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Amtrak + VIA Rail Timetables
UPDATED: 12.2.2024
Latest: Updated City of New Orleans
[All schedules have been updated as noted by "effective" date listed on the timetables]
If you feel that something is missing or needs to be updated, please reach out to our Director of Community Engagement & Organizing Joe Aiello ([email protected])
RAIL PASSENGERS ASSOCIATION - UPDATED TIMETABLES
Created by Rail Passengers NYS Council Member Nathanael Nerode & Christopher Juckins using publically available GTFS data
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Amtrak
VIA Rail
State Supported/Regional Services (routes that have dedicated websites/schedules)
These are our own "in-house" set of timetables - which include links to some of the connecting local transit you may need along your trip!
(see section below for current known versions of regional/state supported services)
AMTRAK
Confirm any of these times at amtrak.com or 1-800-USA-RAIL prior to travel
Click here for updated Amtrak service alerts & notices
- Adirondack (Daily)
- Montreal - Albany - New York
- Auto Train (Daily)
- Lorton, VA (Washington, DC) - Sanford, FL (Orlando)
- Berkshire Flyer (Fri-Sun)
- New York - Albany - Pittsfield
- Summer Seasonal Service (Friday, June 21 – Monday, Sept. 2)
- Please refer to berkshire-flyer.com for updated times & alerts
- Borealis (Daily)
- St. Paul/Twin Cities - Milwaukee - Chicago
- California Zephyr (Daily)
- Chicago - Denver - Salt Lake City - Emeryville / San Francisco
- Capitol Limited (Daily)
- Washington, DC - Pittsburgh - Cleveland - Chicago
- See Floridian schedule below
- Cardinal (3x weekly)
- New York - Washington, DC - Cincinnati - Indianapolis - Chicago
- Carolinian/Piedmont (Daily)
- New York - Raleigh - Charlotte
- City of New Orleans/Illini/Saluki (Daily)
- CONO: Chicago - Memphis - Jackson - New Orleans
- Illini/Saluki: Chicago - Champaign-Urbana - Carbondale
- Coast Starlight (Daily)
- Seattle - Portland - Los Angeles
- Crescent (Daily)
- New York - Washington - Atlanta - New Orleans
- Empire Builder (Daily)
- Chicago - Milwaukee - St. Paul / Minneapolis - Portland / Seattle
- Empire Service (Daily)
- New York - Albany - Buffalo
- Ethan Allen Express (Daily)
- Burlington - Rutland - Saratoga Springs - Albany - New York
- Floridian
- Chicago - Pittsburgh - Washington, DC - Savannah - Tampa/Miami
- Grand Canyon - Bus & Rail Service (Daily)
- Flagstaff - Grand Canyon Village
- Heartland Flyer (Daily)
- Oklahoma City - Fort Worth
- Hiawatha (Daily)
- Milwaukee - Chicago
- Please refer to amtrakhiawatha.com for thruway bus schedules, & alerts
- Illinois Services & Missouri River Runner (Daily)
- Chicago - Quincy / Omaha, Carbondale, St. Louis / Kansas City
- Includes Amtrak service to Galesburg & Quincy, IL
- Keystone Service (Daily)
- Harrisburg - Philadelphia - New York
- Lake Shore Limited (Daily)
- Chicago - Cleveland - Buffalo - Boston / New York
- Maple Leaf (Daily)
- New York - Buffalo - Toronto
- Michigan Services - Wolverine, Blue Water, & Pere Marquette (Daily)
- Chicago - Detroit - Pontiac / Chicago - Grand Rapids
- Northeast Corridor (Daily)
- Boston - New Haven - New York - Philadelphia - Washington
- Pennsylvanian (Daily)
- New York - Philadelphia - Pittsburgh
- Silver Service/Palmetto (Daily)
- New York - Washington, DC - Charleston - Savannah - Jacksonville - Orlando - Tampa
- Southwest Chief (Daily)
- Chicago - Kansas City - Albuquerque - Los Angeles
- Sunset Limited (3x weekly)
- New Orleans - San Antonio - Los Angeles
- Texas Eagle (Daily)
- Chicago - Dallas - San Antonio - El Paso - Tucson - Los Angeles
- Vermonter (Daily)
- St. Albans - Springfield - New York - Washington
- Vermont to Upstate NY - Bus & Rail Service (Daily)
- Virginia Services (Daily)
- Boston - New Haven - New York - Philadelphia -Washington, DC - Richmond - Newport News - Norfolk
- Winter Park Express (Fri-Sun)
- Denver to Winter Park, CO
- Winter Seasonal Service
- Please refer to amtrak.com/winterparkexpress for updates & alerts
VIA RAIL
Confirm any of these times at viarail.ca prior to travel
Click here for updated VIA Rail service alerts & notices
- Canadian
- Toronto - Capreol - Hornepayne - Sioux Lookout - Winnipeg - Saskatoon - Edmonton - Jasper - Kamloops North - Vancouver
- Compete Corridor Services
- Includes:
- Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal Services
- Quebec City Services
- Southwest Ontario Services
- Includes:
- Ocean
- Montreal - Sainte-Foy - Rimouski - Miramichi - Moncton - Truro - Halifax
- Remote Services
- Includes:
- Montreal-Jonquiere
- Montreal-Senneterre
- Sudbury-White River
- Churchill-The Pas-Winnipeg
- Jasper-Prince-George-Prince Rupert
- Includes:
Other Amtrak State Supported/Regional Services
- Capitol Corridor (Daily)
- San Francisco - San Jose / Oakland - Sacramento / Auburn / Reno
- Please refer to capitolcorridor.org for updated times, thruway bus schedules, & alerts
- Cascades (Daily)
- Vancouver, BC - Seattle - Portland - Eugene
- Please refer to amtrakcascades.com for updated times, bus schedules, & alerts
- Downeaster (Daily)
- Brunswick - Portland - Boston
- Please refer to amtrakdowneaster.com for updated times & alerts
- Hartford Line (Daily)
- New Haven - Hartford - Windsor Locks - Springfield
- Please refer to hartfordline.com for updated times & alerts
- Missouri River Runner (Daily)
- See Illinois / Missouri Services Timetables
- Created by the Office of Multimodal Operations at the Missouri Department of Transportation
- Pacific Surfliner (Daily)
- San Luis Obispo - Santa Barbara - Los Angeles - San Diego
- Please refer to pacificsurfliner.com for updated times, thruway bus schedules, & alerts
- San Joaquins (Daily)
- San Francisco - San Joaquin Valley - Fresno - Bakersfield
- Please refer to amtraksanjoaquins.com for updated times, thruway bus schedules, & alerts
- Valley Flyer (Daily)
- Greenfield – Springfield – Hartford - New Haven
- Created by Trains In The Valley
"The National Association of Railroad Passengers has done yeoman work over the years and in fact if it weren’t for NARP, I'd be surprised if Amtrak were still in possession of as a large a network as they have. So they've done good work, they're very good on the factual case."
Robert Gallamore, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University and former Federal Railroad Administration official, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University
November 17, 2005, on The Leonard Lopate Show (with guest host Chris Bannon), WNYC New York.