 4044002 NYP→PGH: 43 11913832 11913832	Complete; public_transport v2. 444 miles (715 km). Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing.
Pere Marquette® 10322746 10322746	regional	CHI→GRR: 370 2744526 2744526 GRR→CHI: 371 11851451 11851451	Complete; public_transport v2. 176 miles (283 km). Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need review. Part of "Michigan Services."
Piedmont® 10322747 10322747	regional	CLT→RGH: 74;76;78 11904123 11904123 RGH→CLT: 73;75;77 1901007 1901007	Complete; public_transport v2. 173 miles (278 km).
San Joaquins℠ 4668744 4668744	regional	OKJ→BFD: 710;712;714;716;718 4668743 4668743 SAC→BFD: 702;704 4713797 4713797 BFD→OKJ: 711;713;715;717;719 4668742 4668742 BFD→SAC: 701;703 2856113 2856113	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® 10322741 10322741	national	MIA→NYP: 98 12009839 12009839 NYP→MIA: 97 1590286 1590286	Complete; public_transport v2. 1522 miles (2449 km). Part of "Silver Service®."
Silver Star® 10322742 10322742	national	MIA→NYP: 92 12011066 12011066 NYP→MIA: 91 1897938 1897938	Complete; public_transport v2. 1377 miles (2216 km). Part of "Silver Service®."
Southwest Chief® 4720714 4720714	national	LAX→CHI: 4 904839 904839 CHI→LAX: 3 4720713 4720713	CHI-LAX LAX-CHI Complete; public_transport v2. 2265 miles (Chicago - Los Angeles).
Sunset Limited® 10322739 10322739	national	LAX→NOL: 2 10946017 10946017 NOL→LAX: 1 297142 297142	Complete; public_transport v2. 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® 10322739 10322739	national	SAS→CHI: 22 12180535 12180535 LAX→CHI: 422 12180533 12180533 CHI→SAS: 21 2795760 2795760 CHI→LAX: 421 12180534 12180534	Complete; public_transport v2. 2728 miles (Chicago - San Antonio - Los Angeles). At San Antonio, train 421 decouples from train 21 to couple with train 1 westbound and train 422 decouples from train 2 to couple with train 22 eastbound. Tracks around Saint Louis are estimated.
Valley Flyer 10322743 10322743	regional	NHV→GFD: 488;494 4797181 4797181 SPG→GFD: 400 11961041 11961041 GFD→NHV: 461;471 11921097 11921097 GFD→SPG: 499 11961042 11961042	Complete; public_transport v2.
Vermonter℠ 10322744 10322744	regional	WAS→SAB: 54 11961030 11961030 56 1359387 1359387 SAB→WAS: 55 11921087 11921087 57 11961031 11961031	Complete; public_transport v2. 611 miles (983 km).
Winter Park Express 13938483 13938483	regional	DEN→WPR: 1105 13938482 13938482 WPR→DEN: 1106 13938481 13938481	Complete; public_transport v2.
Wolverine® 10322740 10322740	regional	CHI→PNT: 350 1665342 1665342 352 12044090 12044090 354 12044091 12044091 PNT→CHI: 351 11879712 11879712 353 12044088 12044088 355 12044089 12044089	Complete; public_transport v2. 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 (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/Passenger 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.