Northeast Regional or Vermonter

The two routes share 10 stations, Washington Union Station, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Baltimore Penn Station among them. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.

Side by side

Northeast RegionalVermonter
EndpointsRoanoke to BostonSt. Albans to Washington Union Station
Duration, end to end17 h 42 m12 h 47 m
FrequencyDaily5 days a week
Trains66 eastbound, 151 westbound55 southbound, 56 northbound
Named stretches with a cited source710
ShowsBig rivers, Big cities, MountainsBig rivers, Mountains, Big cities
Headline stretchPotomac River and the monumentsWaterbury and the Green Mountains
Headline stretch in daylighteastbound: 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.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.

Stations both routes serve

Washington Union Station, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Baltimore Penn Station, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Newark, New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station, Stamford, Bridgeport, New Haven

In the order the Northeast Regional reaches them. Transfer times are not checked.

Route pages