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| journeytime = | frequency = Daily | trainnumber = 56, 57 | class = Sleeping cars and reserved coach | access = | seating = | sleeping = | autorack = | catering = Dining car and on-board cafe | observation = Dome coach | entertainment = | baggage = | otherfacilities = | stock = | gauge = | el = | speed = | owners = LN, SCL | routenumber = | map = | map_state = }} The ''Floridian'' was a train operated by Amtrak from 1971 to 1979 that ran from Chicago to Miami and St. Petersburg, Florida. Its route mainly followed that of several former Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N) passenger trains, including the ''Humming Bird'' (Cincinnati—Louisville—New Orleans). Originating in Chicago, the train served Lafayette and Bloomington, Indiana; Louisville and Bowling Green, Kentucky; Nashville, Tennessee; Decatur, Birmingham, Montgomery and Dothan, Alabama; and Thomasville, Valdosta and Waycross, Georgia. At Jacksonville, Florida, the train split to serve the separate routes of St. Petersburg, Florida (via Orlando) and Miami (via Winter Haven. These two legs crossed each other near Lakeland, Florida. The ''Floridian'' was notorious for lackluster on-time performance, owing to the poor condition of equipment inherited from the private railroads, and equally poor track conditions. The train used the lines of L&N (in Indiana, over the former Monon Railroad, which merged into the L&N shortly before the formation of Amtrak), and Seaboard Coast Line. All are now part of CSX Transportation; some parts of the former route have since been abandoned by CSX. Amtrak discontinued the ''Floridian'' in October 1979, leaving Louisville and Nashville without passenger train service, two of the largest such cities in the nation to have this distinction. (Louisville briefly regained Amtrak service with the ''Kentucky Cardinal'', which operated 1999-2003). == History == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Floridian (train)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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