» FREE Wi Fi Service Starts On Empire Corridor

Starting Monday, Oct 31, Amtrak began to offer FREE Wi-Fi service on all Empire Corridor trains, as well as Regional Service trains on the Northeast Corridor. 

Connecting is free and easy, as one simply selects, “Amtrak Connect” as the wireless connection from their computer, tablet or smartphone. 

Service works very well in the Hudson Valley, though is limited in Manhattan where the Empire Corridor trains are underground.  Upstate service also works very well, although due to a lack of cell towers in the Adirondack area, service is minimal north of Saratoga Springs on the Adirondack and Ethan Allen Express.

Wi-Fi Service is available on all Amfleet I coaches and cafe/business class cars, but does not exist in the more spacious Amfleet II long-distance coaches, so the Adirondack (Trains 68, 69) and Toronto Maple Leaf (Trains 63, 64), which carry both types of cars have service available only in the Amfleet I coaches of each train. (Each of these trains typically has a couple Amfleet II coaches.)

Wi-Fi service is NOT available in Canada, nor in U.S. areas near the Canadian border (i.e. north of Plattsburgh and from Buffalo-Depew to Niagara Falls). 
Also, Wi-Fi service does not exist at this time on the Lake Shore Limited, nor other overnight trains.