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Passenger rail return to Vermont city took vision, decades
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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. - photo by AP Photo/Wilson Ring
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — After a nearly 70-year absence, 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. Last November, President Joe Biden, who famously rode Amtrak between Washington and his Delaware home during his 36 years in the Senate, signed legislation that includes $102 billion for passenger and freight rail investment that will help Amtrak improve and expand its services over time. Among the projects that will be funded with the help of the rail infrastructure money is a a planned $11 billion train tunnel under the Hudson River linking New Jersey and New York.