Niagara Rainbow

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 This diagram: view talk edit

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]