Talk:Virginia Service

Schedule info[edit]

Many schedule links are here.

late 1988

85 Virginian NYP-RVR
86 Virginian RVR-NYP
94 Colonial NPN-BOS
95 Colonial BOS-NPN
494 Colonial NPN-SPG
495 Colonial SPG-NPN
96 Tidewater NPN-NYP

10-26-1992 Colonial renamed to Old Dominion, weekend-only Old Dominion renamed Tidewater

late 1992

85 daily Virginian NYP-RVR
86 daily Virginian RVR-NYP
93 F Tidewater WAS-NPN
94 daily Old Dominion NPN-NYP
95 daily Old Dominion NYP-NPN
96 daily Tidewater NPN-NYP (why daily here and not 93? typo? according to [1] it's F and Su only)
663 M-F Atlantic City Express RVR-ACY
664 M-F Atlantic City Express ACY-RVR

11-10-1996

75 Su WAS-NPN
78 F NPN-RVR
84 M-Sa RVR-BOS
85 daily BOS-RVR via SPG
86 daily RVR-BOS via SPG
93 M-R BOS-RVR (matches 99)
94 Su-F NPN-BOS (matches 194)
95 M-Sa BOS-NPN (matches 195)
96 Su NPN-NYP
99 FSu BOS-NPN (matches 93)
194 Sa NPN-NYP (matches 94)
195 Su NYP-RVR (matches 95)

probably somewhere in between

75 James River WAS-NPN
76 Weekend Twilight Shoreliner NPN-BOS
78 James River NPN-RVR
84 Virginian RVR-BOS
85 Charter Oak SPG-RVR
86 Charter Oak RVR-SPG
93 Virginian BOS-RVR
94 Old Dominion NPN-BOS
95 Old Dominion BOS-NPN
96 Tidewater NPN-NYP
99 Virginian BOS-NPN
194 Gotham Limited NPN-NYP
195 Tidewater NYP-RVR

10-25-1998

66 Su-R evening Twilight Shoreliner NPN-BOS (matches 76)
67 daily Twilight Shoreliner BOS-NPN
76 F-Sa evening Twilight Shoreliner NPN-BOS (matches 66)
78 F James River NPN-RVR
84 M-Sa Virginian RVR-BOS
85 daily Colonial NYP-RVR
86 daily Colonial RVR-NYP
93 M-R Virginian BOS-RVR (matches 99)
94 Su-F Old Dominion NPN-BOS (matches 194)
95 M-F Old Dominion BOS-NPN (matches 195 and Sa 191 Potomac BOS-WAS)
99 F-Su Virginian BOS-NPN (matches 93)
194 Sa Gotham Limited NPN-NYP (matches 94)
195 Su Tidewater NYP-RVR (matches 95 and Sa 191 Potomac BOS-WAS)

10-31-2005 W4

66 daily NPN-BOS
67 daily BOS-NPN
76 Su RVR-BOS (close to 82, 86)
78 F NPN-RVR
82 Sa RVR-BOS (close to 76, 86)
83 F BOS-NPN (matches 93, close to SaSu 161 BOS-WAS)
84 M-F RVR-NYP
85 M-F NYP-RVR (matches 87)
86 M-F RVR-BOS (close to 76, 82)
87 Su NYP-RVR (matches 85)
88 Sa RVR-BOS (close to M-F 176 WAS-BOS)
93 M-R BOS-RVR (matches 83, close to SaSu 161 BOS-WAS)
94 M-F NPN-BOS (close to 194)
95 M-F BOS-NPN (close to 195)
99 SaSu BOS-NPN (close to M-F 171 BOS-WAS)
194 SaSu NPN-BOS (close to 94)
195 SaSu BOS-RVR (close to 95)

current round trip count:

WAS-RVR M-F 4, Sa 4N/3S, Su 3N/4S
RVR-NPN M-R 2, F 3, Sa 2, Su 2

WAS-RVR

66/67 daily Twilight Shoreliner
94-194/95-195 daily Old Dominion/Old Dominion-Tidewater
76-86-88/85-87 daily/Su-F Colonial
82-84/83-93-99 M-Sa/daily Virginian

RVR-NPN

66/67 daily Twilight Shoreliner
94-194/95 daily/M-F Old Dominion
78/83-99 F/F-Su James River/Virginian

10-25-1998 to 10-31-2005 mapping[edit]

66 Twilight Shoreliner Su-R NPN-BOS + 76 Twilight Shoreliner F-Sa NPN-BOS -> 66 daily NPN-BOS
67 Twilight Shoreliner daily BOS-NPN -> 67 daily BOS-NPN
78 James River F NPN-RVR -> 78 F NPN-RVR
84 Virginian M-Sa RVR-BOS -> 82 Sa RVR-BOS + 84 M-F RVR-NYP
85 Colonial daily NYP-RVR -> 85 M-F NYP-RVR + 87 Su NYP-RVR
86 Colonial daily RVR-NYP -> 76 Su RVR-BOS + 86 M-F RVR-BOS + 88 Sa RVR-BOS
93 Virginian M-R BOS-RVR -> 93 M-R BOS-RVR
94 Old Dominion Su-F NPN-BOS + 194 Gotham Limited Sa NPN-NYP -> 94 M-F NPN-BOS + 194 SaSu NPN-BOS
95 Old Dominion M-F BOS-NPN -> 95 M-F BOS-NPN
99 Virginian F-Su BOS-NPN -> 83 F BOS-NPN + 99 SaSu BOS-NPN
195 Tidewater Su NYP-RVR + 191 Potomac Sa BOS-WAS -> 195 SaSu BOS-RVR

By number[edit]

number	existed	changes south of WAS	all changes
66/76 Twilight Shoreliner	July 10, 1997 - present	none	no substantial changes after formation from 66 daily Night Owl WAS-BOS 7-10-1997 Su-R NPN-BOS (76 F-Sa NPN-BOS) 10-25-1998, 10-29-2000, 3-5-2001 daily NPN-BOS 4-29-2001, 8-3-2002, 1-27-2003 daily WAS-BOS (76 daily NPN-WAS) 4-28-2003, 10-27-2003, 4-26-2004 daily NPN-BOS 11-1-2004, 10-31-2005
67/75/77 Twilight Shoreliner	July 10, 1997 - present	none	no substantial changes after formation from 67 daily Night Owl BOS-WAS 7-10-1997 daily BOS-NPN 10-25-1998, 12-11-2000, 9-30-2001, 1-27-2003 daily BOS-WAS (75 SaSu WAS-NPN, 77 M-F WAS-NPN) 4-28-2003, 10-27-2003, 4-26-2004 daily BOS-NPN 11-1-2004, 10-31-2005
75	? - July 9, 1997		Su WAS-NPN 11-10-1996 roughly replaced by 67
78 James River	? - present	none	no substantial changes F NPN-RVR 11-10-1996, 10-25-1998, 10-29-2000, 8-3-2002, 4-28-2003, 10-27-2003, 11-1-2004, 10-31-2005
84/82 Virginian	? - present	none	M-Sa RVR-BOS 11-10-1996, 10-25-1998, 10-29-2000, 3-5-2001 M-F RVR-NYP (82 Sa RVR-BOS) 4-29-2001 truncated to NYP M-F M-F RVR-NYP (82 Sa RVR-NYP) 8-3-2002, 10-28-2002 truncated to NYP M-F RVR-NYP (82 Sa RVR-BOS) 4-28-2003, 10-27-2003, 11-1-2004, 10-31-2005 extended to BOS Sa
85/87 Colonial	? - present	Sa dropped 4-28-2003 (to 195)	daily Virginian NYP-RVR late 1992 daily BOS-RVR via SPG 11-10-1996 extended to BOS daily NYP-RVR 10-25-1998, 5-16-1999, 1-31-2000 truncated to NYP daily BOS-RVR 10-29-2000, 12-11-2000, 3-5-2001 extended to BOS M-F NYP-RVR (87 SaSu BOS-RVR) 4-29-2001, 9-30-2001 truncated to NYP M-F daily NYP-RVR 1-28-2002 truncated to NYP M-F NYP-RVR (87 SaSu NYP-RVR) 8-3-2002, 10-28-2002, 2-10-2003 (SaSu might be a typo for Su only, as it's also there for 4-28-2003 but the official schedule says Su only there, but it is corrected on the NYP-WAS schedule) M-F NYP-RVR (87 Su NYP-RVR) 4-28-2003, 10-27-2003, 11-1-2004, 10-31-2005 Sa dropped
86/88/76 Colonial	? - present	none	daily Virginian RVR-NYP late 1992 daily RVR-BOS via SPG 11-10-1996 extended to BOS daily RVR-NYP 10-25-1998, 7-9-2000 truncated to NYP daily RVR-BOS 10-29-2000, 12-11-2000, 3-5-2001, 4-29-2001, 9-30-2001, 1-28-2002 extended to BOS M-F RVR-BOS (88 SaSu RVR-BOS) 8-3-2002, 10-28-2002, 1-27-2003, 4-28-2003, 10-27-2003, 11-1-2004 M-F RVR-BOS (76 Su RVR-BOS, 88 Sa RVR-BOS) 10-31-2005
93/99/83 Virginian	? - present	Sa added by 10-25-1998 (from 95)	F Tidewater WAS-NPN late 1992 completely new train M-R BOS-RVR (99 FSu BOS-NPN) 11-10-1996 M-R BOS-RVR (99 F-Su BOS-NPN) 10-25-1998, 12-11-2000, 3-5-2001 Sa added M-R BOS-RVR (99 SaSu BOS-NPN, 83 F BOS-NPN) 9-30-2001, 1-28-2002, 1-27-2003, 4-28-2003, 10-27-2003, 11-1-2004, 10-31-2005
94 Old Dominion/194 Gotham Limited	June 15, 1976 - present	none	daily Old Dominion NPN-NYP late 1992 Su-F NPN-BOS (194 Sa NPN-NYP) 11-10-1996, 10-25-1998 extended to BOS Su-F daily NPN-BOS 7-9-2000 extended to BOS Sa M-F NPN-BOS (194 SaSu NPN-BOS) 10-29-2000, 9-30-2001, 1-27-2003, 4-28-2003, 10-27-2003, 11-1-2004, 10-31-2005
95 Old Dominion/195 Tidewater	June 15, 1976 - present	Sa dropped by 10-25-1998 (to 99, also to new 191 Sa Potomac BOS-WAS?) Sa added 4-28-2003 (from 87, also from 191 Sa Potomac BOS-WAS?)	daily Old Dominion NYP-NPN late 1992 M-Sa BOS-NPN (195 Su NYP-RVR) 11-10-1996 extended to BOS M-Sa M-F BOS-NPN (195 Su NYP-RVR) 10-25-1998 Sa dropped M-F BOS-NPN (195 Su BOS-RVR) 10-29-2000, 12-11-2000, 9-30-2001, 1-27-2003, 2-10-2003 extended to BOS M-F BOS-NPN (195 SaSu BOS-RVR) 4-28-2003, 10-27-2003, 11-1-2004, 10-31-2005 Sa added
96	? - July 9, 1997		FSu? Tidewater NPN-NYP late 1992 Su NPN-NYP 11-10-1996 F dropped roughly replaced by 66/76