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The ''Silver Star'' is a passenger train route in the ''Silver Service'' brand operated by Amtrak, running from New York City south to Miami, Florida via the Northeast Corridor to Washington, D.C., then via Richmond, Virginia; Raleigh, North Carolina; Columbia, South Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; Jacksonville, Florida; Orlando, Florida; and Tampa, Florida. The ''Silver Star'' shares much of its track with the ''Silver Meteor'', which runs further east through North Carolina and South Carolina. During fiscal year 2011, the ''Silver Star'' carried nearly 425,000 passengers, an increase of 7.8 percent over FY2010. During FY2011, the train had a total revenue of $32,963,894, a 10.6% increase from FY2010.〔 ==History== The ''Star'' was originally a service of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, running from New York to Miami and later also St. Petersburg (beyond Tampa). It was inaugurated December 12, 1947, to replace the ''Advance Silver Meteor''. With the exception of a brief period of time in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when service to Tampa was provided by the ''Palmetto'', the ''Silver Star'' has served both Tampa and Miami during the Amtrak era. Originally, Amtrak would split the ''Silver Star'' in Jacksonville, with the Tampa-bound portion continuing on the old Atlantic Coast Line Railroad route through Orlando, and the Miami-bound portion traveling through Ocala and Wildwood over most of what was the original Seaboard route to Miami. After November 1, 2004, the ''Silver Star'' resumed service to Tampa, and now travels intact all of the way, backing out of Tampa and retracing its route east to Auburndale, where it heads south to Miami.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=April 6, 2004 (System Timetable) Page 71 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Atlantic Coast Service Timetable - Effective November 8, 2010 )〕 In the January 2011 issue of ''Trains'' magazine, this route was listed as one of five routes to be looked at by Amtrak in FY 2011 as the previous five routes (''Sunset'', ''Eagle'', ''Zephyr'', ''Capitol'', and ''Cardinal'') were examined in FY 2010.〔"Amtrak's Improvement Wish List", ''Trains'', January 2011, 20-21.〕 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「Silver Star (Amtrak train)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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