Interstate Express

Interstate Express

Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Northeastern United States
First service	1929
Last service	1957
Former operator(s)	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Central Railroad of New Jersey Reading Company Baltimore and Ohio
Route
Termini	Syracuse, New York, U.S. Washington, D.C., U.S.
Distance travelled	376.2
Average journey time	Southbound: 13 hrs 25 min Northbound: 15 hrs 35 min (1954)
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	Southbound: 1306 Northbound: 1301
On-board services
Seating arrangements	No coach between Binghamton and Wilkes-Barre
Sleeping arrangements	Sections and single bedrooms
Catering facilities	Diner-Lounge
Technical
Rolling stock	Streamlined passenger cars by Pullman Standard
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Legend Syracuse Tully Homer Cortland Marathon Whitney Point Binghamton NY PA Wilkes-Barre Mauch Chunk Bethlehem Lansdale Wayne Junction Philadelphia PA DE Wilmington DE MD Baltimore MD DC Washington This diagram: view talk edit

The Interstate Express was a long-distance passenger train operating between Syracuse, New York, and Philadelphia, jointly operated by the Reading Railroad, the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. These lines offered a long distance overnight line in Train 1301 (north-bound)/ 1306 (south-bound). Connecting service by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offered continuing service south from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.^[1]