Night train route
Lake Shore Limited (Boston section)
Boston → Chicago · United States
The Lake Shore Limited’s Boston cars, split from the New York train at Albany–Rensselaer, cross the Berkshires by Pittsfield and Springfield on the old Boston and Albany; first run in 1975.
- Distance
- 1,634 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 22 h
- Average speed
- 74 km/h
- Top speed
- 177 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmBoston South Station +3
- 2 kmBoston Back Bay +3
- 35 kmFramingham
- 71 kmWorcester
- 158 kmSpringfield +1
- 241 kmPittsfield
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- 321 kmAlbany-Rensselaer +4
- 349 kmSchenectady +4
- 473 kmUtica +2
- 560 kmSyracuse +2
- 688 kmRochester +2
- 786 kmBuffalo-Depew +2
- 934 kmErie +1
- 1,087 kmCleveland +2
- 1,127 kmElyria +2
- 1,183 kmSandusky +2
- 1,258 kmToledo +2
- 1,344 kmBryan +1
- 1,384 kmWaterloo +2
- 1,472 kmElkhart +2
- 1,499 kmSouth Bend +2
- 1,634 kmChicago Union Station +14
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for a train that runs this route end to end, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Amtrak: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Lake Shore Limited to Boston
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Lake Shore Limited (Boston section)?
The Lake Shore Limited (Boston section) runs 1,634 km from Boston to Chicago.
How long does the Lake Shore Limited (Boston section) take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 22 h for the 1,634 km. That is an average of 74 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 177 km/h.
Who runs the Lake Shore Limited (Boston section)?
Amtrak.
How old is the Lake Shore Limited (Boston section)?
The line has been in service since 1975. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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