Carolinian or Northeast Regional
The two routes share 14 stations, New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station, Newark, Metropark among them. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Carolinian | Northeast Regional | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station to Charlotte | Roanoke to Boston |
| Duration, end to end | 15 h 41 m | 17 h 42 m |
| Frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Trains | 79 westbound, 80 northbound | 66 eastbound, 151 westbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 8 | 7 |
| Shows | Big cities, Big rivers | Big rivers, Big cities, Mountains |
| Headline stretch | Susquehanna River | Potomac River and the monuments |
| Headline stretch in daylight | westbound: daylight, 9:45 a.m.; northbound: daylight Mar to Sep; dusk Oct; dark Nov to Feb, 6:13 p.m. | eastbound: dark, 9:20 p.m.; westbound: daylight Feb; dawn Mar; daylight Apr to Sep; dawn Oct; daylight Nov; dawn Dec to Jan, 7:39 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.