Lake Shore Limited or Valley Flyer
The two routes share one station, Springfield. 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 | Valley Flyer | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Chicago Union Station to Boston | Greenfield to New Haven |
| Duration, end to end | 22 h 2 m | 2 h 55 m |
| Frequency | Daily | 5 days a week |
| Trains | 448 eastbound, 449 westbound | 479 southbound, 486 northbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 5 | 4 |
| Shows | Mountains, Big rivers, Big cities, Wildlife | Big rivers, Mountains |
| Headline stretch | The Berkshires and the Westfield River | Connecticut River to Springfield |
| 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. | 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.