the auto train stops at lorton in florida.
the auto train stops at lorton in florida.
where does the auto train stop in florida?
lorton
the service operates as train 53 southbound and 52 northbound. the train is non-stop between its terminal at lorton, virginia, and sanford, florida. amtrak's "auto train" is the successor to an earlier similarly named service operated by the privately owned auto-train corporation in the 1970s.









































during fiscal year 2018, the "auto train" carried 224,837 passengers. it had 238,448 passengers in 2016, a 12.2% decrease over fy2015. the train had a total revenue of us$75,169,554 in fy2016, a decrease of 7.9% over fy2015. the "auto train" has the highest revenue of any long-distance train in the amtrak system.









































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auto train
amtrak continued to use the bi-level and the tri-level autoracks that auto-train had used. for passenger equipment, it initially used a mixture of former auto-train railcars and mid-century long-distance railcars from amtrak's general fleet, all rebuilt to amtrak's "heritage fleet" standards. in the mid-1990s, amtrak replaced all these passenger railcars, which were of the conventional single-level type, with its newer, bi-level superliner i and ii equipment. in 2006, the aging bi-level, tri-level, and "van" autoracks were phased out and replaced with 80 new autoracks. unlike the old racks, the new racks have uniform heights, and are most similar to the "vans" of the previous fleet. , an "auto train" consist is normally made up of two general electric p40 locomotives (and sometimes a third engine) and up to 50 railcars (passenger and autorack), for a total length of a or more. a typical train has one transition sleeper (for the crew), six sleepers (including one with all bedrooms on the upper level), one diner and one lounge for sleeper passengers, four coach cars, two diners and one lounge for coach passengers, and 20-30 autoracks. the "auto train" is often said to have the longest passenger train in the world, although (as mentioned previously) it may be best regarded as a mixed train, rather than as a pure passenger train.
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