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The Maple Leaf is a train operated jointly by VIA Rail and Amtrak from New York ( Pennsylvania Station) to Toronto via the New York state cities of Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. The train travels during the day and takes approximately 12 hours for the 533 mile (858 km) journey. Around two hours of this is required for border controls at Niagara Falls. A change of locomotive is made at Albany.
Before Amtrak, the Maple Leaf was operated by Grand Trunk Western and Canadian National between Chicago, IL and Toronto, ON.
Other uses
Other meanings of the term maple leaf include:
- A maple leafThe maple leaf is a leaf of the maple tree and is a national symbol of Canada. It was first used as a Canadian symbol as early as 1700 when the English, Scottish, and Irish in Canada would all display their national plant at certain gatherings. Individual is also a symbol of CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe, and the namesake of this train.
- Maple Leaf Foods is a CanadianCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe food company, specializing in meat.
Named passenger trains of the United States Named passenger trains of Canada
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