Passengers prepare to board Amtrak’s Train 41, the Floridian, bound for Miami in Jacksonville, Florida’s train station. Public funding for trains has always been a political hot potato.
We just left Lakeland, Florida. This leg of the journey ... 8:03 p.m.: I think I’m going to cry as the train slowly pulls into the Miami Amtrak station. I quickly do the math on my phone.
Would you ride a train from Chicago to Florida — in coach ... The Borealis is one of Amtrak’s newest routes, running from Union Station to St. Paul, Minnesota’s historic Union Depot.