- Ethan Allen Express
Infobox Amtrak
name=Ethan Allen Express
logo_filename=Ethan Allen Express logo.png
logo_size=100
image_size =250px
image_caption =Train #291 enters the Croton Harmon station en route to Rutland, VT.
numbers=290-293, 296
route=New York, NY
Poughkeepsie, NY
Albany, NY
Rutland, VT
distance=241 mi (388 km)
start=December 1996
end=present
owners=CPThe "Ethan Allen Express" is a 241-mile (388 km)
passenger train operated byAmtrak betweenNew York City and Rutland, Vermont. The 241-mile trip is currently completed in a scheduled 5.5 hours. Its operations are subsidized by theState of Vermont , and the train is popular among vacationers travelling to the ski resort area of Killington.The "Ethan Allen Express" is named for
American Revolutionary War heroEthan Allen .Route details
The "Ethan Allen Express" operates over
Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad ,Canadian Pacific Railway ,CSX Transportation ,Metro-North Railroad , and Amtrak trackage:
*C&P, Rutland to Whitehall
*CP , Whitehall to Schenectady
*CSXHudson Subdivision , Schenectady to Poughkeepsie
*MNRR Hudson Line, Poughkeepsie to Spuyten Duyvil
*AmtrakEmpire Connection , Spuyten Duyvil to Penn Stationtation stops
References
External links
* [http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Route/Vertical_Route_Page&c=am2Route&cid=1081256321921&ssid=134 Amtrak - "Ethan Allen Express"]
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