Classic route
Ethan Allen Express
New York → Burlington · United States
In July 2022 it became the first passenger train to reach Burlington in 69 years, extending north from Rutland along Lake Champlain.
- Distance
- 500 km
- Fastest time
- 7 h 35 min
- Average speed
- 66 km/h
- Top speed
- 177 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmNew York Penn Station +12
- 23 kmYonkers +2
- 52 kmCroton-Harmon +3
- 117 kmPoughkeepsie +3
- 142 kmRhinecliff +3
- 183 kmHudson +2
- 227 kmAlbany-Rensselaer +4
- 255 kmSchenectady +4
- 288 kmSaratoga Springs +1
- 317 kmFort Edward-Glens Falls +1
- 374 kmCastleton
- 439 kmMiddlebury
- 460 kmFerrisburgh–Vergennes
- 494 kmBurlington
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 4234911: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 28 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 9 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Amtrak: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Ethan Allen Express to New York
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Ethan Allen Express?
The Ethan Allen Express runs 500 km from New York to Burlington.
How long does the Ethan Allen Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 7 h 35 min for the 500 km. That is an average of 66 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 177 km/h.
Who runs the Ethan Allen Express?
Amtrak, with Amfleet, GE P32AC-DM.
How old is the Ethan Allen Express?
The line has been in service since 1996. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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