Aloha ʻo Burlington i ka lawelawe ʻo Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express, e hiki ai ke komo i ke kūlanakauhale i kēia manawa ma ka lewa, ka ʻāina, ka wai a me ke kaʻaahi. Hoʻomaka ka lawelawe ʻana i Iulai 29, 2022, e holo pololei ana mai New York City i ke kaona o Burlington, Vermont.
Hoʻonui hou ʻia i ka lawelawe Burlington, Middlebury a me Vergennes, lawe ka laina Ethan Allen Express i nā poʻe holo ma ke awāwa ʻo Hudson, Green Mountains a hope loa, i ke kūlanakauhale ma kahakai o Lake Champlain, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ala hoihoi i ka ʻāpana o nā hana waho, mahiʻai. -i ka papaʻaina meaʻai hāʻawi, a vibrant arts a me ka moʻomeheu. ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe kaʻaahi lōʻihi ʻaʻole e hoʻonui wale i ka hiki no ka poʻe huakaʻi akā hoʻohui i kahi koho huakaʻi hoʻomau i loko o kahi kūlanakauhale i hoʻopaʻa mua i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni.
“ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hauʻoli nui i ka hoʻokipa ʻana ʻO Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express i ke kaona o Burlington. He mau makahiki i hala aku nei mai ka wā i loaʻa ai ka lawelawe kaʻaahi o ke kūlanakauhale, a me ka poʻe huakaʻi i kēia lā e ʻimi nei i nā koho kaʻa kaʻa hoʻomau, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka manawa. - Jeff Lawson, Luna Hoʻokele ma Hello Burlington
Ke kōkua nei i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka huakaʻi hoʻomau i ke kūlanakauhale i ʻike ʻia no kāna mau hana paionia i ka hoʻomau ʻana, ʻaʻole e maʻalahi ka huakaʻi ʻo Amtrak hou i Burlington akā e maʻalahi ma ka honua. Aia ʻo Burlington ma ke ala e hoʻokō ai i kāna pahuhopu o ka net-zero energy i ka makahiki 2030, e lilo ia i mea mua ma ka ʻāina e hoʻokō i kēia milestone.
Hoʻopili maikaʻi ʻia nā koho kaʻa kaʻa hoʻomau i hoʻonui ʻia me ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale i nā hana pili kaiapuni. ʻO Burlington kahi kumu e ulu nei o nā mea hou i ka huakaʻi pili kaiapuni, ʻo Burlington ka home no ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻoihana ma ka ʻoki ʻana o ka ʻoihana, me ka hui mokulele uila ʻo Beta Technologies, e hōʻailona ana i ka manaʻo o ka ʻāina i ka ʻenehana a me ka hoʻomau.
"Ua hauʻoli loa ka Agency of Transportation e hāʻawi aku iā Vermonters a me nā malihini i ka Moku'āina i kēia koho kaʻa hou no ka huakaʻi ma waena o New York City a me Burlington," wahi a Vermont Transportation Secretary Joe Flynn. "Hāʻawi ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa i nā hiʻohiʻona nani, hoʻomaha, a me nā noho ākea a me ka ʻoluʻolu, a ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā kaʻaahi ma mua o nā kaʻa."
E hoʻomaka ana mai Moynihan Train Hall ma Penn Station ma New York City, e hāʻawi ka Ethan Allen Express i ka lawelawe pololei iā Burlington a me Vergennes a me Middlebury. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha ʻana ma Rutland no nā makahiki he 20, lawe pololei ka hoʻonui i ka poʻe huakaʻi mai ke kikowaena kūlanakauhale o New York a i nā kūlanakauhale idyllic a me nā kūlanakauhale o Northern Vermont.
E holo ana ma kahi o ʻehiku a me ka hapalua hola mai New York a i Burlington, e holo kaʻapuni i ʻehiku lā o ka pule. E kau ana ke kaʻaahi a ma waho o ke kaona ma Burlington ma ka Union Station ma lalo o ke alanui College ma ke kahawai ʻo Lake Champlain, he mau ʻanuʻu wale nō i nā wahi hoʻokipa nui o ke kūlanakauhale me ka Church Street Marketplace, a me nā hōkele ʻehā o ke kūlanakauhale.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Newly extended to service Burlington, Middlebury and Vergennes, the Ethan Allen Express line takes passengers through the scenic Hudson Valley, Green Mountains and finally, to the city on the shores of Lake Champlain, providing exciting access to the region's array of outdoor activities, farm-to-table culinary offerings, and vibrant arts and culture.
- The train will board and offboard in downtown Burlington at the original Union Station at the foot of College Street on the Lake Champlain waterfront, just steps to major city attractions including Church Street Marketplace, and all four of the city's downtown hotels.
- Helping to promote sustainable travel to a city known for its pioneering efforts in sustainability, the new Amtrak service will not only make travel to Burlington easier but will be easier on the planet.
