# List of major cities in the United States lacking inter-city rail service

Many major cities and regional population centers in the United States lack any form of inter-city passenger rail service, which would typically be provided by Amtrak. Six metropolitan statistical areas of more than one million residents do not have inter-city train service, nor do the states of South Dakota or Wyoming. There are no international passenger trains between the United States and Mexico, nor to Canada outside of Ontario, Montreal, and Vancouver.

## Cities lacking inter-city rail service

For purposes of this list, a city is considered served if it is within 35 miles (56 km) of an Amtrak or other inter-city passenger rail station. However, some of these cities may be served directly by Amtrak Thruway services. Unless otherwise noted, the provider of the last passenger service is noted in each of the following cities was Amtrak. A partial list of the cities with a greater metropolitan population of over 100,000 that are not served by some form of inter-city rail service is as follows (in order by decreasing population):
| City | Metropolitan area population (2019 est.) | Last active station | Notes |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | 2,266,715 | Las Vegas station | Last service was the Desert Wind in 1997. Planned high-speed rail service by Brightline West to Enterprise, Nevada expected in 2028. Amtrak service is also proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Columbus, Ohio | 2,122,271 | Columbus Union Station | Last service was the National Limited in 1979. Largest city in the United States without rail transport of any kind. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Nashville, Tennessee | 2,012,476 | Nashville Union Station | Last inter-city service was the Floridian in 1979. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan while a Nashville route has been in early talks since January 2020. Early funding has been provided for Nashville–Atlanta passenger rail. The WeGo Star provides limited commuter rail service, but does not connect to the inter-city rail network. |
| Louisville, Kentucky | 1,395,855 | Louisville Union Station | Last service was the Kentucky Cardinal in 2003. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | 1,023,988 | Tulsa Union Depot | Last service was the Santa Fe's The Tulsan in 1971. Several plans for rail service have been proposed, but all of them have fallen through. |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 1,016,508 | | Last service was by the Oahu Railway and Land Company in the late 1930s or early 1940s. New Skyline rapid transit line opened on June 30, 2023. |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 879,773 | Southern Terminal | Last service was the Southern Railway's Pelican in 1970. |
| McAllen, Texas | 870,781 | McAllen Central Station | Last service was the Southern Pacific's McAllen-Brownsville shuttle in 1952. |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 854,884 | Baton Rouge station | Last service was the Kansas City Southern's Southern Belle in 1969. New service from New Orleans has been studied and has support. Amtrak service is also proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Allentown – Bethlehem – Easton, Pennsylvania | 844,046 | Allentown station (LV) | Last service was regional service in 1981, carried by SEPTA. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Allentown – Bethlehem – Easton, Pennsylvania | 844,046 | Bethlehem Union Station | Last service was regional service in 1981, carried by SEPTA. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| North Port – Sarasota – Bradenton, Florida – Venice, Florida | 836,995 | Bradenton Atlantic Coast Line Depot Sarasota Atlantic Coast Line Depot | Last service was the Seaboard Coast Line's Champion in 1971. |
| Dayton, Ohio - Springfield, Ohio | 807,611 | Dayton Union Station | Last service was the National Limited in 1979. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Boise, Idaho | 764,718 | Boise Union Pacific Depot | Last service was the Pioneer in 1997. |
| Cape Coral, Florida - Fort Myers, Florida | 760,822 | | Last service was the Seaboard Coast Line's Champion in 1971. |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | 755,105 | Colorado Springs Santa Fe Depot | Last service was Burlington Route's Texas Zephyr in 1967. New service planned as a new section of the Southwest Chief to Colorado Springs under study. Amtrak service is also proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Des Moines, Iowa | 699,292 | Des Moines Rock Island Depot | Last service was a Rock Island unnamed successor (ending in 1970) to the Des Moines Rocket and Corn Belt Rocket, both ending in 1967. There were plans for a new service from Chicago to Des Moines and Omaha but Iowa refused to provide funds for operations. |
| Augusta, Georgia | 608,980 | Augusta Union Station | Last traditional passenger service was by the Georgia Railroad in 1969, although the Georgia provided a little-used mixed train service until 1983. |
| Space Coast area (Cocoa Beach – Melbourne – Palm Bay – Titusville, Florida) | 601,942 | Cocoa-Rockledge station Melbourne station | Last had passenger service in 1968, when the Florida East Coast Railroad ended its operations. The last interstate trains were in 1963 when the East Coast Champion and City of Miami routes were moved inland from the Atlantic Coast. The Havana Special ended entirely that year. However, a private regional rail line, Brightline, is now open Miami-Orlando via the Space Coast, using the FEC right-of-way, and a newly built segment Cocoa Beach-Orlando. An infill station is planned for the Space Coast in Cocoa Beach, where Brightline has already bought land for a station. |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 565,194 | Terminal Station | Last service was the Louisville and Nashville's The Georgian in 1971. New service possible via proposed Nashville route and the American Jobs Plan mentioned above. |
| Scranton – Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | 553,885 | Scranton station (DL&W) | Last service was the Erie Lackawanna's Lake Cities in 1970. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan as part of the Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project. |
| Youngstown, Ohio | 536,081 | Youngstown station (B&O) | Last service was the Three Rivers in 2005. |
| Fayetteville, Arkansas | 534,901 | Fayetteville Frisco Depot | Last service was a section of the Frisco's Meteor in 1965. |
| Tri-Cities area (Kingsport/Johnson City/Bristol, Tennessee, Bristol, Virginia) | 530,385 | Bristol station | Last service was the Norfolk and Western and Southern Railway's unnamed successor train to their Birmingham Special in 1971. Virginia officials are working on bringing Amtrak service to Bristol. |
| Lexington, Kentucky | 517,056 | | Last service was the Southern Railway's Royal Palm in 1970 and the Chesapeake and Ohio's George Washington in 1971. |
| Pensacola, Florida | 502,629 | Pensacola station | Service suspended August 2005, on Sunset Limited east of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. It is proposed to return service to the line. |
| Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | 496,901 | Myrtle Beach Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Station | Last service was a mixed train operated by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1955. |
| Treasure Coast area (Fort Pierce - Port St. Lucie – Sebastian – Vero Beach, Florida) | 489,297 | Vero Beach station Fort Pierce station Stuart station | Last had passenger service in 1968, when the Florida East Coast Railroad ended its operations. The last interstate trains were in 1963 when the East Coast Champion and City of Miami routes were moved inland from the Atlantic Coast. The Havana Special ended entirely that year. However, a private regional rail service, Brightline, is now open Miami-Orlando via the Treasure Coast, using the FEC right-of-way, and a newly built segment Cocoa Beach-Orlando. An infill station is planned for Stuart and could begin as early as 2026. |
| Huntsville, Alabama | 471,824 | Huntsville Depot | Last service was the Southern Railway's Tennessean in 1968. |
| Springfield, Missouri | 470,300 | Springfield station | Last service was the Frisco's Meteor and Will Rogers in 1967. |
| Asheville, North Carolina | 462,680 | Asheville Southern Railway Passenger Depot | Last service was the Southern Railway's Asheville Special in 1975. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Mobile, Alabama | 429,536 | Mobile station | Service suspended August 2005, on Sunset Limited east of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. As stated with the Mississippi part of the route, service could come back as early as 2024. |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 429,024 | Corpus Christi station | Last service was the Texas Mexican Railway's Tex-Mex Express in 1989. |
| Brownsville, Texas | 423,163 | Brownsville station | Last service was the Missouri Pacific Railroad's Pioneer in 1964. |
| Gulfport – Biloxi – Pascagoula, Mississippi | 417,665 | Gulfport station | Service suspended August 2005, on Sunset Limited east of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Amtrak has announced Gulf Coast Service between New Orleans and Mobile would start as early as 2024. |
| Gulfport – Biloxi – Pascagoula, Mississippi | 417,665 | Biloxi station | Service suspended August 2005, on Sunset Limited east of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Amtrak has announced Gulf Coast Service between New Orleans and Mobile would start as early as 2024. |
| Gulfport – Biloxi – Pascagoula, Mississippi | 417,665 | Pascagoula station | Service suspended August 2005, on Sunset Limited east of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Amtrak has announced Gulf Coast Service between New Orleans and Mobile would start as early as 2024. |
| Manchester – Nashua, New Hampshire | 417,025 | Manchester Union Station | Last service was unnamed successor train to the Boston and Maine's Alouette in 1965. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. Extension of MBTA's Lowell Line is also proposed. |
| Salisbury – Ocean City, Maryland | 415,726 | Salisbury Union Station | Last service was the Pennsylvania Railroad's Del-Mar-Va Express in 1958. |
| Appleton – Oshkosh – Neenah, Wisconsin | 409,881 | | Last service was an unnamed Chicago and North Western train in 1971, having been previously served by the CNW's Peninsula 400. At least part of the area could see proposed Amtrak service under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Peoria, Illinois | 400,561 | Peoria station | Last service was the Prairie Marksman in 1981. However, Amtrak continued to stop at Chillicothe, 20 miles (32 km) north, until 1996. New service to Peoria was studied by Illinois DOT. |
| Shreveport – Bossier City, Louisiana | 394,706 | Shreveport Union Station | Last service was the Kansas City Southern's Southern Belle in 1969. Planned Amtrak service from Birmingham to Dallas/Fort Worth via Shreveport never materialized, service from the city to Dallas being studied by DOT. |
| Tallahassee, Florida | 387,227 | Tallahassee station | Service suspended August 2005, on Sunset Limited east of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. It is proposed to return service to the line. |
| Naples, Florida | 384,902 | | Last service was an Atlantic Coast Line connector service to the West Coast Champion in 1960, between Ft. Myers and Naples. |
| Clermont, Florida - Leesburg, Florida | 383,956 | | Last service was Seaboard Coast Line local Jacksonville - St. Petersburg service in 1971. |
| Quad Cities area (Davenport/Bettendorf, Iowa, Rock Island/Moline, Illinois) | 379,172 | Rock Island station | Last service was the Rock Island's Quad Cities Rocket in 1979. A proposed line that would use the same name would bring service back to Moline and is supported by local officials and the American Jobs Plan. |
| Quad Cities area (Davenport/Bettendorf, Iowa, Rock Island/Moline, Illinois) | 379,172 | Moline station | Last service was the Rock Island's Quad Cities Rocket in 1979. A proposed line that would use the same name would bring service back to Moline and is supported by local officials and the American Jobs Plan. |
| Montgomery, Alabama | 373,290 | Montgomery Union Station | Last service was the Gulf Breeze in 1995. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton, North Carolina | 369,711 | | Last service was the North Carolina branch of the Southern Railway's Carolina Special in 1968. At least part of the area could see proposed Amtrak service under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Fort Collins, Colorado | 356,899 | Fort Collins station | Last service was the Burlington Route's Shoshone in 1967. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Midland – Odessa, Texas | 348,826 | | Last service was the Missouri Pacific's West Texas Eagle in 1969. |
| Ocala, Florida | 343,254 | Ocala Union Station | Last service was the Palmetto in 2004, when Amtrak truncated the run to Savannah, Georgia. |
| Rockford, Illinois | 336,116 | | Last service was the Black Hawk in 1981. New service via a restoration of the train route, was planned by 2015 was suspended by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, but was restarted in 2019 by Governor J.B. Pritzker. As of 2023, Metra is planned to operate the service. Restoration of the Black Hawk is also proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Gainesville, Florida | 329,128 | Gainesville station | Last service was a Seaboard Coast Line train connecting to the Champion |
| Greeley, Colorado | 324,492 | Greeley station | Last service was the Pioneer in 1997. |
| Green Bay, Wisconsin | 322,906 | Green Bay station (CNW) | Last service were unnamed Chicago and North Western trains in 1971, having been previously served by the CNW's Flambeau 400 and Peninsula 400. At least part of the area could see proposed Amtrak service under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Lubbock, Texas | 322,257 | Lubbock station | Last service was the Santa Fe's unnamed service between Temple and Clovis, New Mexico, ending between 1968 and 1970. |
| Columbus, Georgia | 321,048 | | Last service was the Illinois Central's City of Miami in 1971. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Evansville, Indiana | 315,086 | Evansville Station (Louisville and Nashville) | Last service was the Louisville and Nashville's The Georgian in 1971. |
| Clarksville, Tennessee | 307,820 | Clarksville station | Last service was a Memphis section of the L&N's Pan-American in 1965. |
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 297,533 | Wilmington Union Station | Last service was the Seaboard Coast Line's Palmetto in 1968. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Twin Ports area (Duluth, Minnesota, Superior, Wisconsin) | 288,732 | Duluth Depot | Last service was the North Star in 1985. There are plans to restore passenger service from St. Paul with a new train called the Northern Lights Express, although the owner of the train is currently unknown. Amtrak service is also supported under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Twin Ports area (Duluth, Minnesota, Superior, Wisconsin) | 288,732 | Superior Union Station | Last service was the North Star in 1985. There are plans to restore passenger service from St. Paul with a new train called the Northern Lights Express, although the owner of the train is currently unknown. Amtrak service is also supported under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Crestview – Fort Walton Beach – Destin, Florida | 286,973 | Crestview station | Service suspended August 2005, on Sunset Limited east of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. It is proposed to return service to the line. |
| Laredo, Texas | 276,652 | Laredo station | Last service was the Texas Mexican Railway's Tex-Mex Express in 1989. Last Amtrak service was the Inter-American in 1981. |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 276,520 | Cedar Rapids Union Station | Last service was the Rock Island's Zephyr Rocket on April 8, 1967, with the Milwaukee Road ending service on the combined "City of Everywhere" on May 30, 1971, at nearby Marion. Amtrak service is proposed in Iowa City, Iowa 20 miles (32 km) to the south under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 268,232 | Sioux Falls station (Rock Island) | Last service was a Sioux Falls section of the Milwaukee Road's Arrow in September 1965. |
| Amarillo, Texas | 265,053 | Amarillo station | Last service was the Santa Fe's San Francisco Chief in 1971. |
| College Station – Bryan, Texas | 264,728 | | Last service was the Dallas-Houston section of the Texas Eagle in 1995. Texas Central Railway service is projected to operate in the vicinity in 2026. Amtrak service is also proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Bloomsburg–Berwick–Sunbury, Pennsylvania | 259,332 | | Last service was a Penn Central remnant of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Buffalo Day Express in 1971. |
| Yakima, Washington | 250,873 | | Last service was in 1981 when the Empire Builder was rerouted through Everett, Washington. |
| Fort Smith, Arkansas | 250,368 | | Last service was a section of the Frisco's Meteor in 1965. |
| Binghamton, New York | 238,691 | Binghamton station | Last service was the Erie Lackawanna's Lake Cities in 1970. |
| Macon, Georgia | 229,996 | Macon Terminal Station | Last service was the Central of Georgia's Nancy Hanks II in 1971. Amtrak service between Atlanta and Savannah with a stop in Macon is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Bay Minette – Daphne – Fairhope – Foley, Alabama | 223,234 | | Last service was the Gulf Breeze in 1995. Amtrak's Sunset Limited made stops in nearby Atmore, Alabama, Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida until service was suspended in 2005 during Hurricane Katrina. |
| Rochester, Minnesota | 221,921 | | Last service was the Chicago and North Western Railroad's Rochester 400 in 1963. |
| Medford, Oregon | 220,944 | Medford Southern Pacific Depot | Last service was the Southern Pacific's Rogue River in the 1950s. |
| Las Cruces, New Mexico | 218,195 | | Last service was the Santa Fe's El Pasoan in 1968. |
| Lima–Van Wert–Celina, Ohio | 217,454 | | Last service was in 1991, when the Broadway Limited and the Capitol Limited were rerouted. |
| Athens, Georgia | 213,750 | | Last service was the Seaboard Coast Line's Silver Comet in 1969. |
| Jacksonville, North Carolina | 204,576 | | Last service was local connector service by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, ca. 1939. |
| Monroe, Louisiana | 200,261 | | Last service was a Little Rock-Alexandria section of the Missouri Pacific's Texas Eagle in 1967; and the Southwestern Limited also in 1967. |
| Bend, Oregon | 197,692 | | Last service was a regional mixed train run by the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1971. |
| Spring Hill - Brooksville, Florida | 194,515 | Brooksville station | Last service was local Jacksonville - St. Petersburg service in 1955 or 1956, run by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Nearby Dade City had Amtrak service with the Palmetto until that train was truncated to Savannah in 2004. |
| Warner Robins, Georgia | 191,614 | Warner Robins Depot | Last service was the Southern Railway's Royal Palm in 1967. |
| Saginaw, Michigan | 190,539 | East Saginaw station | Last service was the New York Central's local service to the area in 1964. |
| Punta Gorda – Port Charlotte – Boca Grande, Florida | 188,910 | Punta Gorda Atlantic Coast Line Depot | Last service was a section of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad's pre-Amtrak Champion in 1971. |
| Terre Haute, Indiana | 186,367 | Terre Haute station | Last service was the National Limited in 1979. |
| Billings, Montana | 184,167 | Billings station | Last service was the North Coast Hiawatha in 1979. |
| Dover, Delaware | 180,786 | | Last service was the Pennsylvania Railroad's Blue Diamond in 1965. |
| St. George, Utah | 180,279 | | Although no line (nor any railroad tracks) runs through, the city has Amtrak Thruway services. |
| Joplin, Missouri | 179,564 | Joplin Union Depot | Last service was the Kansas City Southern's Southern Belle in 1969. |
| Bowling Green, Kentucky | 179,240 | Bowling Green station (Louisville and Nashville) | Last service was the Floridian in 1979. |
| Elmira – Corning, New York | 178,832 | | Last service was the Erie Lackawanna's Lake Cities in 1970. |
| Jackson, Tennessee | 178,644 | | Last service the Illinois Central's City of Miami train in 1971. |
| Panama City, Florida | 174,705 | | Last service was Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad passenger service in 1957. |
| Muskegon, Michigan | 173,566 | Muskegon station | Last service was the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's passenger service in 1971. |
| Iowa City, Iowa | 173,105 | | Last service was a Rock Island unnamed successor (ending in c. 1970) to the Des Moines Rocket and Corn Belt Rocket, both ending in 1967. New service was possible around 2016, but did not work out. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Abilene, Texas | 172,060 | | Last service was the Missouri Pacific's West Texas Eagle in 1969. |
| East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania | 170,271 | East Stroudsburg station | Last service was the Erie Lackawanna's Lake Cities in 1970. Amtrak service is proposed as part of the Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project. |
| Greenville - Winterville, North Carolina | 170,243 | | Last service was on the first Norfolk Southern's Norfolk-Raleigh main line, ca. late 1940s. |
| Eau Claire – Menomonie, Wisconsin | 169,304 | Eau Claire station | Last service was the Chicago and North Western Railroad's Twin Cities 400 in 1963. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Bloomington, Indiana | 169,230 | | Last service was the Floridian in 1979. |
| Waterloo – Cedar Falls, Iowa | 168,522 | | Last service was the Illinois Central's Hawkeye in 1971. |
| Pueblo, Colorado | 168,424 | Pueblo Union Depot | Last service was a Denver-La Junta connecting train operated by the Santa Fe Railway in 1971. New service planned as a new section of the Southwest Chief to Colorado Springs under study. Amtrak service is also proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Blacksburg – Christiansburg, Virginia | 167,531 | Christiansburg station | Last service was the Hilltopper in 1979. New service being studied by VDOT. Amtrak service is also proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Tupelo, Mississippi | 166,379 | Tupelo station | Last service was the Frisco's Southland in 1967. |
| Auburn – Opelika, Alabama | 164,542 | | Last service was the Illinois Central Railroad's City of Miami serving Opelika, part of the Auburn MSA, which had its last run in 1971. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Janesville, Wisconsin | 163,354 | Janesville station | Last service was the Lake Country Limited in 2001. |
| Wausau – Marshfield, Wisconsin | 163,285 | Wausau station | Last service was the Soo Line's Laker in 1965 |
| Chambersburg – Waynesboro, Pennsylvania | 155,027 | | Last service was the Pennsylvania Railroad's Nos. 638-645 (part of unnamed New York-Roanoke route via the Norfolk & Western's Shenandoah Route) in 1962. |
| Idaho Falls, Idaho metropolitan area | 154,855 | | The last long-distance train was the Union Pacific's Butte Special in 1971. |
| Elizabethtown, Kentucky | 153,928 | | Last service was the L&N's Pan-American in 1971. |
| Concord, New Hampshire | 153,808 | | Last service was unnamed successor train to the Boston and Maine's Alouette in 1965. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Decatur, Alabama | 152,603 | | Last service was the Floridian in 1979. |
| Bangor, Maine | 152,148 | Bangor Union Station | Last service was the Boston and Maine's State of Maine Express and Bar Harbor Express in 1960. Extension of Downeaster service studied. |
| Alexandria, Louisiana | 152,037 | | Last service was the Kansas City Southern's Southern Belle in 1969. |
| Wichita Falls, Texas | 151,254 | | Last service was the Burlington Route's Texas Zephyr in 1967. Although still in the planning phase, local officials are currently working to potentially bring an Amtrak stop to the city. |
| Traverse City, Michigan | 150,475 | | Last service was an unnamed successor C&O/B&O Railroad train to the Resort Special in 1967. New service under study. |
| Homosassa Springs, Florida | 149,657 | | Last service was Atlantic Coast Line Railroad passenger service in 1957. |
| Vineland – Millville – Bridgeton, New Jersey | 149,527 | | Last service was Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines commuter rail service in 1971. |
| Parkersburg – Vienna, West Virginia – Marietta, Ohio | 149,469 | | Last service was the Shenandoah in 1981. |
| Ithaca – Cortland, New York | 149,381 | Ithaca station (LV) | Last service was the Lehigh Valley's Maple Leaf in 1961. |
| Dothan, Alabama | 149,358 | Dothan station | Last service was the Floridian in 1979. |
| Valdosta, Georgia | 148,126 | Valdosta station | Last service was the Floridian in 1979. |
| Florence – Muscle Shoals, Alabama | 147,970 | | Last service was the Southern Railway's Tennessean in 1968. |
| Albany, Georgia | 146,726 | Albany station | Last service was the Illinois Central's City of Miami in 1971. |
| Dalton, Georgia | 144,724 | Dalton station | Last service was the Louisville and Nashville's The Georgian in 1971. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Sioux City, Iowa | 144,701 | Sioux City station | Last service was the Illinois Central's Hawkeye in 1971. |
| Rapid City, South Dakota | 142,107 | Rapid City station | Last service was the Milwaukee Road's Sioux in 1951, when the run was truncated to Canton, South Dakota. |
| Sumter, South Carolina | 140,466 | | Last service was a Florence, SC—Augusta, GA section of the Seaboard Coast Line's Champion in 1970. |
| Morgantown, West Virginia | 139,044 | Morgantown station | Last service was an unnamed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train in 1953. |
| Wheeling, West Virginia | 138,948 | Wheeling station | Last service was the Baltimore and Ohio's Chicago-West Virginia Night Express in 1961. |
| Morristown, Tennessee | 137,612 | | Last service was the Southern Railway's Birmingham Special in 1970. |
| Eureka, California | 135,839 | | Last service was a local Northwestern Pacific Railroad train in 1971. |
| Jonesboro, Arkansas | 134,196 | | Last service was the Frisco Railway's Southland in 1967. |
| The Villages, Florida | 132,420 | | Last service was the Palmetto in 2004, when Amtrak truncated the run to Savannah, Georgia. |
| Manhattan, Kansas | 130,285 | | Last service was the Union Pacific's City of Kansas City in 1971. |
| Bismarck, North Dakota | 128,949 | | Last service was the North Coast Hiawatha in 1979. |
| Jamestown – Dunkirk – Fredonia, New York | 126,636 | | Last service was the Erie Lackawanna's Lake Cities in 1970. Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited passes through Dunkirk, but does not stop. |
| Lawton, Oklahoma | 126,415 | | Last service was the Frisco's Meteor in 1967. |
| New Bern, North Carolina | 124,284 | | Last service was the Atlantic and East Carolina Railway's regional service in 1950 or 1951. |
| Augusta – Waterville, Maine | 122,241 | | Last service was the Boston and Maine's State of Maine Express and Bar Harbor Express in 1960. |
| St. Joseph, Missouri | 121,467 | | Last service was the Burlington Northern's unnamed service between Kansas City and Omaha in 1971. |
| Mansfield, Ohio | 121,154 | | Last service was the Penn Central's Manhattan Limited and Pennsylvania Limited, both in 1971. |
| Missoula, Montana | 119,600 | Missoula station (NP) | Last service was the North Coast Hiawatha in 1979. |
| Owensboro, Kentucky | 119,440 | | Last service was an unnamed L&N train in 1958. |
| Bozeman, Montana | 118,960 | Bozeman station | Last service was the North Coast Hiawatha in 1979. |
| Brunswick, Georgia | 118,779 | | Last service was the Southern Railway's Kansas City-Florida Special in 1964. |
| Sheboygan, Wisconsin | 118,034 | | Last service was an unnamed Chicago and North Western train in 1971, having been previously served by the Peninsula 400. |
| Watertown – Fort Drum, New York | 116,721 | | Last service was the New York Central Railroad's regional service in 1964. |
| Temecula, California | 114,761 | None | Never had train service. |
| Muncie, Indiana | 114,135 | Muncie Depot (C,R&M) | Last service was the Cardinal in 1986, when Amtrak rerouted the train west. |
| Cleveland, Tennessee | 113,358 | | Last service was the Southern Railway's Birmingham Special in 1970. |
| Williamsport, Pennsylvania | 113,299 | | Last service was a Penn Central remnant of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Buffalo Day Express in 1971. |
| Lewiston – Auburn, Maine | 111,139 | Lewiston station | Last direct service was the Boston and Maine Railroad's and Maine Central Railroad's The Gull in 1960. Grand Trunk Western summer service to nearby Danville Junction ended in 1967. |
| Mt. Pleasant, Michigan - Alma, Michigan | 110,583 | | Last service was the Ann Arbor Railroad's Toledo - Frankfort service in 1950. |
| Fond du Lac, Wisconsin | 104,154 | Fond du Lac station | Last service was an unnamed Chicago and North Western train in 1971, having been previously served by the CNW's Peninsula 400. At least part of the area could see proposed Amtrak service under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Decatur, Illinois | 103,998 | Decatur station | Last service was the Illini in 1983, when the run was truncated to Champaign, Illinois. |
| Bay City, Michigan | 103,856 | | Last service was the New York Central Railroad's regional service in 1964. |
| Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | 103,852 | Gettysburg station | Last service was Western Maryland Railway passenger service in 1942. |
| Mankato, Minnesota | 103,612 | Mankato Union Depot | Last service was the Chicago and North Western Railway's Minnesota 400 in 1963. |
| Cheyenne, Wyoming | 100,512 | Cheyenne Depot | Last service was the Pioneer in 1997. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Dubuque, Iowa | 100,388 | Dubuque station | Last service was the Black Hawk in 1981. New service proposed as an extension of the proposed Rockford service mentioned above. |

## Cities with nearby services

In addition, the following cities are not directly served by inter-city rail service, but have a rail station within 35 miles (56 km) of the city.
| City | Metropolitan area population (2019 est.) | Last active station | Notes |
| Phoenix, and Mesa, Arizona | 4,948,203 | Phoenix Union Station | Direct service ended in June 1996 when Amtrak rerouted the Sunset Limited 30 miles (48 km) south to Maricopa, Arizona, after Southern Pacific (now part of the Union Pacific) threatened to abandon the line from Yuma. Phoenix remains connected via Amtrak Thruway motorcoach service to the Southwest Chief at Flagstaff and to the Sunset Limited at Maricopa. Restored Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Albany, New York | 880,381 | Albany Union Station | Lost direct service in 1981 when intercity service was shifted to adjacent Rensselaer, New York. |
| Akron, Ohio | 703,479 | Akron station (Amtrak) | Direct service gained in 1990 with the rerouting of the Broadway Limited, then lost in 2005 with the discontinuance of the Three Rivers. Service on the Capitol Limited 24 miles (39 km) to the southeast at Alliance, Ohio. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Ogden, Utah | 683,864 | Ogden Union Station | Last direct inter-city service was the Pioneer in 1997. Currently directly served by the Utah Transit Authority's FrontRunner commuter rail. Amtrak service 30 miles (48 km) to the south in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
| Winston–Salem, North Carolina | 676,008 | | Last service was by Southern Railway in 1970. Service 16 miles (26 km) to the Southeast in High Point, North Carolina. |
| Daytona Beach, Florida | 668,365 | | Last had passenger service in 1968, when the Florida East Coast Railroad ended its operations. The last interstate trains were in 1963 when the East Coast Champion and City of Miami routes were moved inland from the Atlantic Coast. The Havana Special ended entirely that year. Amtrak trains stop at DeLand Station, 28 miles (45 km) to the west. |
| Madison, Wisconsin | 664,865 | Madison station (Milwaukee Road) | Last direct service was the Milwaukee Road's Varsity and Sioux in 1971. Service 28 miles (45 km) to the northeast in Columbus, Wisconsin. New direct service between Madison and Chicago via Milwaukee was planned but Wisconsin governor Scott Walker rejected federal funding for the project. Amtrak service is now proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Wichita, Kansas | 640,218 | Wichita Union Station | Last direct service was the Lone Star in 1979. Service 25 miles (40 km) to the north at Newton, Kansas. New direct service being studied with extension of Heartland Flyer to Kansas City or Newton. The service is also supported under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 457,672 | | Service 5 miles (8.0 km) to the west at Norfolk station. Expansion of The Tide light rail into Virginia Beach is proposed, which would provide a local rail connection to Norfolk station. |
| York, Pennsylvania | 449,058 | | Service 24 miles (39 km) to the east at Lancaster station. |
| Fort Wayne, Indiana | 413,263 | Fort Wayne station | Last direct service was in 1990, when the Broadway Limited rerouted through Nappanee, Indiana. Service 25 miles (40 km) to the north at Waterloo, Indiana. |
| Reading, Pennsylvania | 421,164 | Franklin Street station | Last direct service was regional service in 1981, carried by SEPTA. Service 27 miles (43 km) to the southwest at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, without a transit connection. Last interstate train was the Reading's Queen of the Valley in 1967. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Canton, Ohio | 397,520 | Canton station | Last direct service was in 1990, when the Broadway Limited rerouted through Nappanee, Indiana. Service 23 miles (37 km) to the northeast in Alliance, Ohio. |
| Boulder, Colorado | 326,196 | Boulder station | Last direct service was the Burlington Route's Shoshone in 1967. Service 25 miles (40 km) to the southeast at Denver, Colorado. Service is proposed for the RTD B Line. Amtrak service is proposed under the American Jobs Plan. |
| Deptford – Glassboro – Mantua – Woodbury, New Jersey | 291,636 | | Last inter-city service was regional ex-Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines service run by the Penn Central in 1971. NJ Transit has proposed the Glassboro–Camden Line to Glassboro. Regional NJ Transit and PATCO service is available at Lindenwold, New Jersey 11 miles (18 km) to the east. |
| Hagerstown, Maryland | 288,104 | Hagerstown station | Service 23 miles (37 km) southwest in Martinsburg, West Virginia. |
| Chula Vista, California | 274,942 | | Service 9 miles (14 km) to the northwest at San Diego, California. |
| Waco, Texas | 273,920 | | Service 16 miles (26 km) to the southwest at McGregor, Texas. |
| St. Petersburg, Florida | 258,308 | St. Petersburg station | Trains stop across Tampa Bay in Tampa. Trains had previously crossed the bay into St. Petersburg. The city lost direct service across the bay when CSX lacked adequate funds to maintain the bridge across the bay. There is Amtrak Thruway bus service at 110th Avenue north of City Limits off US19 to Tampa Union Station (PSTA local bus route 34 passes near this location). Otherwise the only other method of transportation is taxi. The TECO Line Streetcar and HART buses both do not connect with the two areas, although express bus service exists between PSTA and HART. |
| Tyler, Texas | 232,751 | | Last direct inter-city service was the St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt Route) service in 1956. Service 26 miles (42 km) away at Mineola, Texas. |
| Fontana, California | 214,547 | | Service 8 miles (13 km) away at San Bernardino. |
| Columbia, Missouri | 208,173 | | Service 31 miles (50 km) south at Jefferson City, Missouri. |
| Huntington Beach, California | 199,223 | | Service 15 miles (24 km) away at Santa Ana, California. |
| Elk Grove, California | 174,775 | Elk Grove station | Service 16 miles (26 km) northwest at Sacramento, California. |
| Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania | 168,215 | | Last service was Penn Central's Manhattan Limited and the Pennsylvania Limited in 1971; 31 miles (50 km) to the southeast, has Amtrak service in Pittsburgh. |
| Coeur d'Alene, Idaho | 165,697 | | Last service was by Great Northern Railway. However, Spokane, Washington, 34 miles (55 km) to the west, has Amtrak service in the Empire Builder. |
| State College, Pennsylvania | 162,835 | | Service 30 miles (48 km) to the southeast in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Trains last went to proximate Lemont in the late 1940s. |
| Kansas City, Kansas | 156,607 | | Last direct service was a section of the Rock Island's Rocky Mountain Rocket in 1966. Amtrak's Southwest Chief and Missouri River Runner continue to stop at Kansas City, Missouri's Union Station. |
| Ottawa, Illinois | 151,503 | | Last direct service was the Rock Island's Quad City Rocket and Peoria Rocket, both ending in 1978. Service 16 miles (26 km) to the north at Mendota, Illinois. |
| Bellevue, Washington | 148,164 | | Service 10 miles (16 km) to the west at Seattle, Washington |
| Torrance, California | 143,592 | | Service 20 miles (32 km) north in Los Angeles. |
| Lebanon, Pennsylvania | 141,793 | | Service 25 miles (40 km) to the south at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |
| Napa, California | 138,019 | | Service 21 miles (34 km) to the east at Suisun, California. |
| Brandon-Mango-Seffner, Florida | 135,687 | | Bypassed by Amtrak; service 12 miles (19 km) to the west in Tampa, Florida. |
| Kent, Washington | 132,319 | | Service 17 miles (27 km) to the southwest at Tacoma, Washington. |
| Visalia, California | 129,529 | | Passenger service to the city ended in the 1950s or 1960s. However Amtrak's San Joaquin trains stop by at Hanford 21 miles (34 km) to the west. |
| Goldsboro, North Carolina | 123,131 | | Last service 21 miles (34 km) to the west in Selma, North Carolina. |
| Vallejo, California | 121,692 | | Service 13 miles (21 km) to the southeast at Martinez, California. |
| Santa Maria, California | 107,263 | | Service 8 miles (13 km) to the west at Guadalupe, California. |
| Sparks, Nevada | 105,006 | Sparks station | Bypassed by Amtrak in 2009. Service 4 miles (6.4 km) to the east at Reno, Nevada. |
| Concord, North Carolina | 105,240 | | Bypassed by Amtrak; Piedmont service 7 miles (11 km) to the north in Kannapolis, North Carolina. |
| Gadsden, Alabama | 102,371 | | Service 29 miles (47 km) to the south in Anniston, Alabama. |

## Cities with regional rail connections

The following cities are not directly served by inter-city rail service, but have regional or commuter rail service that connects to the inter-city rail network.
| City | Population (2019 est.) | Regional rail station | Regional rail system | Inter-city connection | Notes |
| San Francisco, California | 808,437 | 4th and King Street station | Caltrain | Santa Clara Transit Center | The closest inter-city rail connections by road or ferry are across San Francisco Bay at Oakland–Jack London Square, Emeryville, and Berkeley. Direct inter-city passenger service to the San Francisco Peninsula ended with the formation of Amtrak in 1971, when the Del Monte was discontinued and the Coast Daylight was rerouted to Oakland. Since the late 1990s, Amtrak has worked on plans to restore the Coast Daylight from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and is supported by the American Jobs Plan. California High-Speed Rail is also planned for this route. Additionally, proposals to add a San Francisco stop to the San Jose-Sacramento Capitol Corridor are being considered. |
| San Francisco, California | 808,437 | Embarcadero station | BART | Richmond station | The closest inter-city rail connections by road or ferry are across San Francisco Bay at Oakland–Jack London Square, Emeryville, and Berkeley. Direct inter-city passenger service to the San Francisco Peninsula ended with the formation of Amtrak in 1971, when the Del Monte was discontinued and the Coast Daylight was rerouted to Oakland. Since the late 1990s, Amtrak has worked on plans to restore the Coast Daylight from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and is supported by the American Jobs Plan. California High-Speed Rail is also planned for this route. Additionally, proposals to add a San Francisco stop to the San Jose-Sacramento Capitol Corridor are being considered. |
| Antelope Valley (Lancaster – Palmdale, California) | 541,726 | Lancaster station | Metrolink | Glendale Transportation Center | Last service was the Southern Pacific's San Joaquin Daylight and Sacramento Daylight in 1971. California High-Speed Rail planned for 2033. |
| Santa Rosa, California | 494,336 | Santa Rosa Downtown station | Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) | Richmond station | SMART does not directly connect to the inter-city rail system. There is a Golden Gate Transit bus connection between San Rafael Transit Center and Richmond station. From Larkspur Landing, near Larkspur station, the Golden Gate Ferry operates to the San Francisco Ferry Building adjacent to the Embarcadero BART station. |
| Long Beach, California | 462,628 | Downtown Long Beach station | Los Angeles Metro Rail | Los Angeles Union Station | Los Angeles Union Station is 23 miles (37 km) to the north. The light rail A line serves as a direct route between Los Angeles and Long Beach. |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | 429,954 | Target Field station | Metro | Saint Paul Union Depot | Lost direct service in 1978 when Amtrak shifted intercity service to St. Paul, Minnesota. Gained commuter service in 2009. New direct service is proposed through an extension of the Borealis, which will initially provide service between Chicago and St. Paul. |
| Tri-Valley, California | 361,000 | Pleasanton station | Altamont Corridor Express | Fremont station | Additional connection by road at Hayward station. |
| Jersey City, New Jersey | 292,449 | Journal Square Transportation Center | PATH | Newark Penn Station | |
| Waterbury, Connecticut | 287,768 | Waterbury station | Metro-North Railroad's Waterbury Branch | Bridgeport station | Last inter-city service was an unnamed New Haven service in 1958. Closest inter-city station by road is Meriden Transit Center, 18 miles (29 km) to the east. |
| Atlantic City, New Jersey | 263,670 | Atlantic City Rail Terminal | NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line | 30th Street Station | Last inter-city service was the Atlantic City Express in 1995. |
| Moreno Valley, California | 213,055 | Moreno Valley/March Field station | Metrolink | Riverside–Downtown station | |
| Paterson, New Jersey | 159,732 | Paterson station | NJ Transit's Main Line | Newark Penn Station or New York Penn Station | Transfer at Secaucus Junction is required to reach an inter-city station. |
| Escondido, California | 151,625 | Escondido Transit Center | SPRINTER | Oceanside Transit Center | Oceanside is 21 miles (34 km) to the west. |
| Santa Fe, New Mexico | 150,358 | Santa Fe Depot | New Mexico Rail Runner Express | Alvarado Transportation Center | Closest inter-city station by road is 14 miles (23 km) to the southeast at Lamy station. |
| Concord, California | 129,295 | Concord station | BART | Richmond station | BART connection requires one transfer. The closest inter-city station by road is 9 miles (14 km) to the northwest at Martinez station. |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | 110,997 | Lowell station | MBTA Commuter Rail | Woburn–Anderson station | Last inter-city service was the Boston and Maine's State of Maine in 1960. |
| San Mateo, California | 105,661 | San Mateo station | Caltrain | Santa Clara Transit Center | Closest inter-city station by road is Hayward station to the northeast. |
| Daly City, California | 104,901 | Daly City station | BART | Richmond station | Bypassed after completion of the Bayshore Cutoff in 1907. BART tracks were eventually laid in the former rail right of way, but the city has never been reconnected to the national network. |
| Norwalk, California | 103,949 | Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs station | Metrolink | Fullerton Transportation Center | Fullerton is 12 miles (19 km) to the east. |

## Other gaps

Amtrak provides no service to Mexico. From 1973 to 1981 Amtrak operated the Inter-American, which allowed for transfers between Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas for connecting service with the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. The closest Amtrak service to Mexico may be found at stations along the western portion of the Sunset Limited and southwestern portion of the Texas Eagle in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California; as well as the Pacific Surfliner service to Union Station in San Diego.
Amtrak has studied rail lines formerly canceled that could renew service to some cities. Cities involved include Boise, Mobile, Tallahassee, the Quad Cities (four adjoining cities in northwest Illinois and southeastern Iowa), Billings, and Wichita. Proposals for high-speed rail could also restore service for several cities. Other services Amtrak could restore include the Pioneer (serving Chicago-Denver-Seattle via the California Zephyr), the Black Hawk (Chicago-Dubuque, eastern Iowa), the North Coast Hiawatha (serving Chicago-Fargo-Seattle via the Montana Rail Link), the Montrealer (Extension of the Vermonter from St. Albans, VT to Montreal, QC), the Coast Daylight (supplementing the Coast Starlight between Los Angeles and the Bay Area), and the New Orleans-Orlando segment of the Sunset Limited.