Ethan Allen Express or Palmetto
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 | Palmetto | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Burlington to New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station | New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station to Savannah |
| Duration, end to end | 7 h 2 m | 18 h 19 m |
| Frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Trains | 290 southbound, 291 northbound | 89 southbound, 90 northbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 4 | 5 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Mountains, Wine country | Big rivers, Big cities |
| Headline stretch | Green Mountains and Vermont farms | Susquehanna River |
| Headline stretch in daylight | southbound: daylight, 10:10 a.m.; northbound: dusk May to Jul; dark Aug to Apr, 8:35 p.m. | southbound: daylight, 8:17 a.m.; northbound: dark, 9:04 p.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.