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Route of the California Zephyr

The 'New' InterRailProposals -- Western Long-Distance Trains


Route of the California Zephyr

Part of the 1999 Proposals -- Western Long-Distance Trains

California Zephyr.
Los Angeles CA - San Jose CA - Oakland CA - Sacramento CA - Reno NV - Salt Lake City UT - Denver CO - Chicago IL - Toledo OH - Cleveland OH - Buffalo NY - Albany NY - Boston MA
see also
URPA Matrix Model, California Zephyr

California Zephyr

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LOS ANGELES

SET 1

21:20

dp

06:10

ar

SET 9 or SET 1

Glendale

21:39

05:35

Chatsworth

22:11

05:03

Simi Valley

22:25

04:48

Oxnard

22:58

04:10

Santa Barbara

23:59

03:17

San Luis Obispo

02:58

01:30

Paso Robles

04:00

23:47

Salinas

05:50

22:06

SET 9 or SET 1

SAN JOSE

07:20

ar

20:36

dp

SET 8


SAN JOSE

07:30

dp

20:18

ar

OAKLAND

08:35

19:13

Emeryville

08:48

ar

19:00

dp


One hour recovery time at Emeryville


Emeryville

09:45

dp

18:00

dp

Richnond

09:56

17:18

Martinez

10:28

16:48

Suisun-Fairfield

10:50

16:24

Davis

11:18

15:58

SACRAMENTO

11:57

15:38

Roseville

12:21

14:36

Colfax

13:11

13:30

Truckee

15:19

11:22

RENO

16:18

10:29

Sparks

16:45

ar

10:05

dp


One hour additional recovery time at Sparks

This recovery time is to isolate the California Corridor (Sparks-LAUPT) operation from the Transcontinetal Operation (Sparks-Chicago-Boston)


Sparks

17:55

dp

08:55

ar

Winnemucca

SET 1

20:30

05:35

Elko

SET 2

22:35

03:28

Ogden

04:45

ar

00:20

dp


Thirty minutes recovery time at Ogden for better times at Salt Lake City, and to improve Transcontinental reliability.

Connections to Wyoming via the Desert Zephyr at Ogden.


Ogden

05:15

dp

23:50

ar

SALT LAKE CITY

06:20

ar

22:45

dp


SALT LAKE CITY

06:35

dp

22:23

ar

SET 8

Provo

07:26

20:57

SET 7

Helper

09:33

18:52

Green River UT

10:46

17:34

Grand Junction

13:20

15:45

Glenwood Springs

15:10

13:32

Grandby

18:20

10:14

Fraser-Winter Park

SET2

18:48

09:44

DENVER

SET3

21:42

ar

07:45

dp


One hour additional recovery time at Denver


DENVER

23:32

dp

05:49

ar

Fort Morgan

00:50

03:42

Mc Cook

04:15

02:20

Holdredge

05:23

01:10

Hastings

06:16

00:22

Lincoln

07:46

ar

22:45

dp

Note improved times in Nebraska

Lincoln

07:52

dp

22:35

ar

OMAHA

09:17

ar

21:31

dp

SET 7

OMAHA

09:47

dp

21:06

ar

SET 6

Creston

11:37

18:52

Osceola

12:13

18:17

Ottumwa

13:34

16:59

Mt. Pleasant

14:20

16:13

Burlington

14:54

15:38

Galesburg, Illinois

15:45

14:50

Princeton, Illinois

16:37

13:51

Naperville, Illinois

17:49

12:41

CHICAGO

SET 3

19:10

ar

12:05

dp


CHICAGO

SET 4

21:15

dp

10:45

ar

Hammond/Whiting, Indiana

22:12

09:36

South Bend, Indiana

23:15

08:33

Elkhart, Indiana

23:40

08:08

Waterloo, Indiana

00:29

07:17

Brian, Ohio

01:53

07:52

TOLEDO

02:53 ar

ar

07:02

dp

TOLEDO

03:10 dp

dp

06:46

ar

Sandusky. Ohio

04:00

05:55

Elyria, Ohio

04:35

05:21

CLEVELAND

05:09 ar

ar

04:49

dp

CLEVELAND

05:16 dp

dp

04:42

ar

Erie, Pennsylvania

06:47

03:10

BUFFALO (Depew)

08:22 ar

ar

01:36

dp

BUFFALO (Depew)

08:32 dp

dp

01:06

ar

Rochester, New York

09:40

00:05

Syracuse, New York

11:05

22:39

Utica, New York

11:52

21:49

SET 6

Schenectady, New York

13:10

20:30

SET 5

ALBANY (Rensselear)

13:40

ar

19:50

dp


Schedule improved one hour, since we are not switching cars


ALBANY (Rensselear)

13:45

dp

19:44

ar

Pittsfield, Massachusetts

14:50

18:27

Springfield, Massachusetts

16:04

ar

17:14

dp

Springfield, Massachusetts

16:14

dp

16:59

ar

Worcester, Massachusetts

17:29

15:47

Framingham, Massachusetts

18:01

15:17

BOSTON (Back Bay)

SET 4

19:00

ar

14:46

dp

SET 5


The arriving set lays overnight in Boston

Train Sets

Basically, using the same number of train sets, we get:

1 TRANSCONTINENTAL BOSTON-OAKLAND

2 OVERNIGHT OAKLAND-LOS ANGELES

Copyright © URPA 1998


See also: Condensed schedule and Route Matrix