Pennsylvanian or Silver Meteor
The two routes share 4 stations, Philadelphia, Trenton, Newark among them. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Pennsylvanian | Silver Meteor | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Pittsburgh to New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station | New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station to Miami |
| Duration, end to end | 9 h 33 m | 28 h 29 m |
| Frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Trains | 42 eastbound, 43 westbound | 97 southbound, 98 northbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 6 | 5 |
| Shows | Big cities, Big rivers, Mountains | Big rivers, Big cities |
| Headline stretch | Allegheny Mountains and the Horseshoe Curve | Susquehanna River |
| Headline stretch in daylight | eastbound: daylight, 9:12 a.m.; westbound: daylight, 12:50 p.m. | southbound: daylight Feb to Oct; dusk Nov to Jan, 5:08 p.m.; northbound: daylight, 8:35 a.m. |
Duration, frequency, and daylight are computed from the Amtrak GTFS timetable (fetched 2026-10-15) for the representative trip in each direction; daylight is the phrase for the headline stretch, the highlighted row of each route page. Named stretches are counted from the cited route guides. How these are computed.