From Trains.com:Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited, trains 48 and 49 between Chicago and New York City (connecting to trains 448-449 at Albany, N.Y., to and from Boston), once agaqin will be including Sandusky and Elyria, Ohio as station stops effective with trains departing originating terminals on April 26. Currently, only the Capitol Limited, trains 29 and 30 operating overnight between Chicago and Washington D.C. stops in those cities.
Elyria, Sandusky, and Bryan, Ohio, all were dropped as Lake Shore stops with the spring 2003 timetable change and given to the Capitol, which began serving them all at a better hour once the Washington train was rescheduled for a 535 departure eastbound from Chicago (and already was due in later westbound). Customers missed having a direct train to New York City, however.
Now, effectice April 26, while the Capitol Limited will continue to stop at Sandusky at 11:58 p.m. late evening, eastbound, the Lake Shore will now stop at Sandusky at 4:02 a.m., late nite, and the Capitol Limited will continue to stop at 5:24 a.m. Early morning.
At Elyria, the eastbound Capitol Capitol Limited will continue to stop at 12:33 a.m. midnight. and the Lake Shore Limited now will stop at 2:30 a.m. in the middle of the night. Westbound, the Lake Shore will stop at 3:27 a.m. Late night and the Capitol Limited at 4:51 a.m. Late night.
Bryan, Ohio, near the Indiana border, will revert from only a Capitol Limited stop to only a Lake Shore stop, effective April 27. Eastbound, the Capitol's current stop at 9:42 p.m. midevening. will be replace by a Lake Shore stop at 11:39 p.m. late evening. Westbound, the Capitol's current 7:47 a.m. early morning stop will be replace by a Lake Shore stop at 6:06 a.m. Early Morning This will enable Bryan passengers to have an earlier arrival and later departure at Chicago, the western terminus of both trains. All three Ohio stations are unstaffed.
posted