City of New Orleans

The City of New Orleans connects Chicago, IL and New Orleans, LA on the route operated by Amtrak, calling at 17 stations.

Route guide

The City of New Orleans is a long-distance service operated by Amtrak, running between Chicago Union Station and New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal and calling at 17 stations. Which stations a route calls at, and the agency that operates it, come from the operator's published schedule feed.

What to watch for: Mississippi Delta cotton land overnight southbound; Lake Pontchartrain crossing on the trestle outside New Orleans.

Stops along the route

Stations are listed in the order the operating agency's schedule feed records them. Stop sequencing depends on the specific train; refer to the operator's timetable for departures.

• Chicago Union Station — Chicago, IL CHI
• Homewood — Homewood, IL HMW
• Kankakee — Kankakee, IL KKI
• Gilman — Gilman, IL GLM
• Rantoul — Rantoul, IL RAN
• Champaign–Urbana — Champaign, IL CHM
• Mattoon — Mattoon, IL MAT
• Effingham — Effingham, IL EFG
• Centralia, IL — Centralia, IL CNI
• Carbondale — Carbondale, IL CDL
• Fulton — Fulton, KY FTN
• Newbern–Dyersburg — Newbern, TN NBN
• Memphis Central Station — Memphis, TN MEM
• Greenwood — Greenwood, MS GWD
• Jackson, MS — Jackson, MS JAN
• Hattiesburg — Hattiesburg, MS HBG
• New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal — New Orleans, LA NOL

Connections & transfers