Twilight Limited

Twilight Limited
Twilight Limited passing Niles in 1981.
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
LocaleMidwestern United States
Last serviceApril 25, 2004
SuccessorWolverine
Former operator(s)Amtrak & New York Central Railroad
Route
TerminiChicago, Illinois
Pontiac, Michigan
Stops17
Distance travelled304 miles (489 km)
Average journey time6 hours 20 minutes
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)354 & 355
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Dist.
Station
0 mi
0 km
Chicago
16 mi
26 km
Hammond–Whiting
52 mi
84 km
Michigan City
89 mi
143 km
Niles
102 mi
164 km
Dowagiac
138 mi
222 km
Kalamazoo
160 mi
257 km
Battle Creek
184 mi
296 km
Albion
205 mi
330 km
Jackson
243 mi
391 km
Ann Arbor
251 mi
404 km
Ypsilanti
Closed
1985
Greenfield Village
273 mi
439 km
Dearborn
281 mi
452 km
Detroit
292 mi
470 km
Royal Oak
296 mi
476 km
Birmingham
304 mi
489 km
Pontiac

The Twilight Limited was a named passenger train in the United States which initially operated between Chicago, Illinois, and Detroit, Michigan. The New York Central Railroad introduced the train in 1926, and it continued until the formation of Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) in 1971, although it lost its name in 1967. Amtrak renamed the train St. Clair, feeling that the name "Twilight Limited" had undesirable connotations and imagery for a company trying to save passenger rail service. Amtrak revived the name in 1976 for a new train frequency on the Chicago–Detroit corridor, and kept the name until all trains on that corridor were renamed Wolverine in 2004.