A passenger train running from Vermont's revitalized Burlington train station to New York City is scheduled to head south Friday as part of a nationwide renewal of interest in rail travel.
An Amtrak sign at the Burlington Station in Burlington, Vt., on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. On Thursday, june 16, 2022 the Vermont Agency of Transportation Announced that Ethan Allen Express service between Burlington and New York City would begin on July 29. Since it began operations in the 1990s, the Ethan Allen Express has traveled between New York and Rutland. Vermont officials have worked for decades to restore passenger rail service between Rutland and Burlington. BURLINGTON, Vt.
“I know in some quarters that might sound a bit corny, but we have advocates in our coalition who have literally spent their entire lives dedicated to advancing these arguments,” Mathews said in an email. “When the tide began to turn in 2017, it was in part because of this slow buildup of support and evidence that this is good public policy.”
“We said, ‘Well, you know, it’s a long road, but someday it’s going to make a lot of sense for Burlington to New York City,’ not knowing what 20 years later would bring,” he said.
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