More Amtrak service from Pittsburgh starts in November

Context: The Pennsylvanian currently travels between Pittsburgh and New York City via Harrisburg and Philadelphia, leaving Pittsburgh at 7:30am and arriving in NYC around 5pm.

The latest: Amtrak anticipates tickets will go on sale for the additional round-trip route starting in October, per a news release.

• Exact dates and times were not provided.

Between the lines: The route had some of the lowest delays per 10,000 train miles traveled of any Amtrak service, said Amtrak COO Gery Williams in a May board meeting.

By the numbers: The Pennsylvanian train regularly sells out and saw over 236,000 riders in 2025, its highest annual total ever.

Catch up quick: PennDOT struck a deal with Norfolk Southern — which operates the tracks between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg — in 2023, allowing PennDOT to upgrade tracks and stations along the route.

• Those upgrades will allow freight trains to more easily pass passenger trains, increasing Amtrak's reliability on the route.
• Funding for upgrades was possible thanks to Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investments, per a news release.

All aboard: Amtrak serves Pittsburgh, Greensburg, Latrobe, Johnstown, Altoona and beyond on the Pennsylvanian line.

• Train travelers can also reach Chicago or Washington, D.C., on the Floridian line.