   the silver star is a  passenger train route in the silver service brand operated by amtrak, running from new york city south to miami, florida via the northeast corridor to washington, d.c., then via richmond, virginia; raleigh, north carolina; columbia, south carolina; savannah, georgia; jacksonville, florida; orlando, florida; and tampa, florida. the silver star shares much of its track with the silver meteor, which runs further east through north carolina and south carolina. during fiscal year 2011, the silver star carried nearly 425,000 passengers, an increase of 7.8 percent over fy2010. during fy2011, the train had a total revenue of $32,963,894, a 10.6% increase from fy2010. ==history== the star was originally a service of the seaboard air line railroad, running from new york to miami and later also st. petersburg (beyond tampa). it was inaugurated december 12, 1947, to replace the advance silver meteor. with the exception of a brief period of time in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when service to tampa was provided by the palmetto, the silver star has served both tampa and miami during the amtrak era. originally, am
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