Coast Starlight

The Coast Starlight is a 1389-mile (2235 km) passenger train route operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States. It runs from Seattle, Washington's King Street Station to the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal.

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Passenger train - Amtrak - West Coast of the United States - Seattle, Washington - King Street Station - Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal

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The train's name was inspired by the trains of the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) that operated in California, many along the same route as the current Coast Starlight. SP's passenger trains in this region carried the name Daylight in some form (e.g. Morning Daylight and Afternoon Daylight).

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Southern Pacific Railroad - California

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Major stops on the route are Portland, Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, Sacramento, California, Emeryville, California (for San Francisco), Oakland, California, San Jose, California and Santa Barbara, California.

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Portland, Oregon - Eugene, Oregon - Sacramento, California - Emeryville, California - San Francisco - Oakland, California - San Jose, California - Santa Barbara, California

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The train uses Amtrak's double-decker Superliner equipment and is the only train on the Amtrak system to feature a first-class Pacific Parlour car which offers complementary beverages to sleeping car passengers.

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