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2010 map

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Showing rail lines with at least three trains each weekday. Lines coloured by operator (key).
Local and interurban tramways (without priority at road crossings) and horse-drawn lines not shown.
Scale: ≈ 100 km (approximately 2 CSS pixels per km)

Please send any corrections or questions to threestationsquare at gmail dot com.

See also: California passenger rail timeline
Travel times from New York to Philadelphia, Washington and Boston, 1835-2019
rapid transit timelines for New York - Boston - Philadelphia - Washington
other rapid transit timelines - miscellaneous timelines and maps

By Alexander Rapp (CC-BY-SA) based on map data by OpenStreetMap contributors and historical sources.