WASHINGTON — Amtrak continues to adjust its operations in the Southeast as a result of Hurricane Ian, which is now projected to make a second landfall in South Carolina today (Friday, Sept. 30)
Today’s operations of the Palmetto, which normally runss between New York and Savannah, Ga., will now terminate or originate in Washington, D.C., the company announced Thursday. Thursday’s southbound Palmetto also terminated in Washington.
Also cancelled today, as previously announced, are north- and southbound departures of Auto Train and the Silver Star.
Cleanup has begun in Florida, where the state’s chief financial officer told CNN the hurricane was likely to be the largest natural disaster in state history. Orlando-area commuter operator SunRail remains shut down, as it has been since Tuesday, and has not yet provided update on possible resumption of service. Kissimmee, near the southern end of SunRail’s 61-mile route, reported record flooding; Thursday video from WKMG-TV in Orlando shows the tracks used by SunRail and Amtrak undercut by flooding and blocked by downed trees.
any damage on the south central railroad express ?
Why won’t they terminate the Palmetto in Richmond?