| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Inter-city rail |
| Status | Discontinued |
| First service | 1946 |
| Last service | September 11, 1956 |
| Former operator(s) | New Haven Railroad Boston and Maine Railroad |
| Route | |
| Termini | New York City, New York's Grand Central Terminal Bretton Woods, New Hampshire |
| Distance travelled | 335 miles (539 km) |
| Average journey time | 9 hours |
| Service frequency | Daily summer only |
| Train number(s) | 75 (northbound), 70 (southbound) |
| On-board services | |
| Seating arrangements | coaches |
| Catering facilities | Dining car and parlor car |
The North Wind was a summer passenger train between New York City, New York and resorts in New Hampshire's White Mountains (New England). Travel time was about 9 hours over the 331-mile (533 km) route to Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The route went via the New Haven Railroad from New York City, New York to Springfield, Massachusetts, where it left the New Haven–Springfield Line to reach the Boston and Maine Railroad at Springfield, Massachusetts, continuing northward to White River Junction, Vermont, Whitefield, New Hampshire and finally Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. [1]
- ^ "May 1948". National Railway Publication Company.
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