History for Amtrak 1 at LAX (Los Angeles - Union Station, CA)
Origin Date Sch AR Act AR Comments Service Disruption Cancellations
09/05/2015 (Sa) 09/07/2015 5:35 AM (Mo) 5:08AM Arr: 27 min early.
09/02/2015 (We) 09/04/2015 5:35 AM (Fr) 4:41AM Arr: 54 min early.
08/31/2015 (Mo) 09/02/2015 5:35 AM (We) 4:20AM Arr: 1 hr, 15 min early.
08/29/2015 (Sa) 08/31/2015 5:35 AM (Mo) 4:19AM Arr: 1 hr, 16 min early.
08/26/2015 (We) 08/28/2015 5:35 AM (Fr) 4:25AM Arr: 1 hr, 10 min early.
08/24/2015 (Mo) 08/26/2015 5:35 AM (We) 4:19AM Arr: 1 hr, 16 min early.
08/22/2015 (Sa) 08/24/2015 5:35 AM (Mo) 4:23AM Arr: 1 hr, 12 min early.
08/19/2015 (We) 08/21/2015 5:35 AM (Fr) 5:54AM Arr: 19 min late.
08/17/2015 (Mo) 08/19/2015 5:35 AM (We) 5:35AM Arr: On time.
08/15/2015 (Sa) 08/17/2015 5:35 AM (Mo) 10:28AM Arr: 4 hr, 53 min late.
Average AR delay: 14 minutes early
Median AR delay: 1 hour and 2 minutes earlyThe reschedule already occurred. That's how we got here in the first place. Amtrak's decision to serve a metro of two million people with a once every few days departure shortly before 3:00AM and arrival into a metro of 13 million shortly after 4:00AM did more to reduce my annual train travel than all of their other negative changes combined. From what I understand the millions of sleepless retirees who were supposed to replace working age folks like me never showed up and now the Sunset is operating with fewer passengers overall.
I always assumed the only reason the Sunset Limited sat on the platform to begin with was because someone at Amtrak must have realized that the horrible schedule was unnecessarily punitive and thought that sleeper passengers might abandon future trips after being kicked out into the night like a hobo.
For those who haven't seen my Sunset Limited reschedule proposal: http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?/topic/64510-news-on-daily-sunset-incl-older-east-of-nol-discussion/?p=648296
On my July trip, the car attendant predicted an arrival at 0430 and said he would knock on the door if he didn't see activity by 0500. That suggests that at least one attendant lets passengers sleep a bit longer on a really early arrival.
Unless, of course, the SCA states that he/she wants to get going as soon as possible or just wakes you anyway as a hint.
The sleeper is yours up till the moment the train arrives at the end station, but since that equipment is needed to go out the next day, you will be required to leave it and get a hotel room. Sorry for the bad news...
Thanks at least I know in advance
Amtrak (and Southern Railway/Southern Pacific) did operate a thru transcontinental sleeper from New York to Los Angeles which through passengers could occupy during the overnight layover in New Orleans in the 1970s, but it went away when the Sunset Limited transitioned to the new Superliner double-decker equipment in the very early 1980s. Since the Crescent remained single-level, the equipment couldn't interchange. When the Texas Eagle went to Superliner equipment shortly after, the Chicago-San Antonio-Los Angeles through sleepers (which service continues to the present day) were inaugurated.
Agreed. While I'd prefer a real bed, if I was making the overnight connection from a late Sunset Limited to an early-morning next-day Crescent, I'd seriously consider the Magnolia Room with a nap to follow aboard the Crescent immediately after breakfast.
