City of New Orleans

The City of New Orleans is a nightly passenger train operated by Amtrak that travels 934 miles (1,503 km) between Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana. Before Amtrak's formation in 1971, the train was operated by the Illinois Central Railroad along the same route (though changes have been made since then). The train currently operates on a 19½ hour schedule. Within Illinois the City of New Orleans shares a route also served by a daily morning train, the Saluki, and a daily afternoon train, the Illini. The Illini and Saluki terminate at Carbondale, Illinois.

During fiscal year 2011, the City of New Orleans carried over 230,000 passengers, a 1.8% increase from FY2010. The train had a total revenue of $17,743,443 during FY2011, an increase of 2.9% over revenue in FY 2010.