passenger rail


  • Passenger rail gathers momentum

    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.

  • Top Ten 2022: Passenger rail returns

    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…

  • 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…

  • Train rolls into Middlebury to great fanfare

    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…

  • Amtrak makes historic stop in Ferrisburgh

    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…

  • 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.

  • Passenger rail service is back! Trains roll through Vergennes, Middlebury after 69 years

    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.

  • 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.

  • First responders prepare for Amtrak in Middlebury

    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.

  • Letter to the editor: Be careful near the train tracks

    We are so excited to have passenger rail service between Burlington and New York, but as Wilson Rings pointed out this week, people need to beware of the…

  • Test trains can pose threats in county

    Vermont Transportation Agency officials are warning about people walking along the newly refurbished railroad line between Burlington and Rutland where Amtrak trains are conducting full-speed test runs.

  • Middlebury rail project comes in on budget

    Middlebury rail project comes in on budget

    The approximately four-year makeover of Middlebury’s twin downtown rail bridges into a 360-foot-long tunnel stayed within the forecasted $72 million construction budget, Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) officials…

  • Summer debut eyed for passenger train

    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…

  • Midd, Vergennes prepare for passenger rail

    Midd, Vergennes prepare for passenger rail

    MIDDLEBURY — The chief of Vermont’s rail and aviation division said passenger train service to Burlington — with stops in Vergennes and Middlebury — is likely to commence…