For the Empire Corridor service, see Empire Service (Amtrak).
Niagara Rainbow
The Niagara Rainbow at St. Thomas, Ontario in 1978
Overview
Service type
Inter-city rail
Status
Discontinued
Locale
Michigan, New York, Ontario
Predecessor
Empire State Express
First service
October 31, 1974
Last service
January 31, 1979
Former operator(s)
Amtrak
Route
Termini
New York Detroit
Stops
16
Distance travelled
676 miles (1,088 km)
Average journey time
14 hours 50 minutes
Service frequency
Daily
Train number(s)
63, 64
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Legend
0 mi
New York (Grand Central)
32 mi
51 km
Croton-Harmon
73 mi
117 km
Poughkeepsie
88 mi
142 km
Rhinecliff
114 mi
183 km
Hudson
Lake Shore Limited to Boston
141 mi
227 km
Albany–Rensselaer
151 mi
243 km
Colonie–Schenectady
Adirondack to Montreal
178 mi
286 km
Amsterdam
238 mi
383 km
Utica
252 mi
406 km
Rome
286 mi
460 km
Syracuse
372 mi
599 km
Rochester
438 mi
705 km
Buffalo
Lake Shore Limited to Chicago
440 mi
708 km
Buffalo–Exchange Street
Pre-1978 route
465 mi
748 km
Niagara Falls, New York
445 mi
716 km
Black Rock
Customs stop
New York, United States
Ontario, Canada
446 mi
718 km
Fort Erie
467 mi
752 km
Welland
Planned but not served
564 mi
908 km
St. Thomas
673 mi
1083 km
Windsor
Ontario, Canada
Michigan, United States
676 mi
1088 km
Detroit
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The Niagara Rainbow, known as the Empire State Express before 1976, was an American passenger train service operated by Amtrak between New York City and Detroit via Buffalo and Southwestern Ontario in Canada. The service ran between October 31, 1974, and January 31, 1979.[1]
^"Michigan's Railroad History 1825 - 2014" (PDF). Michigan Department of Transportation. 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
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