page_title: Transportation in Houston
section_title: Intercity rail
hierarchical_section_title: Transportation in Houston / Intercity rail
caption_attribution_description: English: Houston Amtrak Station
context_page_description: This is a documentation of the routes, highways, parking requirements, or anything related to transportation in Houston.
context_section_description: Amtrak's thrice-weekly Los Angeles–New Orleans Sunset Limited stops at the Houston train station, which is on the north side of the downtown area. There were 20,205 boardings and alightings at the station in FY2018.
  An Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach connects Houston with Amtrak's Chicago–San Antonio Texas Eagle at Longview. It departs Longview in the morning after the arrival of the southbound (Chicago to San Antonio) train and arrives in Longview in the evening to meet the northbound (San Antonio to Chicago) train.
  The Texas Central Railway, a proposed Houston–Dallas high-speed rail line, is scheduled to start service in 2026.
caption: Amtrak Houston Station
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