Maple Leaf (Amtrak/VIA)
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The Maple Leaf is a 544-mile (875 km) passenger train operated jointly by VIA Rail and Amtrak from New York City's Pennsylvania Station to Toronto via Albany, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo. The train travels during the day and takes approximately 12 hours for the 544 mile (875 km) journey. Around two hours of this is required for border controls at Niagara Falls. Amtrak rolling stock is used exclusively although staffed by VIA while in Canada. A change of locomotive is made at Albany.
East of the border crossing, the line is shared with Empire Service trains.
The original Maple Leaf passenger train was a Grand Trunk Western Railroad service between Chicago, Illinois and Toronto, Ontario. The trains terminated or originated at Chicago's Dearborn Station and Toronto's Union Station and ran on a route through Stratford, Ontario, Port Huron, Flint, Lansing, and Battle Creek, Michigan and South Bend, Indiana. The route between Chicago and Port Huron is still served by Amtrak trains 365 and 364 now called the Blue Water service.
[edit] Route details
The Empire Service operates over Canadian National Railway, CSX Transportation, Metro-North Railroad, and Amtrak trackage:
- CN Oakville Subdivision and Grimsby Subdivision, Toronto to Niagara Falls
- CSX Niagara Subdivision, Buffalo Terminal Subdivision, Rochester Subdivision, Mohawk Subdivision, Selkirk Subdivision, and Hudson Subdivision, Niagara Falls to Poughkeepsie (Amtrak-owned between Hoffmans and Schenectady)
- MNRR Hudson Line, Poughkeepsie to Spuyten Duyvil
- Amtrak Empire Connection, Spuyten Duyvil to Penn Station
[edit] Station stops
Running west, the Maple Leaf is train 63 in the United States and train 98 in Canada. Running east, it is train 64 in the United States and train 97 in Canada. It makes the following station stops:
- New York
- Yonkers
- Croton-Harmon
- Poughkeepsie
- Rhinecliff-Kingston
- Hudson
- Albany-Rensselaer
- Schenectady
- Amsterdam
- Utica
- Rome
- Syracuse
- Rochester
- Buffalo-Depew
- Buffalo-Exchange Street Station
- Niagara Falls
| Amtrak routes |
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| Northeast
Acela Express - Adirondack - Auto Train - Capitol Limited - Cardinal - Carolinian - Crescent - Downeaster - Empire Service - Ethan Allen Express - Keystone Service - Lake Shore Limited - Maple Leaf - Metroliner - Palmetto - Pennsylvanian - Regional - Silver Meteor - Silver Star - Vermonter |
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