Lake Shore Limited

Lake Shore Limited

Lake Shore Limited entering Croton–Harmon station
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Locale	Midwest and Northeast United States
Predecessor	Lake Shore
First service	October 31, 1975
Current operator(s)	Amtrak
Ridership	398,420 (FY24) 13.5%[a][1]
Route
Termini	Chicago, Illinois New York City Boston, Massachusetts
Stops	20 (Chicago–New York) 22 (Chicago–Boston)
Distance travelled	Chicago–New York: 959 miles (1,543 km) Chicago–Boston: 1,018 miles (1,638 km)[2]
Average journey time	Chicago–New York–Chicago: 19+1⁄2–20+1⁄4 hours Chicago–Boston: 21+1⁄2–22 hours[2]
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	48/448 (eastbound), 49/449 (westbound)
On-board services
Class(es)	Coach Class Sleeper Service
Disabled access	All train cars, most stations
Sleeping arrangements	Roomette (2 beds) Bedroom (2 beds) Bedroom Suite (4 beds) Accessible Bedroom (2 beds)
Catering facilities	Dining car, Café
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks, checked baggage available at selected stations
Technical
Rolling stock	Amfleet passenger cars Viewliner passenger cars GE Genesis locomotives
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, 750 V DC (New York area)
Operating speed	110 mph (180 km/h) (top) 46–50 mph (74–80 km/h) (avg)
Track owner(s)	MNRR, CSX, NS, MBTA, Amtrak
Route map Show interactive map Legend Empire Builder to Portland/Seattle Borealis to St. Paul Hiawatha to Milwaukee 0 mi 0 km Chicago Cardinal to New York City IL IN 16 mi 26 km Hammond–Whiting Bypassed 2003 Michigan Services Central Time Eastern Time 84 mi 135 km South Bend 102 mi 164 km Elkhart 155 mi 249 km Waterloo IN OH 180 mi 290 km Bryan 234 mi 377 km Toledo 281 mi 452 km Sandusky 316 mi 509 km Elyria 341 mi 549 km Cleveland Floridian to Miami OH PA 435 mi 700 km Erie PA NY 483 mi 777 km Dunkirk Proposed   Empire Service to Niagara Falls Maple Leaf to Toronto 528 mi 850 km Buffalo–Depew 589 mi 948 km Rochester 668 mi 1075 km Syracuse 722 mi 1162 km Utica Adirondack to Montreal Ethan Allen Express to Burlington 800 mi 1287 km Schenectady 818 mi 1316 km Albany–Rensselaer Train divides 845 mi 1360 km Hudson Bypassed 2009 871 mi 1402 km Rhinecliff 886 mi 1426 km Poughkeepsie 927 mi 1492 km Croton–Harmon Northeast Corridor to Washington 959 mi 1543 km New York Northeast Corridor to Boston South NY MA 867 mi 1395 km Pittsfield New Haven–Springfield Line Connecticut River Line 919 mi 1479 km Springfield 973 mi 1566 km Worcester 996 mi 1603 km Framingham Northeast Corridor to New York 1016 mi 1635 km Boston Back Bay 1017 mi 1637 km Boston South This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram map

The Lake Shore Limited is an overnight passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and the Northeastern United States, with sections to New York City and Boston. The central segment of the route runs along the southern shore of Lake Erie. East of Chicago, the Lake Shore Limited follows the former main line of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway to South Bend, Toledo, Cleveland, and Buffalo. From here the train takes the Empire Corridor through Rochester and Syracuse to Albany–Rensselaer station in Rensselaer, New York. At that station, the train divides, with one section continuing to Springfield and Boston in Massachusetts, while the other continues along the Empire Corridor to New York City. The train is scheduled for 19+1⁄2–20+1⁄4 hours for the 959 miles (1,543 km) between Chicago and New York, and 21+1⁄2–22 hours for the 1,018 miles (1,638 km) between Chicago and Boston.

The train is descended from the New York Central Railroad's train of the same name, which operated on nearly the same Chicago–New York/Boston route from 1897 to 1956. Amtrak briefly revived the train as the Chicago–New York Lake Shore in 1971–72. The Lake Shore Limited was introduced as a Chicago–New York/Boston train in 1975. During fiscal year 2023, Lake Shore Limited carried 351,049 passengers.^[3]

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