Lake Shore Limited or Northeast Regional
The two routes share 3 stations, Springfield, Boston, Boston. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Lake Shore Limited | Northeast Regional | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Chicago Union Station to Boston | Roanoke to Boston |
| Duration, end to end | 22 h 2 m | 17 h 42 m |
| Frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Trains | 448 eastbound, 449 westbound | 66 eastbound, 151 westbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 5 | 7 |
| Shows | Mountains, Big rivers, Big cities, Wildlife | Big rivers, Big cities, Mountains |
| Headline stretch | The Berkshires and the Westfield River | Potomac River and the monuments |
| Headline stretch in daylight | eastbound: daylight Mar to Oct; dark Nov to Dec; dusk Jan to Feb, 5:09 p.m.; westbound: daylight Jan to Oct; dusk Nov to Dec, 4:04 p.m. | eastbound: dark, 9:20 p.m.; westbound: daylight Feb; dawn Mar; daylight Apr to Sep; dawn Oct; daylight Nov; dawn Dec to Jan, 7:39 a.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.