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You can pick from 2 daily train trips between Los Angeles and Houston. The average train journey from Los Angeles to Houston takes 50 hours and 36 minutes, but some Amtrak train trips are as short as 35 hours and 10 minutes.
You’ll see departure and arrival times for each station on the route, along with the features and amenities of each travel option. You can even print or download the timetable you've created. It’s an essential planning tool with all the information you need in one handy package.
Trains run three times a week between Los Angeles and Houston. The service departs Los Angeles at 22:00 at night, which arrives into Houston at 11:10. All services run direct with no transfers required, and take on average 35h 10m. The schedules shown below are for the next available departures.
One Amtrak route travels to Houston, the Sunset Limited, which travels between New Orleans and Los Angeles three time per week. You can board this train in Louisiana, Texas, Arizona and California. If your starting station is not on this route, you’ll need to transfer to a Sunset Limited train in L.A., San Antonio or New Orleans.
The Texas Eagle route is the longest train route in the United States. Trains travel between Chicago and Los Angeles and stop in Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
With more than 30 train routes throughout the United States, and some in Canada, Amtrak travels to over 500 destinations in 46 states, giving you the best views North America has to offer. Whether you want to visit big cities, small towns or places you can only see by rail, Amtrak can take you there.
