The Southwest Chief connects Chicago, IL and Los Angeles, CA on the route operated by Amtrak, calling at 33 stations.
Quick Facts
- Operator
- Amtrak
- Service type
- Long-Distance
- Endpoints
- Chicago ↔ Los Angeles
- Stations
- 33
- States served
- 8 (IL, IA, MO, KS, CO, NM, AZ, CA)
Route guide
The Southwest Chief is a long-distance service operated by Amtrak, running between Chicago Union Station and Los Angeles Union Station and calling at 33 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: High desert and red rock between Lamy and Flagstaff — the historic Santa Fe Railway route through Indian Country.
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
- Naperville — Naperville, IL
- Mendota — Mendota, IL
- Princeton, IL — Princeton, IL
- Galesburg — Galesburg, IL
- Fort Madison — Fort Madison, IA
- La Plata — La Plata, MO
- Kansas City Union Station — Kansas City, MO
- Lawrence — Lawrence, KS
- Topeka — Topeka, KS
- Newton — Newton, KS
- Hutchinson — Hutchinson, KS
- Dodge City — Dodge City, KS
- Garden City — Garden City, KS
- Lamar — Lamar, CO
- La Junta — La Junta, CO
- Trinidad — Trinidad, CO
- Raton — Raton, NM
- Las Vegas, NM — Las Vegas, NM
- Lamy — Lamy, NM
- Albuquerque — Albuquerque, NM
- Gallup — Gallup, NM
- Winslow — Winslow, AZ
- Flagstaff — Flagstaff, AZ
- Williams Junction — Williams, AZ
- Kingman — Kingman, AZ
- Needles — Needles, CA
- Barstow — Barstow, CA
- Victorville — Victorville, CA
- San Bernardino — San Bernardino, CA
- Riverside — Riverside, CA
- Fullerton — Fullerton, CA
- Los Angeles Union Station — Los Angeles, CA