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[quote user="Deggesty"] Sam, the Fall-Winter 2011-12 public TT is the last one with the 8:30 am arrival and 3:30 pm departure at Los Angeles. The May 7, 2012, TT has the early, early arrival and late departure. [/quote] Time flys when you are having fun.  I would have sworn that the changes to the Sunset's timetable were made last year.   I did find passenger activities for 2011 and 2013 at several intermediate stations served by the Sunset Limited.  They include boarding and detraining numbers. It appears that they are before and after the schedule changes. Mariacopa had 10,804 passengers in 2011 vs. 12,995 in 2013; Tuscon had 23,896 in 2011 vs. 25,921 in 2013; Yuma had 4,011 in 2011 vs. 3,891 in 2013; Beaumont had 2,401 in 2011 vs. 3,458 in 2013; El Paso had 11,470 in 2011 vs. 13,393 in 2013; Houston had 19,637 in 2011 vs. 21,167 in 2013; and Alpine had 4,322 in 2011 vs. 4,921 in 2013.  Except for Yuma, every station showed an increase in passenger activity.  Ignoring the problem of isolating the cause and effect variables, i.e. change in passenger activity due to improving economic conditions, it appears that the change in the Sunset's schedule had a positive impact on passenger activity at the intermediate stations along the Sunset's route as shown.   I only included those stations that are served exclusively by the Sunset Limited, and I did not include the ones that were served in the wee hours and are still served in the wee hours.
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