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===Rail=== {{See also|List of Pennsylvania railroads|List of public transit authorities in Pennsylvania}} [[File:Amtrak "Pennsylvanian" on Horseshoe Curve (8991394046).jpg|thumb|[[Amtrak]]'s [[Pennsylvanian (train)|''Pennsylvanian'']] on [[Horseshoe Curve (Pennsylvania)|Horseshoe Curve]] in [[Logan Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania|Logan Township]]]] [[SEPTA]] is the sixth-largest transit agency in the United States and operates the [[commuter rail|commuter]], [[heavy rail|heavy]] and [[light rail]] transit, and [[transit bus]] service in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. [[Pittsburgh Regional Transit]] is the 25th-largest transit agency and provides transit bus and light rail service in and around Pittsburgh.<ref>"2010 Public Transportation Fact Book", p. 8.</ref> Intercity passenger rail transit is provided by [[Amtrak]], with the majority of traffic occurring on the ''[[Keystone Service]]'' in the high-speed [[Keystone Corridor]] between Harrisburg and Philadelphia's [[30th Street Station]] before heading north to New York City, and the ''[[Northeast Regional]]'', which provides regular high-speed service up and down the [[Northeast Corridor]]. The ''[[Pennsylvanian (train)|Pennsylvanian]]'' follows the same route from New York City to Harrisburg, but extends out to Pittsburgh. The ''[[Capitol Limited (Amtrak train)|Capitol Limited]]'' also passes through Pittsburgh, as well as [[Connellsville, Pennsylvania|Connellsville]], on its way from Chicago to [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="PennDOT fact 10" /> Traveling between Chicago and New York City, the ''[[Lake Shore Limited]]'' passes through Erie once in each direction.<ref name="PennDOT fact 10" /> There are 67 [[short-line railroad|short-line]], freight railroads operating in Pennsylvania, the highest number in any U.S. state.<ref name="PennDOT fact 10">"Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Fact Book", p. 10.</ref> With more than four million [[inter-city rail]] passengers in 2018, Philadelphia's 30th Street Station is Amtrak's third-busiest train station in the nation after [[Pennsylvania Station (New York)|Penn Station]] in [[Manhattan]] and [[Washington Union Station|Union Station]] in [[Washington, D.C.]],<ref name="PhiladelphiaAmtrak">{{cite web |url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/nationalfactsheets/Amtrak-Corporate-Profile-FY2018-0319.pdf |title=FY 2018 Company Profile |website=www.amtrak.com |access-date=April 18, 2019}}</ref> and North America's [[List of busiest railway stations in North America|12th-busiest]] train station overall.
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