Carolinian or Piedmont
The two routes share 9 stations, Raleigh Union Station, Cary, Durham 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 | Piedmont | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station to Charlotte | Raleigh Union Station to Charlotte |
| Duration, end to end | 15 h 41 m | 3 h 10 m |
| Frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Trains | 79 westbound, 80 northbound | 73 westbound, 78 eastbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 8 | 3 |
| Shows | Big cities, Big rivers | Big cities |
| Headline stretch | Susquehanna River | Charlotte skyline |
| 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. | westbound: daylight, 12:47 p.m.; eastbound: daylight Jun to Jul; dusk Aug; dark Sep to Mar; dusk Apr to May, 8:03 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.