Crescent (train)

Crescent (train)

The Crescent is a passenger train operated by Amtrak in the eastern part of the United States. It runs 1,377 miles (2,216 km) daily from Pennsylvania Station in New York City to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, Louisiana as train 19 and returns, on the same route, as train 20. Most of the route of the Crescent is on the Norfolk Southern Railway. The Crescent passes through more states (including the District of Columbia) than any other Amtrak route.

During fiscal year 2011, the Crescent carried over 300,000 passengers, a 1.8% increase over FY2010. The train had a total revenue of $30,023,636 during FY2011, an increase of 4.6% over FY2010.