How Long Is a Train Ride From California to Texas
Want to go somewhere in Texas by train?
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Daily service – Texas Eagle – (originates Chicago) Texarkana to San Antonio and tri-weekly west to California
Cities served include Marshall, Longview, Mineola, Dallas, Fort Worth, Cleburne, McGregor (Waco), Temple, Taylor, Austin, San Marcos, San Antonio.
Find out more about the Texas Eagle service and cities along the route at TexasEagle.com
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Daily service – Heartland Flyer – Fort Worth to Oklahoma City
Cities served include Fort Worth, Gainesville, Ardmore, Pauls Valley, Purcell, Norman and Oklahoma City
Texas Eagle and Heartland Flyer timetable – Train times for all stations served – PDF file
(Note: Amtrak no longer publishes printed timetables so download this timetable for your next trip!)
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Tri-weekly service – Sunset Limited – (originates New Orleans & Los Angeles)
Cities served include Beaumont, Houston, San Antonio, Del Rio, Sanderson, Alpine and El Paso
Sunset Limited timetable – Train times for all stations served – PDF file
(Note: Amtrak no longer publishes printed timetables so download this timetable for your next trip!)
Book all the above trips through Amtrak.com or through the Amtrak app
Those are your current choices for intercity travel. Want more? Tell your elected officials here
Towns and cities currently served by train service in Texas (Amtrak Interstate, Regional, Commuter and Light Rail Services)
Alpine – Austin – Beaumont – Carrollton – Cleburne – Dallas – Del Rio – Denton – El Paso – Farmers Branch – Fort Hood* – Fort Worth – Gainesville – Galveston* – Grapevine – Highland Village – Houston – Hurst – Irving – Leander – Lewisville – Longview – Marshall – McGregor (Waco) – Mineola – Nacogdoches* – North Richland Hills – Plano – Richardson – Richland Hills – San Antonio – Sanderson – San Marcos – Shreveport* – Taylor – Temple – Texarkana
*Connecting Amtrak Thruway Bus
Flatonia (for Victoria) – this city has requested an Amtrak stop but has not yet been approved
Urban, Regional and Corridor Rail Service in Texas:
- SunMetro – El Paso Streetcar
- Houston METRORail – Houston proper
- Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) – Dallas and suburbs / DFW Airport
- Trinity Railway Express – Dallas to Fort Worth
- TEXRail – Fort Worth to DFW International Airport
- Austin CapMetro MetroRail – Leander to Austin
- A-Train Denton County – Denton to Carrollton
Where did trains take you in Texas in the past?
From November 1962 Official Railway Guide:
Santa Fe #15 & #16: Galveston to Chicago serving Houston, Temple, Fort Worth, Dallas, White Rock, Krum, Denton, Gainesville
Santa Fe #12/77 & #11/78: Chicago to San Angelo serving Gainesville, Fort Worth, Dallas, Brownwood, Coleman, Ballinger
Santa Fe #66/75 & 76/65: San Francisco to Houston serving Lubbock, Slaton, Sweetwater, Brownwood, Goldthwaite, Lometa, Lampassas, Fort Worth, Dallas, Temple
Santa Fe (2 daily trains) #1/3 & #2/4: Chicago to San Francisco serving Canadian, Miami, Pampa, Amarillo, Canyon, Hereford, Texico
Santa Fe #13 & 14: Albuquerque to El Paso
Santa Fe #93 & #94: Amarillo to Lubbock serving Canyon, Happy, Hale Center, Plainview
Southern Pacific #1 & 2: Los Angeles to New Orleans serving Orange, Beaumont, Dayton, Houston, Sugar Land, Rosenberg, Schulenberg, Seguin, San Antonio, Uvalde, Del Rio, Sanderson, Alpine, Marfa, El Paso
Southern Pacific # 5 & #6: From New Orleans to Houston serving Orange, Beaumont, Rome, Liberty, Dayton
Rock Island (2 daily trains) #21 / #23 & #22 / #26: From Memphis to California serving Shamrock, McLean, Groom, Conway, Amarillo
Rock Island (2 daily trains) #15/#16 & # 17 / #18: From Minneapolis to Houston serving Bowie, Bridgeport, Saginaw, Fort Worth, Dallas, Waxahachie, Corsicana, Teague
KATY (2 daily trains) #1 & #2 / #5 & #6: Kansas City to San Antonio serving Denison, Whitewright, Greenville, Garland, Highland Park, Dallas, Waxahachie, Hillsboro, Waco, Temple, Georgetown, Austin, San Marcos, New Braunfels
Kansas City Southern #1 / 2 & #15 / #16: Kansas City to New Orleans serving Texarkana, Beaumont, Port Arthur
Missouri Pacific#1 & #2: St Louis to Houston and Mexico City serving Texarkana, Longview, Kilgore, Troup, Jacksonville, Palestine, Hearne, Rockdale, Taylor, Austin, San Marcos, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Devine, Dilley, Cotulla, Laredo, Trinity, Phelps, Conroe
Missouri Pacific #54 & 55: Houston to Brownsville serving Angleton, Bay City, Blessing, Vanderbilt, Placedo, Bloomington, Sinton, Robstown, Kingsville, Raymondville, Harlingen, San Benito
Missouri Pacific (2 daily trains) #50-51 & #52-53: New Orleans to Houston serving Beaumont, Grayburg
Texas & Pacific (3 daily trains Texarkana-Fort Worth, 2 daily trains Fort Worth-El Paso) #21-23 & #22-24, #25-27 & #26-28: New Orleans to California serving Marshall, Longview, Gladewater, Big Sandy, Mineola, Wills Point, Terrell, Dallas, Fort Worth, Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Eastland, Cisco, Abilene, Big Spring, Midland, Odessa, Monahans, Pecos, Toyah, Van Horn, Sierra Blanca, El Paso
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How Long Is a Train Ride From California to Texas
Source: https://texasrailadvocates.org/texas-by-train/