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{{about|Amtrak's automobile-carrying passenger trains on a route called "Auto Train"||Autotrain (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox rail service
| name               = ''Auto Train''
| image              = File:Amtrak Auto Train 52 Passing Through Guinea Station, Virginia.jpg
| image_width        = 300px
| caption            = The ''Auto Train'' in [[Guinea, Virginia]] in March 2024
| type               = [[Inter-city rail]]
| status             = <!-- Only use when line is non-operational -->
| locale             = [[East Coast of the United States|Eastern Seaboard]]
| first              = {{Start date|1983|10|30}}
| operator           = [[Amtrak]]
| formeroperator     = [[Auto-Train Corporation]]
| ridership2         = {{Amtrak route ridership|Auto Train}}
| website            = {{url|amtrak.com/autotrain}}
| start              = {{amtk|Lorton}}, Virginia
| end                = {{amtk|Sanford}}, Florida
| distance           = {{Convert|855|mi|abbr=out}}
| journeytime        = 17 hours<ref>{{cite web |title=Amtrak Timetable Results |url=https://www.amtrak.com/tickets/schedule-results.html |website=www.amtrak.com |access-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref>
| frequency          = Daily
| trainnumber        = 52, 53
| class              = Coach Class<br />First Class Sleeper Service
| access             = Train lower level, all stations
| sleeping           = {{Unbulleted list
   | Roomette (2 beds)
   | Bedroom (2 beds)
   | Bedroom Suite (4 beds)
   | Accessible Bedroom (2 beds)
   | Family Bedroom (4 beds)
   }}
| autorack           = 340 vehicle capacity
| catering           = [[Superliner (railcar)#Dining cars|Dining car]], [[Superliner (railcar)#Lounges|Café]]
| observation        = [[Superliner (railcar)#Lounges|Sightseer lounge car]]
| baggage            = Overhead racks
| stock              = [[Siemens Charger]] locomotives<br />[[GE Genesis]] locomotives (backup power)<br />[[GE Dash 8-32BWH]] locomotives (backup power)<br />[[Superliner (railcar)|Superliner]]
| gauge              = {{Track_gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| speed              = {{Convert|50.3|mph|abbr=on}} ({{Tooltip|avg.|average speed (including stops)}})<ref name="avg speed2" /><br />{{Convert|70|mph|abbr=on}} ({{Tooltip|top|top speed}})
| owners             = [[CSX Transportation|CSX]], [[SunRail|CFRC]]
| map                = {{Amtrak Auto Train}}
| map_state          = collapsed
}}
'''''Auto Train''''' is an {{convert|855|mi|km|adj=mid|}} scheduled daily train service for passengers and their automobiles operated by [[Amtrak]] between [[Lorton, Virginia]] (near [[Washington, D.C.]]), and [[Sanford, Florida]] (near [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]).  ''Auto Train'' is the only [[motorail]] service in the United States.<ref name=Decker>[http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=WSArticlePage&pagename=WhistleStop%2FWSArticlePage%2FFeature_Story&cid=1178294040660 One (REALLY) Big, Really Happy Family. The Auto Train—Where Relative Strangers Become Relatives.]</ref>

Passengers ride in [[Coach (rail)|coach]] seats or private [[sleeping car]] rooms while their vehicles are carried in enclosed automobile-carrying freight cars called [[autorack]]s. The train can carry up to 340 vehicles. The train also includes lounge cars and [[dining car]]s. ''Auto Train'' allows its passengers to avoid driving [[Interstate 95]] in [[Virginia]], [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and [[Florida]] while bringing their own vehicles with them. It has the highest revenue of any train in Amtrak's [[Amtrak Long Distance|Long Distance Service Line]].

The service operates as train number 52 northbound and number 53 southbound. The train operates non-stop between its Virginia and Florida terminals, except for a brief stop in [[Florence, South Carolina]], for servicing and a crew change of the [[Train driver|engineers]] and [[Conductor (rail)|conductors]].

Amtrak's ''Auto Train'' is the successor to an earlier, similarly named service operated by the privately-owned [[Auto-Train Corporation]] in the 1970s.