Train Data:

Route

New York, NY - New Orleans, LA

Distance

1377 miles / 2216 km

Operation

Daily

Time

30h 05m

Train Set

Amfleet II, Viewliner, Heritage

Cars

Sleeper, Coach, Diner, Lounge, Baggage

Station Information:

Elevation

Notes

New York - Penn. Station

0 mi

 12 m

NJ Transit

Newark

10 mi

5 m

NJ Transit

(Newark Airport)

13 mi

 6 m

NJ Transit, Non Stop

(Metropark)

25 mi

17 m

NJ Transit, Non Stop

(New Brunswick)

33 mi

12 m

NJ Transit, Non Stop

(Princeton Junction)

49 mi

21 m

NJ Transit, Non Stop

Trenton

58 mi

 12 m

NJ Transit, SEPTA

(Cornwells Heights)

 74 mi

12 m

SEPTA, Non Stop

(North Philadelphia)

86 mi

30 m

SEPTA, Non Stop

Philadelphia - 30th Street

91 mi

6 m

SEPTA

Wilmington

116 mi

10 m

SEPTA

(Newark)

 128 mi

 27 m

SEPTA, Non Stop

(Aberdeen)

155 mi

24 m

SEPTA, Non Stop

Baltimore

185 mi

27 m

MARC, MTA (Light Rail)

(BWI Airport)

196 mi

24 m

MARC, Non Stop

(New Carrollton)

217 mi

33 m

MARC, METRO, Non Stop

Washington

225 mi

15 m

VRE, MARC, METRO

Alexandria

233 mi

9 m

VRE, METRO

(Burke Centre)

ET

 mi

  91 m

VRE, Non Stop

Manassas

258 mi

91 m

VRE

Culpeper

293 mi

122 m

Flag Stop Station

Charlottesville

337 mi

147 m

Lynchburg

398 mi

213 m

Danville

461 mi

131 m

Greensboro

512 mi

256 m

High Point

524 mi

286 m

Salisbury

559 mi

229 m

(Kannapolis)

mi

250 m

Non Stop

Charlotte

601 mi

213 m

Largest City in North Carolina

Gastonia

623 mi

238 m

Flag Stop Station

Spartanburg

678 mi

290 m

Greenville

709 mi

240 m

Clemson

739 mi

225 m

Toccoa

773 mi

310 m

Flag Stop Station

Gainesville

810 mi

366 m

Atlanta

859 mi

277 m

State Capitol

Anniston

959 mi

205 m

Birmingham

1023 mi

183 m

Largest City in Alabama

Tuscaloosa

1078 mi

58 m

Meridian

1175 mi

101 m

Laurel

1231 mi

76 m

Flag Stop Station

Hattiesburg

1260 mi

46 m

Picayune

1324 mi

20 m

Flag Stop Station

Slidell

1342 mi

2 m

Flag Stop Station

New Orleans

1377 mi

2 m

Largest City in Louisiana

Note: Crescent does not stop at the stations in parentheses (  ). 

Only Amtrak stations are listed.  Commuter Train Stations are not shown.

Train #20 at New Orleans, LA (2008)

Train #20 - Viewliner Sleeper (2008)

Train #20 - Viewliner Sleeper (2008)

Train #20 - Viewliner Sleeper (2008)

New Orleans - Slidell (2008)

Train #20 - Lounge Car (2008)

Train #20 - Dining Car (2008)

Train #20 - Dining Car (2008)

Train #20 - Breakfast (2008)

Train #20 - Lunch (2008)

Train #20 - Coffee at Coach (2008)

Train #20 at Washington, DC (2008)

Amtrak Crescent near Slidell, LA (October 1984)

Amtrak Crescent at Hattiesburg, MS (August 1994)

Train Gif: Alex Stroshane of Amtrak Prototype & Model

~ Actual Train Consists - Crescent Car Numbers ~