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Acadian (train)

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Status
  
Southern United States

Start
  
New Orleans, Louisiana

Average journey time
  
9½ hours

Last service
  
1956

End
  
Houston, Texas

Current operator(s)
  
Southern Pacific Railroad

The Acadian was the name of a passenger train of the Southern Pacific which ran daily between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas. The Acadian was one of several passenger trains, including the Sunset Limited and Argonaut, which operated over the "Sunset Route". The 1956 iteration of the Acadian (which ran as #4 eastbound and #3 westbound) departed Houston at 9:45 pm and arrived in New Orleans at 7:20 am the following morning, while the westbound train departed New Orleans at 9:20 pm and arrived in Houston 7:10 am. The Southern Pacific ended the Acadian in 1956.

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Acadian (train) Wikipedia