Talk:New Haven-Springfield Line

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[edit] Inland Route schedule info

User:SPUI/NEC train numbers has links. Amtrak form W5 has the schedules. None at all 11-1-2004. should this be merged with Shuttle (Amtrak)?

[edit] ~1997

(unknown which ones used the Inland Route)

  • 85 Charter Oak SPG-RVR
  • 86 Charter Oak RVR-SPG
  • 142 Bay State WAS-BOS
  • 145 Bay State BOS-WAS
  • 178 Concord WAS-BOS

[edit] By number

85
  • daily BOS-RVR 11-10-1996 ("with new Inland Route service from Boston")
86
  • daily RVR-BOS 11-10-1996 ("with new Inland Route service to Boston")
142/140/144 Bay State

one daily trip

  • 142 daily WAS-BOS 10-25-1998, 1-31-2000, 7-9-2000
  • M-F WAS-BOS (144 SaSu WAS-BOS) 12-11-2000
  • daily WAS-BOS 3-5-2001, 4-29-2001, 9-30-2001, 12-10-2001, 1-28-2002
  • M-F WAS-BOS (140 SaSu WAS-BOS) 8-3-2002, 10-28-2002, 1-27-2003
  • 140 SaSu WAS-BOS 4-28-2003, 10-27-2003, 4-26-2004 M-F removed
145/147 Bay State

one daily trip

  • daily BOS-WAS (147 SaSu BOS-WAS) 10-25-1998, 1-31-2000, 10-29-2000, 12-11-2000, 3-5-2001
  • M-F BOS-WAS 4-29-2001
  • daily BOS-WAS 9-30-2001, 12-10-2001, 1-28-2002
  • M-F BOS-WAS (147 SaSu BOS-WAS) 4-29-2002, 8-3-2002
  • 147 SaSu BOS-WAS 10-28-2002, 1-27-2003, 4-28-2003, 10-27-2003, 4-26-2004 M-F shifted to 449/55 then removed 4-28-2003
178 Concord
  • daily Merchant's Limited WAS-BOS (unknown if it used the Inland Route) late 1992
  • daily WAS-BOS via Shore Line 11-10-1996
  • daily WAS-BOS 10-25-1998
  • Su-F WAS-BOS 1-31-2000, 7-9-2000 Sa removed
  • daily WAS-BOS via Shore Line 12-10-2001 all removed
449 Lake Shore Limited
  • M-F BOS-SPG (connected to 55) 10-28-2002, 1-27-2003
469
  • daily Connecticut Yankee BOS-WAS (joins 169 at NHV) late 1992
470
  • daily Connecticut Yankee WAS-BOS (splits from 170 at NHV) late 1992
476
477
642
  • Bankers WAS-BOS late 1988
647
  • Charter Oak BOS-WAS late 1988
671
674

[edit] Electrification

I think this article should explicitly state whether this line is currently electrified. If it isn't, mention of switching locomotives at New Haven that presumably happens on NEC trains that continue to Springfield should probably be in this article. JNW2 (talk) 02:36, 7 December 2007 (UTC)