booked on 11:20 out of Penn station to florida late??

[CTVIC]

I noticed checking the site that the 11:20 train out of Penn station seems to be 30 mintus late or so on average into florida. but the 3:15 train seems to be early most of the time. and they almost seem to get there at the same time?

what is the reason for this.. anybody know?

 

[Trogdor]

Train 91 operates via Raleigh, and via Tampa, both of which take longer than 97's more direct route.

 

[Michael061282]

the 11:20 train the Silver Star makes a dog leg into and out of Tampa, where the Silver Meteor, the 3:15 train, just bypasses Tampa altogether. That's the main reason they're scheduled to leave 4 hours apart, but arrive into Miami fairly close to each other. Also, a friend of mine rode the Star, northbound, a few weeks ago and they were told they'd be slow into and out of Tampa because of track conditions and work. I think they lost about 45 minutes to an hour with that, but it was mostly made up by the time they got north.

 

[pennyk]

I personally prefer the Silver Meteor from Orlando to WAS and take it most of the time. However, recently I took the Silver Star and because it was a "different" train for me, I REALLY enjoyed it, even though most of the scenery was the same - but it was at different times of day and I got to see different parts of NC. From Orlando, to make connections to Chicago, I have to take the Meteor.

 

[Acela150]

When I rode to SS to ORL it was Early into ORL by 2 minutes and 30 minutes early into PHL. 30 minutes late isn't that bad for a long haul train. If your talking Acela or NE Regional I'd say other wise.