USA Long Distance Passenger Train Routes
380 Miles or more between Starting and Destination Cities
Most of these trains involve overnight
travel
Click on a link below to select the Route that you'd like to travel. Generally, the "Starting City" is either the easternmost or northernmost city on the route and the "Destination City" is either the westernmost or southernmost city on the route. This follows the convention that Amtrak uses in listing the cities in their read-down/read-up schedules... from top (start) to bottom (destination).
Train
- Adirondack
- California Zephyr
- California Zephyr WYO
- Capitol Limited
- Cardinal
- Carolinian
- City of New Orleans
- Coast Starlight
- Crescent
- Empire Builder
- Empire Builder Portland
- Empire Service
- Lake Shore Limited
- Lake Shore Ltd Boston
- Maple Leaf
- Palmetto
- Silver Meteor
- Silver Star
- Southwest Chief
- Sunset Limited
- Texas Eagle
- Vermonter
Starting City
- Montreal, QC Canada
- Chicago, Illinois
- Denver, CO (Detour)
- Washington DC
- New York, New York
- New York, New York
- Chicago, Illinois
- Seattle, Washington
- New York, New York
- Chicago, Illinois
- Chicago, Illinois
- New York, New York
- New York, New York
- Boston, Massachusetts
- New York, New York USA
- New York, New York
- New York, New York
- New York, New York
- Chicago, Illinois
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Chicago, Illinois
- St. Albans, Vermont
Destination City
- New York, New York USA
- San Francisco, California
- Salt Lake City, UT (Detour)
- Chicago, Illinois
- Chicago, Illinois
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Los Angeles, California
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Seattle, Washington
- Portland, Oregon
- Niagara Falls, New York
- Chicago, Illinois
- Chicago, Illinois
- Toronto, ON Canada
- Savannah, Georgia
- Miami, Florida
- Miami (via Tampa), Florida
- Los Angeles, California
- Los Angeles, California
- San Antonio, Texas
- Washington DC
The map below shows the Amtrak Routes that traverse over 380 miles on their one-way journey.
To view the shorter, regional routes use the pull down menu above or click -

