Amtrak Mardi Gras Service or City of New Orleans
The two routes share one station, New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Amtrak Mardi Gras Service | City of New Orleans | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Mobile to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal | New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Chicago Union Station |
| Duration, end to end | 4 h 43 m | 19 h 30 m |
| Frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Trains | 23 westbound, 24 eastbound | 58 northbound, 59 southbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 4 | 6 |
| Shows | Gulf coast, Big cities | Big rivers, Big cities, Gulf coast, Prairie, Wildlife |
| Headline stretch | Gulf shore to Biloxi | Lake Pontchartrain and the bayou |
| Headline stretch in daylight | westbound: daylight Jun; dawn Jul to Sep; dark Oct; dawn Nov to Feb; dark Mar; dawn Apr to May, 7:24 a.m.; eastbound: daylight, 9:55 a.m. | northbound: daylight, 2:18 p.m.; southbound: daylight, 2:59 p.m. |
Duration, frequency, and daylight are computed from the Amtrak GTFS timetable (fetched 2026-10-15) for the representative trip in each direction; daylight is the phrase for the headline stretch, the highlighted row of each route page. Named stretches are counted from the cited route guides. How these are computed.