Amtrak
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Vermont Rail updates 5-year plan
Every five years, the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) updates the state’s official Rail Plan. The plan covers the 580 miles of active rail lines in the state…
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Car hits train on Route 7; no serious injuries
Vermont State Police cited a Ferrisburgh resident after her car struck a southbound Amtrak train at a Route 7 railroad crossing on Tuesday morning and then bounced into…
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Passenger rail gathers momentum
The recently expanded Ethan Allen Express passenger rail service is exceeding state officials’ expectations, while providing a boost for Addison County travelers, innkeepers, students and merchants.
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Train brings steps toward big grants to plan housing
Three Addison County municipalities are well-positioned to receive a $100,000 grant to plan future housing, bike paths and other facilities that could dovetail with the new passenger rail…
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Top Ten 2022: Passenger rail returns
2022 saw the return of passenger rail service to Addison County with the expansion of Amtrak’s Ethan Allen Express train, which now moves people between New York City…
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Letter to the editor: Train service worth the effort
Just picked up my loving, soon to be 80-year-old mother-in-law at our Middlebury train station. COVID-19 kept her apart from my wife too long, and in the prior…
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Train rolls into Middlebury to great fanfare
As the Amtrak train pulled into Middlebury’s new Seymour Street station at 11:15 a.m. on Friday, July 29, those walking down the steps from the train to the…
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Amtrak makes historic stop in Ferrisburgh
Greeted by a crowd of about 100 train enthusiasts, curiosity seekers, local officials and residents happy to see rail service return to Addison County for the first time…
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Letter to the editor: New train service doesn’t seem like a wise investment
After reading your article about the new train service between Burlington and Rutland and seeing the cost, I began thinking.
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Passenger rail service is back! Trains roll through Vergennes, Middlebury after 69 years
Crowds cheer the arrival of passenger a train in Vergennes and Middlebury for the first time in nearly 70 years.
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Lodgers eye boost from Amtrak train service
As both Vermonters and out-of-state travelers look ahead to the addition of Middlebury and Vergennes train stops on the Ethan Allen Express, local businesses and community leaders are…
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Amtrak passenger train to roll through county beginning July 29
The passenger train, which already runs between Rutland and New York City, will extend service to Burlington and add stops in Middlebury and Vergennes.
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First responders prepare for Amtrak in Middlebury
On Saturday, May 21, first responders from across Addison County took part in classroom and in-person trainings with Amtrak engines and passenger cars in Middlebury.
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Summer debut eyed for passenger train
The long-absent refrain of “all aboard!” is expected to ring out once again at new passenger train stations in Middlebury and Vergennes in about seven months, according to…