Chicago → Los Angeles
Chicago to Los Angeles by train
A direct train runs from Chicago to Los Angeles, scheduled from 44 h 04 min, with 10 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 44 h 04 min (typically 51 h 11 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 10
- Operator
- Amtrak
- Stations
- Chicago Union Station → Los Angeles
- Straight-line distance
- 2,821 km
- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 31 May 2027. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Chicago to Los Angeles; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): Amtrak US. How Head Your Way works.
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