The Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo, CA.
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| Box Width | 390px |
| Name | Coast Starlight |
| Image Width | 390px |
| Caption | The Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo, CA. |
| Type | Inter-city rail |
| Status | Operating |
| Locale | Western United States |
| First | 1971 |
| Operator | Amtrak |
| Ridership | 1,217 daily
444,205 total (FY10) |
| Start | Seattle, Washington |
| Stops | 29 |
| End | Los Angeles, California |
| Distance | 1377 mi (2216.1 km) |
| Journeytime | 34 hours, 52 minutes |
| Frequency | Daily each way |
| Class | Coach and Sleeper Service |
| Seating | Reserved Coach Seat
Superliner Lower Level Coach Seats |
| Sleeping | Superliner Roomette (2 beds)
Family Bedroom (4 beds)
Superliner Bedroom (2 beds)
Superliner Bedroom Suite (4 beds)
Superliner Accessible Bedroom (2 beds) |
| Catering | Fully licensed dining car
On-board café |
| Observation | Sightseer Lounge Car |
| Entertainment | Movies and wine tasting in the Pacific Parlour Car (Sleeping Car passengers only) |
| Baggage | Checked baggage available at selected stations |
| Trainnumber | 11, 14 |
| Gauge | sg |
| Owners | BNSF, UP, and SCRRA |
| Map State | collapsed |
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The 'Coast Starlight' is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States. It runs 1377 mi (2216.1 km) from King Street Station in Seattle, Washington, to Union Station in Los Angeles, California.
The train's name was formed as a merging of two of Southern Pacific's train names, the "Coast Daylight", and the "Starlight". These were but two of SP's numerous Coast Line trains.
Major station stops along the route between Seattle and Los Angeles are; Portland and Eugene, Oregon, and Sacramento, Emeryville (for San Francisco), Oakland, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, California, and Santa Barbara, California.
During fiscal year 2010, the Coast Starlight carried a total of 444,205 passengers, an increase of 2.7% from FY 2009's total of 432,565 passengers. The train had a total revenue of $37,404,114 during FY 2010, a 14.6% increase from FY 2009's $32,637,793 total.
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