Night train route
Floridian
Chicago → Miami · United States
Born of a 2024 tunnel-works merger of two classic trains: one seat from Lake Michigan over the Alleghenies to Tampa and Miami, nearly two days aboard.
- Distance
- 3,340 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 47 h
- Average speed
- 71 km/h
- Top speed
- 127 km/h

Stations
- 0 kmChicago Union Station +14
- 135 kmSouth Bend +2
- 162 kmElkhart +2
- 250 kmWaterloo +2
- 375 kmToledo +2
- 451 kmSandusky +2
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- 507 kmElyria +2
- 547 kmCleveland Amtrak +2
- 636 kmAlliance
- 769 kmPittsburgh Union Station +1
- 865 kmConnellsville
- 1,013 kmCumberland
- 1,129 kmMartinsburg
- 1,158 kmHarpers Ferry
- 1,221 kmRockville
- 1,247 kmWashington Union Station +8
- 1,260 kmAlexandria +5
- 1,422 kmRichmond Staples Mill Road +2
- 1,468 kmPetersburg +2
- 1,625 kmRocky Mount +2
- 1,737 kmRaleigh +2
- 1,751 kmCary +2
- 1,846 kmSouthern Pines
- 1,892 kmHamlet
- 2,010 kmCamden
- 2,064 kmColumbia
- 2,144 kmDenmark
- 2,286 kmSavannah +1
- 2,522 kmJacksonville +1
- 2,614 kmPalatka +1
- 2,698 kmDeLand +1
- 2,751 kmWinter Park +1
- 2,760 kmOrlando Health
- 2,786 kmKissimmee +1
- 2,855 kmLakeland
- 2,906 kmTampa
- 2,981 kmWinter Haven +1
- 3,047 kmSebring +1
- 3,114 kmOkeechobee
- 3,212 kmWest Palm Beach +1
- 3,242 kmDelray Beach +1
- 3,258 kmDeerfield Beach +1
- 3,281 kmFort Lauderdale +1
- 3,293 kmHollywood +1
- 3,315 kmMiami +1
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (Amtrak, the Floridian 40 on 27 October 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.6% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 8.5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via Amtrak: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Floridian to Chicago
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Floridian?
The Floridian runs 3,340 km from Chicago to Miami.
How long does the Floridian take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 47 h for the 3,340 km. That is an average of 71 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 127 km/h.
Who runs the Floridian?
Amtrak.
How old is the Floridian?
The line has been in service since 2024. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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