North America by direct train: Amtrak across state lines and into Canada

Next trains across the border

Worked out live from our timetable data, in each station's own clock. Tap a row for every train that day.

Into Canada

Three Amtrak trains cross into Canada, with the border checks on board or at the station before you leave.

Across the border🇺🇸 Seattle → 🇨🇦 Vancouver4h00fastest · 2 a dayAmtrakIntercity Across the border🇺🇸 New York → 🇨🇦 Toronto12h28fastest · 1 a dayAmtrakIntercity Across the border🇺🇸 New York → 🇨🇦 Montreal12h01fastest · 1 a dayAmtrakIntercity

Across the continent by sleeper

Amtrak's long-distance trains carry sleeping cars and run for a night or two: the longest direct ride of each, between cities on this site.

Texas Eagle🇺🇸 Chicago → 🇺🇸 Los Angeles65h25end to endAmtrakNight train3 nights on board · Tue, Fri, Sun California Zephyr🇺🇸 Chicago → 🇺🇸 Oakland52h57end to endAmtrakNight train2 nights on board · Daily Floridian🇺🇸 Miami → 🇺🇸 Chicago46h40end to endAmtrakNight train2 nights on board · Daily Sunset Limited🇺🇸 New Orleans → 🇺🇸 Los Angeles46h35end to endAmtrakNight train2 nights on board · Mon, Wed, Sat Empire Builder🇺🇸 Chicago → 🇺🇸 Seattle46h24end to endAmtrakNight train2 nights on board · Daily Southwest Chief🇺🇸 Chicago → 🇺🇸 Los Angeles43h57end to endAmtrakNight train2 nights on board · Daily Coast Starlight🇺🇸 Seattle → 🇺🇸 Los Angeles35h16end to endAmtrakNight train1 night on board · Daily Crescent🇺🇸 New Orleans → 🇺🇸 New York32h32end to endAmtrakNight train1 night on board · Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun Cardinal🇺🇸 New York → 🇺🇸 Chicago28h45end to endAmtrakNight train1 night on board · Wed, Fri, Sun

Busiest across a state line

The direct trains you can simply turn up for: the most departures a day between two cities in different states.

Across a state line🇺🇸 New York → 🇺🇸 Philadelphia1h06fastest · 43 a dayAmtrakHigh-speedIntercityNight train Across a state line🇺🇸 Philadelphia → 🇺🇸 Washington1h43fastest · 34.9 a dayAmtrakHigh-speedIntercityNight train Across a state line🇺🇸 Baltimore → 🇺🇸 Philadelphia1h02fastest · 32.7 a dayAmtrakHigh-speedIntercityNight train Across a state line🇺🇸 Baltimore → 🇺🇸 Washington34 minfastest · 34.2 a dayAmtrakHigh-speedIntercityNight train Across a state line🇺🇸 New York → 🇺🇸 Washington2h54fastest · 34.1 a dayAmtrakHigh-speedIntercityNight train Across a state line🇺🇸 Washington → 🇺🇸 Wilmington1h14fastest · 32.6 a dayAmtrakHigh-speedIntercityNight train Across a state line🇺🇸 Philadelphia → 🇺🇸 Wilmington17 minfastest · 33.8 a dayAmtrakHigh-speedIntercityNight train Across a state line🇺🇸 Baltimore → 🇺🇸 Wilmington42 minfastest · 31.9 a dayAmtrakHigh-speedIntercityNight train Across a state line🇺🇸 Baltimore → 🇺🇸 New York2h21fastest · 32 a dayAmtrakHigh-speedIntercityNight train

Every city

Each city with a direct train across a state line or the border, and where it goes.

Where the times come from

Amtrak publishes its own timetable as an open file (GTFS) with no licence stated; we read it every week. Times are local at each station, and the page of every route compares the train with the fastest nonstop flight, door to door. Timetables change: always check with the operator before you travel. All sources and licences.

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