For Florida-oriented rail enthusiasts with Midwestern ties, Amtrak is forming a new route that will offer leisurely trips between Orlando and Chicago that last just under two days.

The new daily “Floridian” service, which is scheduled to kick off Nov. 10, will give passengers a single seat ride through 10 states, with trains traveling from Miami to Orlando and Tampa and then up the Atlantic seaboard to Washington, D.C., moving through southwest Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh, and hooking westward through Ohio, Indiana and into Chicago Union Station.

All told, 45 stations will be served, and passengers will be able to bypass the crowded metropolitan areas of New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia.

The route essentially combines two existing interstate segments — the Silver Star between Miami and New York, and the Capitol Limited between Chicago and Washington. It’s being offered as Amtrak diverts equipment away from a protracted tunnel rehabilitation project in New York. The Floridian will continue for as long as the project lasts, railroad officials said.

Where to board

Passengers traveling out of Central Florida can catch the Floridian at Amtrak’s stations in Kissimmee, Orlando, Winter Park and DeLand. Northbound trains would have already made stops in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area and Tampa before Kissimmee.

Once up north past Washington, D.C., the train will pass through the Potomac Valley along the historic B&O line, past scenic Harper’s Ferry in West Virginia, and through the Allegheny Mountains into Pittsburgh.

Coach-class tickets cost $113, while private room fares begin at $734, according to the Amtrak website. The train will employ Amtrak’s newest sleeping cars, a spokesman said.

Private rooms have large bi-level windows, a sink “and a dedicated attendant who provides turndown service, assists with meals, helps with luggage and shares great stories of life on the rails,” Amtrak said in a statement. Those who book the rooms also will receive complimentary lounge access at major stations and priority boarding.

“Our members have had a long-standing dream of restoring a one-seat ride from the Midwest to Florida, and we’re thrilled that a new generation of American passengers will be able to experience this service for themselves,” said Jim Mathews, president and CEO of the Rail Passengers Association, in a statement. “This move will free up badly needed equipment while taking pressure off Northeast Corridor infrastructure during the renovation of the ERT Project.”

Mathews said he believes riders “will flock to this new service.”