Amtrak Mardi Gras Service or Crescent
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 | Crescent | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Mobile to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal | New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal |
| Duration, end to end | 4 h 43 m | 32 h 12 m |
| Frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Trains | 23 westbound, 24 eastbound | 19 westbound, 20 eastbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 4 | 8 |
| Shows | Gulf coast, Big cities | Big rivers, Mountains, Big cities, Gulf coast |
| Headline stretch | Gulf shore to Biloxi | Chattahoochee River and Cheaha Mountain |
| 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. | westbound: daylight, 10:18 a.m.; eastbound: dark, 9:29 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.