 The Erie Limited near Port Jervis, New York | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Inter-city rail |
| Status | discontinued |
| Locale | Midwestern United States/Northeastern United States |
| Predecessor | Southern Tier Express |
| First service | June 2, 1929 |
| Last service | October 27, 1963 |
| Successor | Phoebe Snow |
| Former operator(s) | Erie Railroad Erie Lackawanna Railway |
| Route | |
| Termini | Jersey City, New Jersey until 1956; Hoboken, New Jersey afterwards Chicago, Illinois |
| Distance travelled | 998.7 miles (1,607.3 km) [1954] |
| Service frequency | Daily |
| Train number(s) | 1 westbound; 2 eastbound |
The Erie Limited was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Erie Railroad between Jersey City, New Jersey (for New York City) and Chicago, Illinois via the Southern Tier. It operated from 1929 to 1963. After the merger of the Erie and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) in 1960 it was known as the Erie-Lackawanna Limited. Once the premier passenger train on the Erie, repeated service reductions in the 1950s and 1960s left it a shell of its former self. The Phoebe Snow replaced it in 1963.