The Sunset Limited connects New Orleans, LA and Los Angeles, CA on the route operated by Amtrak, calling at 14 stations.
Quick Facts
- Operator
- Amtrak
- Service type
- Long-Distance
- Endpoints
- New Orleans ↔ Los Angeles
- Stations
- 14
- States served
- 4 (LA, TX, AZ, CA)
Route guide
The Sunset Limited is a long-distance service operated by Amtrak, running between New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal and Los Angeles Union Station and calling at 14 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: Big Bend country and Chihuahuan Desert through the Texas Trans-Pecos; sunrise across the Sonoran Desert outside Tucson.
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.
- New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal — New Orleans, LA
- Schriever — Schriever, LA
- Lafayette — Lafayette, LA
- Lake Charles — Lake Charles, LA
- Beaumont — Beaumont, TX
- Houston — Houston, TX
- San Antonio — San Antonio, TX
- Del Rio — Del Rio, TX
- Alpine — Alpine, TX
- El Paso — El Paso, TX
- Tucson — Tucson, AZ
- Maricopa — Maricopa, AZ
- Yuma — Yuma, AZ
- Los Angeles Union Station — Los Angeles, CA