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An Amtrak train moves westbound along the Ethan Allen Express route near West Rutland during a training/inspection run last September. Photo courtesy Bonnie Shatraw Wingler.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) today announced that Amtrak passenger rail service and inter-city bus service in Vermont will resume effective July 19, 2021. Governor Scott indicated at a recent press conference that he expected service to resume this summer. It was suspended in Vermont at the beginning of the pandemic last year. The Vermont Amtrak routes are among the last to restart.
Amtrak is expected to restore Rutland to Burlington passenger service by extending the Ethan Allen Express within the next couple of years and perhaps as early as next year. There has not been passenger rail service into Burlington in over 60 years. Amtrak is also hoping to expand many lines across the nation with proposed infrastructure funding as proposed by
Amtrak Passenger Rail Service to Return to Vermont in July
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Governor Phil Scott outlined Tuesday what he is calling the Vermont Forward Plan: a roadmap to opening the state by July 4th.
The plan includes health guidance changes and is based on vaccination forecasts and modeling for the progression of the COVID-19 virus.
Governor Scott says the goal is to give Vermonters a transparent look at how the state can work its way out of the pandemic to a time when the virus can be can managed much like the flu.
“It’s meant to let non-profits, community organizers, employers and families plan for events and how these might look, Scott said. To help businesses prepare for future operations and budgets and to give Vermonters something to work toward. As I’ve said we’re in the last laps of this very long and difficult race and this plan shows how we’ll finish strong. But I want to be really clear the key to getting there are vaccinations which is why we’re laser-focused on making sure as many Vermonters as possible get them.”