Green Mountain Flyer

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Green Mountain Flyer
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
Statusdiscontinued
LocaleNortheastern United States/Quebec, Canada
First service1892
Last service1953
Former operator(s)Rutland Railroad
New York Central Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Canadian National Railway
Route
StartNew York, New York
EndMontreal, Quebec
Distance travelled391.4 miles (629.9 km)
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)65 (northbound), 64 (southbound)
On-board services
Seating arrangementscoach
Catering facilitiesdining car

The Green Mountain Flyer was an international day train between Montreal, Quebec, Canada and New York City, United States. It was operated in cooperation between the Rutland Railroad, the Canadian National Railway and the New York Central Railroad. The train carried the number 65 running north, and number 64 running south.[1]

The Mount Royal (#51 north, #52 south) was the night train counterpart to the Green Mountain Flyer.[2][3]

These were the main trains that actually served downtown Burlington, Vermont, at its Union Station. The trains' route, running south, began on Canadian National Railway territory to the international border. Both the Green Mountain Flyer and the Mount Royal had second-sections that split at Rutland, Vermont, and continued through on Rutland Railroad trackage to Bellows Falls, Vermont, where they followed Boston & Maine Railroad trackage through Keene, New Hampshire and Fitchburg, Massachusetts to Boston, Massachusetts' North Station.[4]

The main route continued from Rutland to North Bennington, to Troy, New York; then along the New York Central Hudson Division and Electric Division into Grand Central Terminal in New York City.[5][6] Both the Green Mountain Flyer and the Mount Royal were terminated following labor disputes in 1953. With the discontinuation of these trains, direct train service into Burlington ended.[7][8]

The Vermont Agency of Transportation and Amtrak are working on track improvements to restore passenger train service between Rutland and Burlington, as an extension of the existing Ethan Allen Express. [9][10] Service is expected to begin on this restored route in 2022.[11][12]

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References[]

  1. ^ New York Central Railroad timetable, 1948, pp. 26, 27, 41 http://streamlinermemories.info/NYC/NYC48-4TT.pdf
  2. ^ American Rails, "Mount Royal," https://www.american-rails.com/mt-ryl.html
  3. ^ New York Central Railroad timetable, 1948, pp. 26, 27, 41 http://streamlinermemories.info/NYC/NYC48-4TT.pdf
  4. ^ American Rails, "Green Mountain Flyer" https://www.american-rails.com/grn-mtn-fyr.html
  5. ^ American Rails, "Green Mountain Flyer" https://www.american-rails.com/grn-mtn-fyr.html
  6. ^ 'Official Guide of the Railways,' 1921, Rutland Railroad section, Table 1
  7. ^ "An Eastern Regional Railroad - 1930's - 1940's, Rutland Railroad" http://www.r2parks.net/RUT.html
  8. ^ Lindsell, Robert M. (2000). The Rail Lines of Northern New England. Branch Line Press. pp. 35–46, 175. ISBN 0942147065.
  9. ^ Hirschfeld, Peter (December 28, 2009). "Rutland to Burlington state rail service tied to stimulus". Barre Montpelier Times Argus. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  10. ^ Mansfield, Erin (October 27, 2015). "Vermont lands $10 million to finish Rutland to Burlington passenger rail". VT Digger. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  11. ^ Flowers, John (April 30, 2018). "Middlebury begins search for passenger rail platform". Addison County Independent. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  12. ^ Dawson, Cory (December 15, 2017). "Waterfront denizens to Amtrak: stop but don't stay". VTDigger. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
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