Ethan Allen Express or Vermonter
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 | Vermonter | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Burlington to New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station | St. Albans to Washington Union Station |
| Duration, end to end | 7 h 2 m | 12 h 47 m |
| Frequency | Daily | 5 days a week |
| Trains | 290 southbound, 291 northbound | 55 southbound, 56 northbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 4 | 10 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Mountains, Wine country | Big rivers, Mountains, Big cities |
| Headline stretch | Green Mountains and Vermont farms | Waterbury and the Green Mountains |
| 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, 10:04 a.m.; northbound: daylight Jun to Jul; dusk Aug; dark Sep to Mar; dusk Apr to May, 7:56 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.