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The Silver Meteor route, which runs between Miami and New York, was starting and ending in Jacksonville instead of South Florida Monday (Getty Images)
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Amtrak train service has been disrupted because of a wildfire in the northeast part of Florida.
Train service between Sanford, Florida, near Orlando, and Lorton, Virginia, outside Washington, was canceled for Monday, Amtrak said in a statement. The train service allows passengers to take their cars on trips.
The Silver Meteor route, which runs between Miami and New York, was starting and ending in Jacksonville instead of South Florida Monday, and one of its two daily train trips was canceled for Tuesday.
The Floridian route, running from Miami to Chicago via Washington, was starting and ending in Savannah, Georgia, and one of its two train trips was canceled for Tuesday, Amtrak said.
Amtrak was providing some bus service between Jacksonville and Miami for passengers on the Silver Meteor and Floridian routes.
The Florida Forest Service reported a 2,700 acre (1,093 hectares) fire along the eastern border of Putnam and Clay counties, south of Jacksonville.
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