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The Sunset Limited is a long-distance passenger train run by Amtrak, operating on a 1,995-mile (3,211 km) route between New Orleans and Los Angeles.Major stops include Houston, San Antonio and El Paso in Texas, as well as Tucson, Arizona.
In the August 2009 issue of Trains, Brian Rosenwald, Amtrak's chief of product management, noted that the Sunset Limited might be replaced by an extension of the Texas Eagle to Los Angeles: "We projected the revenue and looked at the logistics, and with a little bit of rescheduling came to the conclusion that we can make this happen with the ...
Chicago – Los Angeles 3, 4: 1 261,485 2,256 Sunset Limited: Long distance New Orleans – Los Angeles 1, 2: 3 weekly round trips: 76,937 1,995 Texas Eagle: Long distance Chicago – San Antonio (through cars to Los Angeles on the Sunset Limited) 21, 22, 421, 422: 1 325,709 1,306 (Chicago – San Antonio) 2,728 (Chicago – Los Angeles) Valley ...
The Superliner Sightseer Lounge aboard the Southwest Chief. Amtrak operates two types of long-distance trains: single-level and bi-level. Due to height restrictions on the Northeast Corridor, all six routes that terminate at New York Penn Station operate as single-level trains with Amfleet coaches and Viewliner sleeping cars.
Los Angeles, California–Sacramento, California [1953] 1946–1971 Safety Express: Chessie System 1980–1981 Sailor: Pennsylvania Railroad: Cape Charles, Virginia-New York, New York [1946] c. 1946 Saint: Santa Fe: Los Angeles, California–San Francisco, California–San Diego, California [1911] 1911–1917 St. Clair: Amtrak
In 1998, the Los Angeles to El Paso section of the Sunset Route was hosting about 33 trains per day. [18] By 2007, 45 trains daily were operating through Maricopa, Arizona , [ 19 ] 55 daily trains were running in 2015, and 90 were projected after the full completion of the second track on the Los Angeles to El Paso section. [ 20 ]
Amtrak Houston Station. Amtrak's thrice-weekly Los Angeles–New Orleans Sunset Limited stops at the Houston train station, which is on the north side of the downtown area. There were 20,205 boardings and alightings at the station in FY2018. [8] An Amtrak Thruway connects Houston with Amtrak's Chicago–San Antonio Texas Eagle at Longview. It ...
Palm Springs station is an Amtrak train station in the Garnet community of Palm Springs, California, United States. The station is served by the thrice-weekly round trip of the combined Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle. The station has a single side platform and an open-air shelter. It was built in 1999, and the property is owned by the City of Palm ...