NEW YORK — Amtrak has added additional trains to its list of those canceled because of the major winter storm moving across the central and eastern U.S., with extensive additions for Saturday, Jan. 24, and Sunday, Jan. 25
Canceled today (Friday, Jan. 23), in addition to those previously announced, have been the Crescent between Atlanta and New Orleans; both directions of the Adirondack between Albany, N.Y., and Montreal; the Floridian departure from Miami in its entirety, and the southbound Floridian between Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla.
Saturday cancellations
This updated list includes some previously announced changes.
Canceled in their entirety, in both directions, are the Crescent, Lake Shore Limited, Silver Meteor, and Auto Train.
Canceled in their entirety, but in just one direction, are the southbound Carolinian, and the eastbound Cardinal.
Canceled in part are both directions of the Adirondack between Albany and Montreal, and both directions of the Floridian between Chicago and Jacksonville.
On the Northeast Corridor, canceled are northbound Acela No. 2248, a 7:50 a.m. departure from Washington, and southbound Acela No. 2259, a 4:25 p.m. from Boston South Station.
The most extensive list of cancellations involves Amtrak’s Virginia services. Canceled in their entirety are northbound No. 124 (Newport News-Philadelphia) and No. 66 (Roanoke-Boston), along with southbound No. 65 (Boston-Newport News) and No. 151 (Philadelphia-Roanoke). Canceled between Washington and Norfolk are trains Nos. 147, 155, and 87; between Norfolk and Washington are trains Nos. 158 and 128, and between Washington and Newport News is No. 99.
Sunday cancellations
Canceled in their entirety in both directions are the Crescent, Lake Shore Limited, Silver Meteor, Auto Train, Carolinian, Palmetto, Pennsylvanian, and Vermonter.
Canceled in their entirety in one direction is the northbound Floridian and the westbound Cardinal.
Canceled in both directions between Albany and Montreal is the Adirondack.
Virginia service will again see extensive cancellations. Canceled in their entirety are northbounds No. 66 (Roanoke-Boston), 124 (Newport News-Philadelphia) and 158 (Norfolk-New York), along with southbounds No. 67 and 99 (both Boston-Newport News), 145 (New York-Roanoke), 151 (Philadelphia-Roanoke), and 157 (Springfield, Mass.-Norfolk). Canceled between Washington and Norfolk are trains No. 87 and 155; between Roanoke and Washington is No. 156, between Newport News and Washington is No. 165, and between Norfolk and Washington is No. 128.
Additional Northeast Regional cancellations include northbounds 104, 118 and 122 (Washington-New York); 154 and 160 (Washington-Boston) and 140 and 146 (Washington-Springfield). Southbound cancellations include Nos. 143 (Springfield-Washington), 121 and 189 (New York-Washington), 135 and 139 (Boston-Washington) and 169 (Boston-Philadelphia).
Watch the Amtrak website, app, or social media channels for updated information.
— Updated at 11:35 a.m. CT to correct Cardinal information and destinations of some Virginia services. To report news or errors, contact trainsnewswire@firecrown.com.
Canceling the CARDINAL, which is tri weekly service is a real blow to customer service. Its already hard to plan around a tri weekly train, then add a cancellation
and you’ve probably lost a passenger for good.
Our train was cancelled out of philidelphia on saturday morning but lucky to have gotten an earlier one at 5 am, just happy not to be stranded out of town. I have traveled before on Amtrak through winter storms with no cancellations or problems, so what’s different now?
Just shut the entire system down until spring. I ran the westbound Lakeshore Limited through a Christmas storm with over six and a half feet of snow and stayed on schedule. At Cleveland I had to “unpack” the bell from the snow encasing it. The entire run from Buffalo to Cleveland I frequently blew the horn 1. To keep the snow out 2. I couldn’t see the crossings let alone the whistle post!!!
“six and a half feet”?
Twelve inches of snow is barely six inches above the rail. That would barely reach the pilot on the locomotive. I’ve run trains through 18-24 inches without any problems.
My 69 Ford made it across I-80 in similar conditions at 40 mph which must have been a safer speed than the drivers who passed me and were later seen in the ditch.
Winter in upstate/ western New York. Been there done that both by car and by train, but today’s Amtrak can’t handle that.
Two of the crappiest automobiles ever manufactured were my parents’ 1954 Plymouth and, later, my own 1969 Simca 1204. Both made it across the New York State Thruway in weather akin to this weekend’s forecast.