Here is the 2022 schedule (timetable) for Amtrak’s Capitol Limited.
This page gives you a quick look at Amtrak’s Capitol Limited Schedule. If you are looking for a printable timetable, there is one at the bottom. You can click on each station to see what amenities they offer.
This page displays best on mobile devices if you hold your phone horizontally. These are also guides, and Amtrak can change times at any time.
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Accommodations Offerings for the Capitol Limited
Coach Seating
Coach seating – features comfortable reclining seats with ample legroom and a fold-down tray, individual reading lights, and 120v electric outlets.
Sleeper Car (Rooms)
All rooms include:
- fresh linens and towels
- complimentary meals
- lounge access in Chicago and Washington DC
- dedicated car attendant
Family Bedroom – These rooms provide seating and berths for two adults and two smaller kids. They also offer access to a shower.
Bedroom – these rooms give you twice the space of a Roomette with seating by day, upper and lower berths by night, and an in-room restroom and shower.
Roomette – these accommodations offer passengers seating by day that turns into upper and lower berths at night. Additionally, you have access to a shower in your car.
Accessible Room – these rooms offer accommodations for passengers with a disability; accessible Bedrooms are located on the entry level of the train and provide ample space for a wheelchair, with a sofa for two by day and upper and lower berth by night.
Bikes, pets, and luggage
Bicycle – Space is available for standard, full-size bicycles (up to 50 lbs, 70 inches x 41 inches x 8.5 inches). Amtrak stores bikes in designated bike racks/areas inside Coach passenger cars or the baggage car (if available).
Pet – Amtrak allows dogs and cats up to 20 pounds (combined weight of pet and carrier) for trips up to seven hours.
Checked Baggage – Two bags up to 50 lbs. and 75 linear inches are allowed per person for free. Charges
apply for additional and oversized luggage. Not all locations can handle checked baggage. You can click the station links below to see if they offer checked baggage service.
Wheelchair Ramp – is available to assist passengers in boarding and detraining with a wheeled mobility device.
Food offerings on the Capitol Limited
Cafe – is found in the lower level of the Sightseer lounge featuring a variety of meals, snacks, and beverages for sale, and it is available for all customers from early morning until late at night.
Flex Dining – is complimentary Dining for customers in private rooms or the Sleeper Lounge/Cafe car. Flex dining meals are warmed prepared meals for breakfast and dinner, plus complimentary beverages.
Amtrak’s Capitol Limited Schedule 2022
Train 29 Westbound Read Down | Communities Served | Miles | Train 30 Eastbound Read up |
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4:05p | Washington, DC Union Station (WAS) (ET) | 0 | 1:05p |
4:29p | Rockville, MD (RKV) | 16 | D 12:16p |
5:16p | Harpers Ferry, WV (HFY) (Frederick, MD) | 55 | 11:31a |
5:45p | Martinsburg, WV (MRB) (Hagerstown, MD) | 74 | 11:01a |
7:17p | 7:24p | Cumberland, MD Amtrak Station (CUM) | 146 | 9:20a | 9:32a |
9:47p | Connellsville, PA (COV) | 239 | 6:59a |
11:48p | 11:59p | Pittsburgh, PA Union Station (PGH) * | 299 | 5:05a | 5:20a |
1:39a | Alliance, OH (ALC) | 383 | 3:05 am |
2:53a | 2:59a | Cleveland, OH (CLE) | 439 | 1:45a | 1:54a |
3:29a | Elyria, OH (ELY) (Lorain) | 464 | 1:15a |
4:02a | Sandusky, OH (SKY) | 499 | 12:40a |
5:08a | 5:22a | Toledo, OH (TOL) * | 546 | 11:39p | 11:49p |
6:36a | Waterloo, IN (WTI) (Ft Wayne) | 624 | 10:23p |
7:29a | Elkhart, IN (EKH) | 679 | 9:29p |
7:51a | South Bend, IN (SOB) | 696 | 9:09p |
8:45a | Chicago, IL – Union Station (CHI) | 780 | 6:40p |
Printable Timetables
Abbreviations
R = Receive passengers only; this means you can board the train, but you cannot buy a ticket on this train to this station.
D = Depart only; you can buy a ticket to this station but not from this station. The train may leave early from this stop.
* = Stations with Amtrak Connecting Services.
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