JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Amtrak train service in Florida was disrupted Monday and Tuesday because of a wildfire in the northeast part of the state, officials said.
The auto train service between Sanford, Florida, near Orlando, and Lorton, Virginia, outside Washington, was canceled for Monday, Amtrak said in a statement. The train service allows passengers to take their cars on trips.
The Silver Meteor route, which runs between Miami and New York, was starting and ending in Jacksonville instead of South Florida on Monday, and one of its two daily train trips was canceled for Tuesday.
The Floridian route, running from Miami to Chicago via Washington, was starting and ending in Savannah, Georgia, and one of its two train trips was canceled for Tuesday, Amtrak said.
Amtrak on Monday provided some bus service between Jacksonville and Miami for passengers on the Silver Meteor and Floridian routes.
For those 230+ passengers onboard Monday’s train returning to Miami, Amtrak offered them a full refund and Amtrak travel vouchers.
Amtrak says it’s working to ensure safe and reliable service during these conditions as 38 Florida counties are under burn bans with dry, windy conditions.
The Florida Forest Service reported a 4,000 acre fire along the eastern border of Putnam and Clay counties, south of Jacksonville.
As of Tuesday afternoon, it was just 50 percent contained.
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