Coast Starlight Route Guide
Seattle, Washington to Los
Angeles, California
Amtrak
Train Numbers 11 (southbound) and
14 (northbound)
Numbers 1-29 on the map represent the scheduled stops the train makes between Seattle and Los Angeles. Using the links below, you can choose to take the complete virtual trip, or you can hop on the train at any station along the route and proceed in either direction from there. Just select and click on any of the stations below to discover more about the local areas you pass through on your journey through the Cascades, Northern California and down the scenic Southern California coastline.
Stations on Amtrak's Coast Starlight Route
Washington State |
California |
California |
| 1 Seattle (SEA) | 13 Dunsmuir (DUN) | 26 Oxnard (OXN) |
| 2 Tacoma (TAC) | 14 Redding (RDD) | 27 Simi Valley (SIM) |
| 3 Olympia (OLW) | 15 Chico (CIC) | 28 Van Nuys (VNC) |
| 4 Centralia (CTL) | 16 Sacramento (SAC) | 29 Los Angeles (LAX) |
| 5 Kelso-Longview (KEL) | 17 Davis (DAV) | |
| 6 Vancouver (VAN) | 18 Martinez (MTZ) | |
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19 Emeryville (EMY) |
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Oregon |
20 Oakland (OKJ) |
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| 7 Portland (PDX) | 21 San Jose (SJC) | |
| 8 Salem (SLM) | 22 Salinas (SNS) | |
| 9 Albany (ALY) | 23 Paso Robles (PRB) | |
| 10 Eugene-Springfield (EUG) | 24 San Luis Obispo (SLO) | |
| 11 Chemult (CMO) | 25 Santa Barbara (SBA) | |
| 12 Klamath Falls (KFS) |
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Once on board..... click "next" 
(toward Los Angeles) or
"previous" 
(toward Seattle)
to take
the virtual rail journey at your leisure.
Click on 
at any time to go
to the "Route Guide Overview
Page" where you may again jump to any station along the route.
Each "station stop" includes a photo of the station, a local street map, local transportation options, and links to many more items of local interest. Between the station pages there are detailed station to station maps and links to all of the counties that you pass through along the way.
Enjoy the Ride!
Amtrak Route Description
The following has been extracted from Amtrak's "Coast Starlight" Route Description. Ramblin' Ray's Route Rhetoric will come later!
"Widely regarded as one of the most spectacular of all train routes, the Coast Starlight links the greatest cities on the West Coast. En route daily between Seattle and Los Angeles, the Coast Starlight passes through Portland, Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area and Santa Barbara".
"The scenery along the Coast Starlight route is unsurpassed. The dramatic snow-covered peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Shasta, lush forests, fertile valleys and long stretches of Pacific Ocean shoreline provide a stunning backdrop for your journey".
The May 2010 Amtrak published rail travel distance between Seattle and Los Angeles via the Coast Starlight is 1,377 miles and the published rail travel time is 35 hours and 15 minutes.
