Passenger Trains > Directional running between Houston and Beaumont

Several years ago I asked about the directional running between Houston and Beaumont, and was told that the former SP line was westbound and the former MP line was eastbound. So Amtrak 1 uses the ex SP and Amtrak 2 uses the ex MP..

Can someone confirm this still is the case.

Thanks
WP17
 

That's how we ran when I rode no. 2 from Houston to New Orleans in April 2017.

SH

 

WP17 Wrote:
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> Several years ago I asked about the directional
> running between Houston and Beaumont, and was told
> that the former SP line was westbound and the
> former MP line was eastbound. So Amtrak 1 uses the
> ex SP and Amtrak 2 uses the ex MP..
>
> Can someone confirm this still is the case.
>
> Thanks
> WP17

That is still the case but when traffic warants you can run against the flow.

SP7615
>  

I heard the track was rough on #1 years ago between Beaumont and Houston when my wife and the kids went to Florida.  Is it still rough?

Thanks.

Randy Lundgren
Elgin, TX