🇺🇸 United States
USA train map
45 routes · 30 Amtrak long-distance lines · 15 scenic & heritage railroads · ≈ 44,200 km of line
Open the interactive USA train map →America's passenger rail map is two networks in one. There are the Amtrak long-distance routes — two-night transcontinental runs like the California Zephyr and Southwest Chief that cross the Rockies, deserts and Great Plains — and there are the scenic and heritage railroads: narrow-gauge lines, cog railways and canyon excursions that survive because the view from the window never stopped being worth the fare. This map plots both, each route with its distance, journey time, top speed and operator.
Amtrak train routes (30)
- California Zephyr Chicago → San Francisco · 3,924 km · ≈ 52 h
- Southwest Chief Chicago → Los Angeles · 3,645 km · 43 h
- Empire Builder Chicago → Seattle · 3,550 km · ≈ 46 h
- Floridian Chicago → Miami · 3,340 km · ≈ 47 h
- Sunset Limited New Orleans → Los Angeles · 3,210 km · 46 h 30 min
- Silver Meteor New York → Miami · 2,235 km · ≈ 28 h
- Coast Starlight Seattle → Los Angeles · 2,216 km · ≈ 35 h
- Crescent New York → New Orleans · 2,216 km · ≈ 30 h
- Texas Eagle Chicago → San Antonio · 2,102 km · ≈ 32 h
- Cardinal New York → Chicago · 1,844 km · ≈ 28 h
- Lake Shore Limited New York → Chicago · 1,543 km · ≈ 19 h
- City of New Orleans Chicago → New Orleans · 1,500 km · 19 h 30 min
- Auto Train Lorton → Sanford · 1,376 km · 17 h 30 min
- Carolinian New York → Charlotte · 1,133 km · 13 h 31 min
- Vermonter Washington → St. Albans · 983 km · 12 h 40 min
- Maple Leaf New York → Toronto · 875 km · 12 h 30 min
- Amtrak Cascades Vancouver → Eugene · 752 km · ≈ 11 h
- Acela Boston → Washington, D.C. · 735 km · ≈ 6 h 45 min
- Northeast Regional Boston → Washington · 735 km · 7 h 52 min
- Pennsylvanian New York → Pittsburgh · 715 km · 9 h 15 min
- Adirondack New York → Montréal · 613 km · ≈ 11 h
- Pacific Surfliner San Diego → San Luis Obispo · 565 km · 8 h 45 min
- San Joaquins Oakland → Bakersfield · 507 km · 6 h
- Ethan Allen Express New York → Burlington · 500 km · 7 h 35 min
- Wolverine Chicago → Pontiac · 489 km · 6 h
- Heartland Flyer Oklahoma City → Fort Worth · 332 km · 4 h
- Piedmont Raleigh → Charlotte · 278 km · 3 h 10 min
- Capitol Corridor San Jose → Auburn · 270 km · 3 h 15 min
- Downeaster Boston → Brunswick · 233 km · 3 h 30 min
- Hiawatha Chicago → Milwaukee · 138 km · 1 h 29 min
Scenic & heritage railroads (15)
- Denali Star Anchorage → Fairbanks · 570 km · ≈ 12 h
- Brightline Miami → Orlando · 376 km · ≈ 3 h 30 min
- White Pass & Yukon Route Skagway → Carcross · 109 km · 4 h 30 min
- Grand Canyon Railway Williams → Grand Canyon Village · 103 km · 2 h 15 min
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Antonito → Chama · 103 km · 6 h 30 min
- Durango & Silverton Durango → Silverton · 72 km · 3 h 30 min
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Bryson City → Nantahala Gorge · 71 km · 4 h 30 min
- Verde Canyon Railroad Clarkdale → Perkinsville · 64 km · 4 h
- Napa Valley Wine Train Napa → St. Helena · 58 km · 3 h
- Cass Scenic Railroad Cass → Bald Knob · 35 km · 4 h 30 min
- Mount Hood Railroad Hood River → Parkdale · 34 km · 2 h 30 min
- Pikes Peak Cog Railway Manitou Springs → Pikes Peak Summit · 14 km · 1 h 10 min
- Skunk Train Fort Bragg → Glen Blair · 11 km · 1 h 30 min
- Georgetown Loop Railroad Georgetown → Silver Plume · 7 km · 1 h 15 min
- Mount Washington Cog Railway Marshfield Base Station → Mount Washington Summit · 4.8 km · 40 min
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