Amtrak's board announced a second Pennsylvanian train will launch later in 2026, expanding service on the existing Pittsburgh-New York route.
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Amtrak will add a second daily train between Pittsburgh and New York City later this year, officials announced during a public board meeting on July 29.
Outgoing President Roger Harris confirmed the expansion during the streamed meeting, though he did not provide a specific launch date for the additional service. The new train will operate on the Pennsylvanian route, which currently runs once daily between the two cities.
The existing Pennsylvanian departs Pittsburgh at 7:30 a.m. and arrives in New York City shortly before 5 p.m., with the return journey leaving Moynihan Train Hall around 11 a.m. and arriving back in Pittsburgh around 8 p.m. The journey takes approximately 9 hours and 20 minutes. The route makes 18 stops, including stations in Greensburg, Latrobe, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia and Newark, and passes through the Allegheny Mountains and Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, as well as Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
The expansion comes as Amtrak has invested in infrastructure improvements along the corridor. Crews have spent recent years upgrading tracks and stations on the route through a partnership between PennDOT and Norfolk Southern.
Amtrak reported record ridership of 34.5 million passengers last year. Harris noted that ridership volume has grown 20 percent since 2019, a rate approximately twice as fast as the growth of domestic air travel. He stated that Amtrak is "really on a roll," with nine of the ten top years in company history occurring recently.
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