Here is the 2022 schedule (timetable) for Amtrak’s Crescent.
This page gives you a quick look at Amtrak’s Crescent 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.
Service Alerts and Notices
The gray button below leads you to Amtrak’s official schedule changes relating to hurricanes and other tropical storms.
Accommodations Offerings for the Crescent
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 New Orleans, Philidelphia, New York Penn, and Washington DC
- dedicated car attendant
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 for the 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 Crescent
Cafe – offers a variety of meals, snacks, and beverages for sale, and it is available for all customers from early morning until late at night. You can find the cafe between the coach cars and the sleeper lounge.
Flex Dining – complimentary meals for customers in private rooms or the Sleeper Lounge. Flex dining meals are warmed prepared meals for breakfast and dinner, plus complimentary beverages.
Amtrak’s Crescent Schedule 2022
Use this as a guide; check with Amtrak or eticket for exact times.
| Train 19 Southbound Read Down | Communities Served | Miles | Train 20 Northbound Read up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:15p | New York, NY Moynihan Train Hall (NYP) | 0 | 6:08p 5:56p + |
| 2:32p | 2:37p | Newark, NJ Penn Station (NWK) | 5:45p 5:34p + | |
| N/A | Metropark, NJ (MET) | 5:32p 5:16p | 5:18p+ | |
| N/A | New Brunswick, NJ (NBK) | 5:22p 5:06p | 5:08p+ | |
| N/A | Princeton Junction, NJ (PJC) | 5:04p 4:52p | 4:54p+ | |
| 3:14p | 3:18p | Trenton, NJ (TRE) | 4:51p | 4:51p 4:42p | 4:44p+ | |
| 3:47p | 3:54p | Philadelphia, PA William H. Gray III 30th St. Station (PHL) | 4:16p | 4:21p 4:06p | 4:14p+ | |
| 4:16p | 4:19p | Wilmington, DE (WIL) | 3:46p | 3:50p 3:40p | 3:43p+ | |
| 5:13p | 5:17p | Baltimore, MD Penn Station (BAL) | 2:55p | 2:58p 2:51p | 2:54p+ | |
| – | Baltimore, MD BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) | 2:40p | 2:41p 2:35p | 2:36p+ | |
| 6:05p | 6:30p | Washington, DC Union Station (WAS) | 1:45p | 2:15p 1:45p | 2:10p+ | |
| 6:46p | 6:49p | Alexandria, VA (ALX) | 1:22p | |
| 7:20p | 7:22p | Manassas, VA (MSS) | 12:18p | 12:20p | |
| 7:54p | 7:55p | Culpeper, VA (CP) | 11:45a | 11:46a | |
| 8:47p | 8:52p | Charlottesville, VA (CVS) | 10:49a | 10:54a | |
| 10:00p | 10:16p | Lynchburg, VA (LYH) | 9:37a | 9:41a | |
| 11:22p | 11:24p | Danville, VA (DAN) | 8:26a | 8:28a | |
| 12:25a | 12:32a | Greensboro, NC (GRO) | 7:22a | 7:29a | |
| 12:49a | High Point, NC (HPT) | 7:01a | |
| 1:25a | Salisbury, NC (SAL) | 6:15a | 6:17a | |
| 2:30a | 2:55a | Charlotte, NC (CLT) | 5:06a | 5:31a | |
| 3:22a | Gastonia, NC (GAS) | 4:04a | |
| 4:21a | 4:24a | Spartanburg, SC (SPB) | 3:01a | 3:04a | |
| 5:24a | 5:31a | Greenville, SC (GRV) | 2:18a | 2:23a | |
| 6:07a | 6:09a | Clemson, SC (CSN) | 1:40a | 1:41a | |
| 6:45a | Toccoa, GA (TCA) | 1:03a | 1:05a | |
| 7:25a | 7:28a | Gainesville, GA (GNS) | 12:21a | 12:24a | |
| 8:43a | 9:08a | Atlanta, GA (ATL) | 11:00p | 11:29p | |
| 10:28a | 10:30a | Anniston, AL (ATN) | 6:57p | 6:59p | |
| 12:45p | 1:03p | Birmingham, AL (BHM) | 5:15p | 5:24p | |
| 1:58p | 2:02p | Tuscaloosa, AL (TCL) | 3:11p | 3:14p | |
| 4:13p | 4:19p | Meridian, MS Union Station (MEI) | 1:32p | 1:37p | |
| 5:14p | 5:16p | Laurel, MS (LAU) | 12:18p | 12:20p | |
| 5:49p | 5:53p | Hattiesburg, MS (HBG) | 11:41a | 11:45a | |
| 6:55p | 6:57p | Picayune, MS (PIC) | 10:35a | 10:37a | |
| 7:19p | 7:22p | Slidell, LA (SDL) | 10:10a | 10:12a | |
| 9:02p | New Orleans, LA Union Passenger Terminal (NOL) | 9:15a |
Printable Timetables/Schedules
+This schedule is for those arriving at a station North of Washinton, DC, on a Saturday or Sunday.
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.
+ = These times apply if you arrive or depart stations between Washington, DC, and New York on Saturday or Sunday.
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