AT&T on Amtrak: coverage on every route

AT&T has solid on-board coverage on 85% of Amtrak route miles and at least spotty signal on 96%. Best on the Hartford Line (100%); weakest on the Winter Park Express (62%).

Longest AT&T dead zones on Amtrak

RouteWhereLength
Empire Builderbetween Whitefish and Libby69.1 mi
California Zephyrbetween Granby and Glenwood Springs50.4 mi
Southwest Chiefbetween Flagstaff and Kingman45.4 mi
Empire Buildernear Essex, MT41.7 mi
Coast Starlightbetween San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara28.8 mi
Cardinalbetween Staunton and Clifton Forge28.7 mi
California Zephyrbetween Salt Lake City and Elko28.5 mi
Sunset Limitedbetween Sanderson and Alpine27.7 mi
Pacific Surflinerbetween Goleta and Surf27.5 mi
Texas Eaglebetween Sanderson and Alpine23.5 mi

Every route, best to worst for AT&T

RouteCoverage mixSolidSpottyLongest dead zone
Hartford Line100%0%—
Keystone Service100%0%—
Hiawatha99%1%—
Valley Flyer98%2%—
Piedmont98%2%—
Acela98%2%1 mi
Saluki97%3%—
Illini97%3%—
Mardi Gras Service96%3%1 mi
Wolverine96%3%1 mi
Lincoln Service96%4%2 mi
Capitol Corridor96%4%1 mi
Gold Runner95%5%—
Blue Water94%6%1 mi
Heartland Flyer94%6%—
Northeast Regional93%6%2 mi
Carolinian93%7%2 mi
Amtrak Cascades93%7%1 mi
Lake Shore Limited91%9%1 mi
Pere Marquette89%11%—
Palmetto89%10%4 mi
Vermonter88%7%17 mi
Silver Meteor88%11%4 mi
Empire Service87%13%1 mi
Maple Leaf86%13%1 mi
Borealis86%12%2 mi
City of New Orleans86%14%2 mi
Crescent85%13%9 mi
Pennsylvanian85%12%4 mi
Illinois Zephyr85%15%—
Carl Sandburg85%15%—
Pacific Surfliner84%4%28 mi
Floridian84%11%13 mi
Downeaster83%16%—
Coast Starlight83%10%29 mi
Auto Train82%16%4 mi
Sunset Limited82%12%28 mi
Cardinal82%8%29 mi
Southwest Chief81%12%45 mi
Ethan Allen Express80%18%1 mi
Texas Eagle80%15%23 mi
Missouri River Runner80%19%2 mi
California Zephyr76%15%50 mi
Empire Builder75%15%69 mi
Adirondack73%20%8 mi
Winter Park Express62%23%7 mi

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