Ethan Allen Express or Northeast Regional
The two routes share one station, New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Ethan Allen Express | Northeast Regional | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Burlington to New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station | Roanoke to Boston |
| Duration, end to end | 7 h 2 m | 17 h 42 m |
| Frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Trains | 290 southbound, 291 northbound | 66 eastbound, 151 westbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 4 | 7 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Mountains, Wine country | Big rivers, Big cities, Mountains |
| Headline stretch | Green Mountains and Vermont farms | Potomac River and the monuments |
| Headline stretch in daylight | southbound: daylight, 10:10 a.m.; northbound: dusk May to Jul; dark Aug to Apr, 8:35 p.m. | eastbound: dark, 9:20 p.m.; westbound: daylight Feb; dawn Mar; daylight Apr to Sep; dawn Oct; daylight Nov; dawn Dec to Jan, 7:39 a.m. |
Duration, frequency, and daylight are computed from the Amtrak GTFS timetable (fetched 2026-10-15) for the representative trip in each direction; daylight is the phrase for the headline stretch, the highlighted row of each route page. Named stretches are counted from the cited route guides. How these are computed.