The Ethan Allen Express is a daily passenger train operated by Amtrak in the United States between New York City and Burlington, Vermont, via Albany, New York. One daily round trip is operated on a 310-mile (500 km) north–south route with a 7-hour 35 minute scheduled running time. The train is subsidized by New York and Vermont for the portion north of Albany. It is named for Vermont cofounder and American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen.
The Ethan Allen Express departing Burlington in July 2022
The former station in Rutland, served by the Rutland Railway until 1953
The Ethan Allen Express at Rutland in 2001
Castleton station (pictured) replaced Fair Haven station in January 2010
Ethan Allen was an American farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, lay theologian, American Revolutionary War patriot, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the Revolutionary War. He was the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Frances Allen.
An engraving depicting Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga
A postcard depicting Allen's birthplace in Litchfield, Connecticut
New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth
The Catamount Tavern in the 19th century