California Zephyr or Capitol Corridor
The two routes share 6 stations, Roseville, Sacramento, Davis among them. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| California Zephyr | Capitol Corridor | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Chicago Union Station to Emeryville | Auburn to San Jose |
| Duration, end to end | 52 h 57 m | 4 h 26 m |
| Frequency | Daily | 5 days a week |
| Trains | 5 westbound, 6 eastbound | 529 southbound, 538 northbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 14 | 6 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Mountains, Desert and canyon, Snow, Big cities | Big rivers, Big cities |
| Headline stretch | Front Range and Moffat Tunnel | Suisun Bay and the Carquinez Strait |
| Headline stretch in daylight | westbound: daylight, 9:47 a.m.; eastbound: daylight Feb to Oct; dusk Nov to Jan, 4:57 p.m. | southbound: daylight, 8:32 a.m.; northbound: daylight Feb to Oct; dusk Nov to Jan, 5:01 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.