North Star (NYC train)
American-Canadian named passenger train (1947–1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the former New York Central train service. For other train uses of 'North Star', see North Star (disambiguation) § Rail.
The North Star was a named night train, train #21, 1947–1962, of the New York Central Railroad (NYC) that went from Grand Central Terminal of New York City to Union Terminal of Cleveland, Ohio. It was distinctive in the history of the New York Central's history of service to the North Country of New York State, because it was the longest lasting train in the NYC's later decades that hosted sleeping cars that went continuous from New York City to Lake Placid in the Adirondacks. Predecessor trains in the pre-World War II period carrying direct sleeping cars to the Adirondacks included the Niagara (#29)[1] and the Ontarian (#21 in 1941).[2]
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Service type | Inter-city rail |
Status | Discontinued |
Locale | Northeastern United States; Midwestern United States; Ontario, Canada |
First service | 1947 |
Last service | 1962 |
Former operator(s) | New York Central Railroad |
Route | |
Termini | New York, New York Cleveland, Toronto, Ontario, Lake Placid, New York |
Service frequency | Daily |
Train number(s) | 21 |
On-board services | |
Seating arrangements | Coaches |
Sleeping arrangements | to Toronto: Lounge Sleeping Car (Sections and Buffet), Roomettes, Double Bedrooms; to Cleveland: Roomettes and Double Bedrooms; to Montreal and Plattsburg on D&H line; to Lake Placid: up to six sleepers on Fridays, accommodations including Roomettes, Sections, Double Bedrooms, Drawing Rooms and Compartments; to Malone (Fridays only): Sections, Drawing Room, Compartments; to Thendara (Fridays only): Sections, Drawing Rooms, Compartment (summer, 1951) |
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