Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:23 pm
But the Downeaster has been amongst the most successful, if not THE most successful, of Amtrak-era "startups", this topic deserves to be "number one".
For routes started by Amtrak (ie were not run with corridor service on A-day) that have more than one daily RT, we have:
Illinois Zephyr (1971), 2 RT
Illini (1973), 2 RT
San Joaquins (1974), 7 RT
Missouri River Runner (1977), 2 RT
Capitol Corridor (1991), 15 RT
Piedmont (1995), 3 RT + Carolinian
Downeaster (2001), 5 RT
Valley Flyer (2019), 2 RT + Vermonter
What is now the Cascades had 2 Portland-Seattle RT plus the Starlight on A-Day; Eugene service was added in 1994 and Vancouver in 1995. (Both had been unsuccessfully tried before). Wolverine Service and the Pacific Surfliner have both been extended since A-Day; the latter notably has gone from 3 RT to 13 RT.