Adirondack (Amtrak)
The Adirondack passenger train operated daily by Amtrak between New York City and Montreal . The trip takes approximately 11 hours to cover a published distance of , traveling through the scenic Hudson Valley and the Adirondack Mountains .[1]
The Adirondack service is financed by the New York State Department of Transportation. The Adirondack service suffers from numerous delays along the route because most of the tracks are not owned by Amtrak. Currently the on-time performance of the route averages at 54.9% for the past year as of August 2008. 47.5% of the train delay is due to track and signal related problems, especially along the Canadian Pacific Railway segment.[2]
Route details
The Adirondack operates over Canadian National Railway , Canadian Pacific Railway , CSX Transportation , Metro-North Railroad , and Amtrak tracks:
Note: From 1974 to 1986, the Adirondack used CP Rail's Windsor Station .
Station stops
State/Province
Town/City
Station
Connections
Québec Montréal Gare Centrale AMT :Deux-Montagnes Line , Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line STM :Orange Metro line VIA Rail :The Chaleur , The Corridor , The Ocean , The Saguenay , The Abitibi
Saint-Lambert Saint-Lambert AMT :Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line RTL :VIA Rail :The Corridor , The Ocean , The Chaleur
New York Rouses Point Rouses Point none
Plattsburgh Plattsburgh
Port Kent (seasonal)Port Kent Lake Champlain Transportation: seasonal ferry service to Burlington, Vermont
Westport Westport none
Port Henry Port Henry
Ticonderoga Fort Ticonderoga The Ticonderoga Ferry: ferry service to Shoreham, Vermont
Whitehall Whitehall none
Fort Edward Fort Edward-Glens Falls Amtrak :Ethan Allen Express
Saratoga Springs Saratoga Springs Amtrak :Ethan Allen Express CDTA :
Schenectady Schenectady Amtrak :Empire Service , Ethan Allen Express , Lake Shore Limited , Maple Leaf
Rensselaer Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak :Empire Service , Ethan Allen Express , Lake Shore Limited , Maple Leaf CDTA :
Hudson Hudson Amtrak :Empire Service , Ethan Allen Express , Maple Leaf
Rhinecliff Rhinecliff-Kingston Amtrak :Empire Service , Ethan Allen Express , Maple Leaf
Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Amtrak :Empire Service , Ethan Allen Express , Maple Leaf City of Poughkeepsie Transit :Dutchess County LOOP :Metro-North Railroad :Hudson Line
Croton-on-Hudson Croton-Harmon Amtrak :Empire Service , Ethan Allen Express , Lake Shore Limited , Maple Leaf Bee-Line :Metro-North Railroad :Hudson Line
Yonkers Yonkers Amtrak :Empire Service , Ethan Allen Express , Maple Leaf (Amtrak/VIA) Bee-Line :Metro-North Railroad :Hudson Line New York Water Taxi
New York City Penn Station Amtrak :Acela Express , Cardinal , Carolinian , Crescent , Empire Service , Ethan Allen Express , Keystone Service , Lake Shore Limited , Maple Leaf , Northeast Regional , Palmetto , Pennsylvanian , Silver Meteor , Silver Star , Vermonter LIRR :Main Line , Port Washington Branch NJ Transit :North Jersey Coast Line , Northeast Corridor Line , Gladstone Branch , Montclair-Boonton Line , Morristown Line PATH trains NYC Subway :1 , 2 , 3 , A , C , E NYC Transit buses :
Proposed high-speed line
There is a proposal for a Montreal—New York City high-speed train . On October 6 , 2005 , the Albany Times-Union reported that New York Governor George Pataki and Quebec Premier Jean Charest "called for the creation of high-speed rail service between Montreal and New York City as a way to boost the regional economy during the third Quebec-New York Economic Summit [on October 4]". The article claimed that New York was Quebec's main trading partner, which perhaps explains some of the interest in linking the two major cities.
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External links
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