SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Amtrak is adding two additional Northeast Regional trains serving Springfield beginning June 5, Amtrak, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and Connecticut Department of Transportation announced. The trains will offer single seat rides from Springfield to New York City in three and half hours. Connections can be made at New York to the Northeast Corridor for travel to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington.
For early risers, the new service will allow passengers to depart Springfield at 4:45 a.m., arriving at New York Penn Station at 8:10 a.m. Another train will leave Springfield at 7:50 a.m. and arrive in New York at 11:21 a.m. Heading north, trains will depart New York at 6:59 p.m. and arrive Springfield at 10:40 p.m.; another will depart Penn Station at 8:50 p.m. and arrive in Springfield at 12:26 a.m. The trains make intermediate stops at Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, and Stamford, Conn.
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