Houston → New Orleans
Houston to New Orleans by train
A direct train runs from Houston to New Orleans, scheduled from 10 h 30 min, with 3 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 10 h 30 min
- Departures in a timetable week
- 3
- Operator
- Amtrak
- Stations
- Houston → New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Straight-line distance
- 493 km
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- 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 Houston to New Orleans; 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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