Amtrak Hartford Line or Valley Flyer
The two routes share 9 stations, Springfield, Windsor Locks, Windsor among them. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Amtrak Hartford Line | Valley Flyer | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Springfield to New Haven | Greenfield to New Haven |
| Duration, end to end | 1 h 21 m | 2 h 55 m |
| Frequency | 5 days a week | 5 days a week |
| Trains | 417 southbound, 470 northbound | 479 southbound, 486 northbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 3 | 4 |
| Shows | Big rivers | Big rivers, Mountains |
| Headline stretch | Connecticut River at Springfield | Connecticut River to Springfield |
| Headline stretch in daylight | southbound: daylight Apr to Aug; dusk Sep; dark Oct to Feb; dusk Mar, 6:52 p.m.; northbound: daylight, 12:05 p.m. | southbound: daylight Apr to Aug; dusk Sep; dark Oct to Feb; dusk Mar, 6:51 p.m.; northbound: daylight Feb to Oct; dusk Nov to Jan, 4:43 p.m. |
Duration, frequency, and daylight are computed from the Amtrak GTFS timetable (fetched 2026-10-15) for the representative trip in each direction; daylight is the phrase for the headline stretch, the highlighted row of each route page. Named stretches are counted from the cited route guides. How these are computed.