Vermonter (train)

Vermonter

The Vermonter at St. Albans station in 2018
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Locale	New England, Mid-Atlantic states
Predecessor	Montrealer
First service	April 1, 1995
Current operator(s)	Amtrak in partnership with CTDOT, MassDOT and VTrans
Annual ridership	109,136 (FY24) 12.2%[a][1]
Route
Termini	St. Albans, Vermont Washington, D.C.
Stops	29 (weekdays) 30 (weekends)
Distance travelled	611 miles (983 km)
Average journey time	12 hours, 40 minutes (northbound) 12 hours, 57 minutes (southbound)[2]
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	54-57
On-board services
Class(es)	Coach Class Business Class
Disabled access	All cars, all stations
Catering facilities	Café
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks
Technical
Rolling stock	Amfleet cars
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line: 12.5 kV AC at 60 Hz (New Haven–New York) 12 kV AC at 25 Hz (New York–Washington)
Operating speed	48 mph (77 km/h) (avg.) 125 mph (201 km/h) (top)
Track owner(s)	NECR, MassDOT, MNCR, Amtrak
Route map Legend 69 mi 111 km Montreal Quebec, Canada Vermont, United States Proposed extension 0 mi St. Albans 24 mi 39 km Essex Junction Winooski Branch to Burlington 47 mi 76 km Waterbury 56 mi 90 km Montpelier 86 mi 138 km Randolph 118 mi 190 km White River Junction 131 mi 211 km Windsor Connecticut River VT NH 140 mi 225 km Claremont Connecticut River NH VT 157 mi 253 km Bellows Falls 181 mi 291 km Brattleboro VT MA Pre-2014 route 205 mi 330 km Greenfield Amherst 224 mi 360 km Northampton 235 mi 378 km Holyoke Palmer (reverse move) 245 mi 394 km Springfield MA CT 260 mi 418 km Windsor Locks 271 mi 436 km Hartford 282 mi 454 km Berlin (bypassed 2018) 289 mi 465 km Meriden 295 mi 475 km Wallingford (bypassed 2018) Northeast Corridor to Boston 308 mi 496 km New Haven 321 mi 517 km Bridgeport 344 mi 554 km Stamford CT NY East River Tunnels under East River 379 mi 610 km New York City Empire Corridor to Albany NY NJ North River Tunnels under Hudson River 390 mi 628 km Newark Penn 404 mi 650 km Metropark 427 mi 687 km Princeton Junction 437 mi 703 km Trenton NJ PA Delaware River Keystone Corridor to Harrisburg 470 mi 756 km Philadelphia–30th Street PA DE 496 mi 798 km Wilmington DE MD 564 mi 908 km Baltimore 575 mi 925 km BWI Airport 596 mi 959 km New Carrollton MD DC Floridian to Chicago 605 mi 974 km Washington, D.C. to Chicago, Newport News, Norfolk, Roanoke, New Orleans, Miami This diagram: view talk edit

The Vermonter is a passenger train operated by Amtrak between St. Albans, Vermont, and Washington, D.C., via New York City.^[3] It replaced the overnight Montrealer, which terminated in Montreal until 1995. Amtrak receives funding from the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont for Vermonter operations north of New Haven.^[4]

During fiscal year 2023, the Vermonter carried 99,974 passengers (not including riders between New Haven and Washington, D.C.), a 14.5% increase from FY22.^[5] In FY16, the train earned $5,718,268 in revenue, a decrease of 1.8% from FY15.^[6]

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