The Sunset Limited is a passenger train that for most of its history has run between New Orleans, Louisiana and Los Angeles, California. From early 1993 through late August 2005 it also operated from New Orleans to Miami (and, later, to Jacksonville, Florida), during which time it was the only true transcontinental passenger train in American history. After late August 2005, the service reverted to the original Los Angeles to New Orleans routing after the service between New Orleans and Orlando was suspended following the lingering effects of Hurricane Katrina.
During fiscal year 2011, the Sunset Limited carried nearly 100,000 passengers, an increase of 8.8% over FY2010. The train carried the fewest passengers of any long-distance train in the Amtrak system. During FY2011, the train had a total revenue of $11,138,286, an 11.8% increase over FY2010.
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