
Acela: Boston to Washington
America's only high-speed service, down the Northeast Corridor
7h · Amtrak
- Epic
- High-speed
Photo: 4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0
Operator hub
The American national network in the catalogue: multi-night transcontinental routes, the Northeast Corridor's fast service, and daytime regional runs.
Amtrak is one operator selling two very different things. A long-distance route is a one- or two-night journey with roomettes, bedrooms and a dining car, booked well ahead because inventory is limited. A corridor service is a seat bought for the afternoon.
Every route below carries Amtrak's own published route, season and booking detail; where a fare or a berth type is not published, this catalogue leaves it blank rather than estimating it.
10 published journeys · 3 groupings
Featured journeys

America's only high-speed service, down the Northeast Corridor
7h · Amtrak
Photo: 4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0

A full daylight run from Manhattan to Montreal via Lake Champlain.
12h 01m · Amtrak
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

Pacific Northwest by rail from British Columbia to Oregon.
10h 25m · Amtrak
Photo: SounderBruce · CC BY-SA 2.0
1 journey
The fastest scheduled service in the American catalogue.
7 journeys
One- and two-night crossings with sleeping accommodation on board.

Across the Rockies to California
52h 14m · Amtrak
Photo: Sergey Yarmolyuk / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Appalachian long way between New York and Chicago.
27h 28m · Amtrak
Photo: NovaWolce · CC BY-SA 4.0

Overnight down the Mississippi valley, Chicago to the Gulf
19h 30m · Amtrak
Photo: Gary Todd · CC0 1.0

Thirty-five hours of West Coast mountains, forests and ocean.
35h 16m · Amtrak
Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, USA · CC BY 2.0

A two-night northern crossing of the United States.
46h · Amtrak
Photo: Loco Steve · CC BY-SA 2.0

Two nights from Chicago to Los Angeles across the old Southwest.
41h · Amtrak
Photo: Jerry Huddleston / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Bayou country to desert sunsets on America’s southernmost long-distance train.
48h · Amtrak
Photo: Jerry Huddleston / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
2 journeys

A full daylight run from Manhattan to Montreal via Lake Champlain.
12h 01m · Amtrak
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

Pacific Northwest by rail from British Columbia to Oregon.
10h 25m · Amtrak
Photo: SounderBruce · CC BY-SA 2.0