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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

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Sunset Limited, New Orleans to Los Angeles
Photo · Jerry Huddleston from Hampton, Minnesota, US · CC BY 2.0

Stations

  1. 0 kmNew Orleans +3
  2. 90 kmSchriever
  3. 203 kmNew Iberia
  4. 234 kmLafayette
  5. 353 kmLake Charles
  6. 452 kmBeaumont
  7. Show 11 more stations
    1. 593 kmHouston
    2. 931 kmSan Antonio +1
    3. 1,203 kmDel Rio
    4. 1,404 kmSanderson
    5. 1,550 kmAlpine
    6. 1,901 kmEl Paso
    7. 2,041 kmDeming
    8. 2,137 kmLordsburg
    9. 2,321 kmBenson
    10. 2,397 kmTucson
    11. 2,535 kmMaricopa
  8. 2,799 kmYuma
  9. 3,032 kmPalm Springs
  10. 3,141 kmOntario
  11. 3,150 kmPomona–Downtown
  12. 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.

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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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