Intercity Rail
Amtrak currently operates two trains in Arizona: the Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle and the Southwest Chief.
- Official Amtrak site
- Delaware Valley ARP’s Amtrak Schedules
- Sunset Limited (#1/#2)
Southern Pacific first operated the Sunset Limited in December 1894 as a seasonal train. Since the late 1960′s, it has operated three times a week; it is the only Amtrak train to never have been daily. On April 4, 1993, Amtrak started the Miami-Los Angeles extension, discontinuing service to Phoenix in 1995 and truncating the train to Sanford in 1996, and to Orlando in 1997. Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the train has been cut back to New Orleans even though the CSX mainline through western Florida is operational.- Operates: Three days per week each direction.
- Serves: Yuma, Maricopa, Tucson, Benson.
- Status of Phoenix service, and Maricopa “replacement”
- Route Guide (courtesy TrainWeb)
- Texas Eagle (#21/#22)
- Operates: Same days as, and combined with, Sunset Limited.
- Serves: Yuma, Maricopa, Tucson, Benson.
- Route Guide (courtesy TrainWeb)
- Southwest Chief (#3/#4)
- Operates: Daily.
- Serves: Kingman, Williams Junction (Grand Canyon Railway connection), Flagstaff (Phoenix connection), Winslow.
- Route Guide (courtesy TrainWeb)
- Lee’s Train Adventures, Amtrak Route Guides.
- “Amtrak Unlimited” by Anthony Rizos
- Riding Amtrak for the first time? Here are some Amtrak Travel Tips.
- List of Arizona Railway Stations and List of Amtrak stations (Wikipedia)
