Capitol Corridor or Coast Starlight
The two routes share 6 stations, Sacramento, Davis, Martinez among them. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Capitol Corridor | Coast Starlight | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Auburn to San Jose | Seattle to Los Angeles |
| Duration, end to end | 4 h 26 m | 35 h 16 m |
| Frequency | 5 days a week | Daily |
| Trains | 529 southbound, 538 northbound | 11 southbound, 14 northbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 6 | 10 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Big cities | Mountains, Pacific coast, Big rivers, Wine country, Big cities |
| Headline stretch | Suisun Bay and the Carquinez Strait | Cascade crossing |
| Headline stretch in daylight | southbound: daylight, 8:32 a.m.; northbound: daylight Feb to Oct; dusk Nov to Jan, 5:01 p.m. | southbound: daylight Mar to Sep; dusk Oct; dark Nov to Feb, 6:44 p.m.; northbound: daylight, 10:44 a.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.