Gulf Breeze (train)

Gulf Breeze

The Gulf Breeze at Montgomery in June 1990
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
System	Amtrak
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Eastern United States
First service	October 27, 1989
Last service	April 1, 1995
Former operator(s)	Amtrak
Route
Termini	New York, New York Mobile, Alabama
Stops	31
Distance travelled	1,299 miles (2,091 km) (New York–Mobile) 275 miles (443 km) (Birmingham–Mobile)
Service frequency	Daily each way
Train number(s)	519, 520
On-board services
Class(es)	Standard and first class
Seating arrangements	Reserved Coach Seat
Sleeping arrangements	Roomette Bedrooms
Catering facilities	Dining Car Lounge Car
Baggage facilities	Checked baggage available at stations north of Birmingham
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Track owner(s)	CSX Transportation
Route map Legend Northeast Corridor to Boston 0 mi New York City NY NJ Hudson River North River Tunnels 10 mi 16 km Newark Penn 58 mi 93 km Trenton NJ PA 91 mi 146 km Philadelphia–30th Street PA DE 116 mi 187 km Wilmington DE MD 185 mi 298 km Baltimore MD DC 225 mi 362 km Washington, D.C. DC VA 234 mi 377 km Alexandria 258 mi 415 km Manassas 292 mi 470 km Culpeper 337 mi 542 km Charlottesville 398 mi 641 km Lynchburg 461 mi 742 km Danville VA NC 512 mi 824 km Greensboro 524 mi 843 km High Point 558 mi 898 km Salisbury 601 mi 967 km Charlotte 625 mi 1006 km Gastonia NC SC 678 mi 1091 km Spartanburg 709 mi 1141 km Greenville 739 mi 1189 km Clemson SC GA 772 mi 1242 km Toccoa 810 mi 1304 km Gainesville 858 mi 1381 km Atlanta GA AL 960 mi 1545 km Anniston 1024 mi 1648 km Birmingham Crescent to New Orleans 1120 mi 1802 km Montgomery 1164 mi 1873 km Greenville 1201 mi 1933 km Evergreen 1225 mi 1971 km Brewton Sunset Limited to Miami (post-1993) 1254 mi 2018 km Atmore 1274 mi 2050 km Bay Minette 1299 mi 2091 km Mobile Sunset Limited to Los Angeles (post-1993) This diagram: view talk edit

The Gulf Breeze was a daily passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York City and Mobile, Alabama, as a section of the Crescent. Southbound, the Gulf Breeze split from the Crescent in Birmingham to serve an additional seven stations in Alabama on a 275-mile (443 km) route south to Mobile. The service ran from 1989 until 1995.