Classic route
Sunset Limited
New Orleans → Los Angeles · United States
America’s oldest train name, running since 1894: crosses the Pecos River High Bridge and the Chihuahuan Desert three times a week.
- Distance
- 3,210 km
- Fastest time
- 46 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 69 km/h
- Top speed
- 127 km/h

Stations
- 0 kmNew Orleans +3
- 90 kmSchriever
- 203 kmNew Iberia
- 234 kmLafayette
- 353 kmLake Charles
- 452 kmBeaumont
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- 593 kmHouston
- 931 kmSan Antonio +1
- 1,203 kmDel Rio
- 1,404 kmSanderson
- 1,550 kmAlpine
- 1,901 kmEl Paso
- 2,041 kmDeming
- 2,137 kmLordsburg
- 2,321 kmBenson
- 2,397 kmTucson
- 2,535 kmMaricopa
- 2,799 kmYuma
- 3,032 kmPalm Springs
- 3,141 kmOntario
- 3,150 kmPomona–Downtown
- 3,202 kmLos Angeles Union Station +3
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.7% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 7 m); the longest stretch away from it is 8.5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via Amtrak: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Sunset Limited to Los Angeles
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Sunset Limited?
The Sunset Limited runs 3,210 km from New Orleans to Los Angeles.
How long does the Sunset Limited take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 46 h 30 min for the 3,210 km. That is an average of 69 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 127 km/h.
Who runs the Sunset Limited?
Amtrak, with Superliner.
How old is the Sunset Limited?
The line has been in service since 1894. 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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