Night train route
City of New Orleans
Chicago → New Orleans · United States
City of New Orleans in pictures
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- Distance
- 1,500 km
- Fastest time
- 19 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 77 km/h
- Top speed
- 127 km/h
- Train
- Superliner
- Countries
- United States
- In service since
- 1947
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Immortalized in Steve Goodman’s 1971 song: overnight down the Mississippi Delta past Memphis, Yazoo City and the Louisiana bayous.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8436201 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Amtrak: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of City of New Orleans
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the City of New Orleans?
The City of New Orleans runs 1,500 km from Chicago to New Orleans.
How long does the City of New Orleans take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 19 h 30 min for the 1,500 km. That is an average of 77 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 127 km/h.
Who runs the City of New Orleans?
Amtrak, with Superliner.
How old is the City of New Orleans?
The line has been in service since 1947. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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