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Spread Networks is a company founded by Dan Spivey and backed by James L. Barksdale (former CEO of Netscape) that claims to offer Internet connectivity between Chicago and New York City at ultra-low latency (i.e. speeds that are very close to the speed of light), high bandwidth, and high reliability, using dark fiber.
Map of LATAs in the US. Local access and transport area (LATA) is a term used in U.S. telecommunications regulation.It represents a geographical area of the United States under the terms of the Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ) entered by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Civil Action number 82-0192 or any other geographic area designated as a LATA in the ...
The route later became part of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, owned by the New York Central Railroad. [1] In 1914, the New York Central and Hudson River were merged with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway to create the New York Central Railroad, which ran the New York-Chicago route as one company. [1]
The first new 20th Century Limited train left New York City at 18:00 Eastern Time and arrived at Chicago's La Salle Street Station the following morning at 09:00 Central Time, traveling the 960.7 miles (1,546 km) at an average 60 miles per hour (97 km/h). [9]
The 1,146-mile (1,844 km) trip between New York and Chicago is scheduled for 28 1 ⁄ 4 hours. [ 3 ] The Cardinal has three round trips each week, departing New York City on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and departing Chicago on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
With an average weekday ridership of 294,600 in 2015, Metra is the fourth-busiest commuter rail system in the United States, only behind New York City metropolitan area systems. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Metra system has a total of 243 active stations spread out on 11 rail lines with 487.5 miles (784.6 km) of tracks.
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Just nine days later, on May 10, 1971, Amtrak debuted the Chicago–New York Lake Shore on the former route of the New York Central's Lake Shore Limited. The 960-mile (1,540 km) daily service was scheduled for 17 hours 30 minutes and carried train numbers 60 and 61. [ 5 ]