By Julia Purdy At 10:45 a.m., Sunday, June 27, a silver-blue-and-red Amtrak train rolled into Rutland with celebratory blasts of the train horn. The Ethan Allen line is preparing to get back in business starting July 19. Several training runs […]
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Amtrak to resume service July 19
Amtrak and the Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) announced Tuesday, May 18, that tickets are now available for purchase on their state-supported train services for travel beginning on Monday, July 19. This includes the Vermonter, which provides daily service between St. […]
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Carry-on bike service coming to Amtrak’s Vermonter line
By Mike Faher, VTDigger.org Among the small group waiting to board Amtrak’s southbound Vermonter Friday afternoon, April 29, no one was toting a bicycle. But that changed Sunday, May 1, when Amtrak started a new, carry-on bike service for its […]
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In four years, Amtrak train to link Rutland with Burlington
$10 million TIGER grant extends Ethan Allen line north, Vermont’s link to New York City The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will provide a $10 million TIGER grant to extend Amtrak’s Ethan Allen Express passenger train service to Burlington, Vt. […]