Passenger Trains > Starlight Scheduling Question

Just got off a round trip LAX-EUG trip. Went well except for CTC outage between Mcredie and Eugene but that's ok.


My question is why does the southbound trip take longer than the northbound trip from endpoints, LAX and SEA? 14 gets out of LA at 1015A and into SEA at 845P, whereas 11 is 945A out and 900P into LA. I am thinking the Metrolink commute in LA is compensted for?

scooter Wrote:
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> Just got off a round trip LAX-EUG trip. Went well
> except for CTC outage between Mcredie and Eugene
> but that's ok.
>
>
> My question is why does the southbound trip take
> longer than the northbound trip from endpoints,
> LAX and SEA? 14 gets out of LA at 1015A and into
> SEA at 845P, whereas 11 is 945A out and 900P into
> LA. I am thinking the Metrolink commute in LA is
> compensted for?

That and Seattle-Portland was adjusted for a Cascades train, with the spare time at Portland in order to fit with what UP needs.

TAW

Generally, the Starlight gets into LA well before 9PM, and the overall running times are about the same in both directions.

calzephyr48 Wrote:
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> Generally, the Starlight gets into LA well before
> 9PM, and the overall running times are about the
> same in both directions.

That is so good to hear after years of this train being so unreliable in its schedule. Amtrak even had an extra consist on hand in case it needed to be swapped into the "turns at LA" to get things caught up.