Empire Service Thanksgiving Timetable-Toronto-New York
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SPECIAL THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY TIMETABLE EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 23 – 29, 2015 AMTRAK® EMPIRE SERVICE® Toronto-Niagara Falls-Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse-Albany-New York This Special Thanksgiving Holiday Timetable temporarily replaces the Northeast Corridor section of the System Timetable. Please consult AMTRAK.COM for normal operation schedules outside these dates. For travel between Boston and Richmond and intermediate points, please refer to our online Special Thanksgiving Holiday Timetable for the Northeast Corridor. Table of Contents For travel between Harrisburg and New York and intermediate points, Southbound Northbound please refer to our online Special Thanksgiving Holiday Timetable for the Keystone Service®. Monday, November 23 .............. 3 Monday, November 23 ............ 10 Tuesday, November 24 .............. 4 Tuesday, November 24 ............ 11 Wednesday, November 25 ......... 5 Wednesday, November 25 ....... 12 AMTRAK.COM Thursday, November 26 ............. 6 Thursday, November 26 ........... 13 Friday, November 27 ................. 7 Friday, November 27 ............... 14 AMTRAK.COM ® Saturday, November 28 ............. 8 Saturday, November 28 ........... 15 Sunday, November 29 ............... 9 Sunday, November 29 ............. 16 THANKSGIVING Plan to Avoid the Rush Arrive at the Station Early The busiest Thanksgiving travel periods are During the holiday, we recommend that you plan Travel & Safety Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday afternoons. to arrive at the station at least 30 minutes before If possible, avoid traveling on Wednesday and your scheduled train departure, and add another Tips Sunday, as well as on Thursday morning. All 30 minutes if you need to purchase tickets. Check services will be very crowded on those days. Other video monitors and train information boards to than Thanksgiving Day, morning trains will not be determine the departure gate of your train. First Amtrak® is pleased to take you to your as busy as those in the afternoon and evening. class passengers are invited to relax and wait for Thanksgiving destination. Please be assured we are their trains in the Amtrak ClubAcela lounges in doing everything we can to make your trip as Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington. pleasant as possible. Reserved Services Add to Your Comfort The Thanksgiving holiday is the busiest travel Listen Carefully for Boarding period of the year. In Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor All trains between Boston and Washington and Announcements between New York and Niagara Falls are reserved. alone, we will serve more than 300,000 passengers Be sure that the train you are boarding will stop during the holiday week. On the two busiest days Likewise, all trains operating between Springfield and New Haven are reserved. Keystone Service at your destination. Extra trains added for the – Wednesday and Sunday – Northeast Corridor Thanksgiving holiday may not go to all stations. If trains serve twice as many people as on an trains will also be all reserved service for the travel period November 24-30. you are in doubt, check with the conductor before average day. To meet your travel needs, we will you step onto the train. operate every available car and schedule extra Consider “Holiday Extra” Trains trains during this period. We will also add to our Planning to Meet Someone? capacity by borrowing commuter train cars from During the holiday week, Amtrak may use cars other railroads to operate extra trains. borrowed from commuter rail agencies to run Inform your party not only of your expected arrival “Holiday Extra” trains. (These trains are numbered time, but also the train number (in this timetable). To make your Thanksgiving trip as smooth as Set a meeting place away from the immediate gate possible, here are some holiday travel tips: 1054 and higher in the Thanksgiving timetable.) We recognize that some of the borrowed cars area, as the gate areas will be congested with passengers going to and from the platforms. Security Matters at Amtrak might not be what you expect from our Amtrak fleet. “Holiday Extra” trains will have fewer While in the station or on board a train, please restrooms and may not offer food service. remember: Your Holiday Travel Planner • Be aware of your surroundings Purchase Your Tickets in Advance • Keep your personal items secure and in close On Acela Express®, Northeast proximity. Laptop computers, PDA devices, Avoid long lines at the station by making your RegionalSM, Keystone Service® and reservation and purchasing tickets before your portable music players, wallets, digital cameras, Empire Service® trains, the heaviest etc., are easy targets for pickpockets date of departure. Amtrak tickets are sold by most • Do not approach or pet police dogs travel agents or in advance at many Northeast travel days will be Wednesday, • Report any suspicious activity or unattended Corridor stations either at the ticket counter or November 25 and Sunday, luggage by notifying Amtrak Police at by using the Quik-Trak™ kiosk. To skip the ticket November 29. The highest 1-800-331-0008 or call 911 line all together, make your reservations online at passenger volumes will be present Amtrak.com, then receive an email containing SEE SOMETHING? SAY SOMETHING! your eTicket. in stations and aboard trains on those two days, and reduced On Board Safety When customers make a reservation this way, Amtrak fares will generally not be they’ll receive a printable eTicket via e-mail. While on board any Amtrak train please note the Passengers using their smartphones or other available. Friday, November 27 is following for a safer and more enjoyable trip: mobile devices can present the eTicket to the likely to be the least crowded • Watch your step when boarding and leaving the conductor by simply opening the document from travel day on trains and in stations. train their e-mail or Amtrak app. A lost or misplaced Keystone Service trains, which • Watch your step moving from car to car while eTicket can easily be reprinted. eTickets also normally do not require the train is in motion can be printed at Amtrak ticket offices and • Be sure to step over the gap between the train Quik-Trak™ kiosks. Some customers, including reservations for travel between and platform those traveling on a group ticket or passengers Philadelphia and Harrisburg, will • Leave personal food items and baggage at your purchasing multi-ride tickets, will need to continue require reservations November seat to receive conventional paper value tickets. 24-30. • Wear shoes at all times • Never attempt to board or exit a moving train Speed your return journey by purchasing round- trip tickets. Please be sure you have the correct About the cover Safety at the Station ticket for your travel itinerary. While in any Amtrak station please note the Customers are required to produce acceptable following for a safer more enjoyable trip: identification when purchasing tickets or when • Arrive at least 30 minutes before your train is checking bags. Acceptable forms of photo due to depart identification include a valid driver’s license, • Check-in early to arrange for pre-boarding if you passport, government agency ID and other specific need extra time or assistance forms of identification. (Ask Amtrak for details.) • Watch your step on station stairs, escalators, Passengers boarding at any station between and train platforms Washington, D.C., and Boston will be required to • Please stand back from the edge of the platform have a ticket before boarding the train; conductors • Help children when boarding and leaving the will not sell tickets on board any train between train Washington, D.C., and Boston. Passengers • Use only Amtrak Red Caps to help you with your purchasing tickets on board trains outside of the Amtrak has added additional service to conveniently take you baggage Washington-Boston corridor will be required to to and from your holiday destinations. Scenes like this pastoral provide acceptable identification to the conductor. moment captured by Amtrak Exhibit Train Trainmaster, Steven K. Ostrowski, is an example of views one might see from Schedules subject to change without notice. our panoramic train windows. Amtrak is a registered service mark of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 60 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. NRPC Form T-5–Internet Only–11/23/15 MONDAY - November 23, 2015 - MONDAY EMPIRE SERVICE-Westbound New York • Albany • Syracuse • Rochester • Buffalo • Niagara Falls • Toronto Ethan Lake Maple Adiron- Allen Shore Leaf dack Express Limited 63 69 281 233 283 235 291 49 237 239 241 243 245 R B R y R B R y R B R y R B R s R y R y R y R y R y y å å y å å y å å y å r l å å å å å Mile 6 Connecting Train at Penn Station Washington, DC - 0 Dp - Baltimore, MD–Penn Station 40 Due to day-of-week differences in schedules between Washington and New York during the Thanksgiving Wilmington, DE - 109 travel period, connecting train schedules that normally appear in this location have been omitted. Philadelphia, PA–30th Street Station - 135 Trenton, NJ - 167 Passengers originating in these cities will be booked on the appropriate connecting train when making Newark, NJ - 215 reservations. For more information, visit Amtrak.com or call 1-800-USA-RAIL. New York, NY–Penn Station - 225 Ar NEW YORK, NY - 0 Dp 7 15A 8 15A 10 20A 11 20A 1 20P 2 20P 3 15P l3 40P 4 40P 5 47P 7 15P 8 55P 10 45P –Penn Station Yonkers, NY 14 7 44A 8 44A 11 44A 1 44P 2 44P 3 39P 7 39P 9 19P Croton-Harmon, NY - 32 8 03A 9 03A 11 01A 12 03P 2 03P 3 03P 3 58P R4 26P 6 32P