Burlington VT Transportation

Boston MA: 225 miles (363 km) SE, 4 hours

Montreal QC: 98 miles (158 km) N, 2 hours

Stowe VT: 36 miles (58 km) E, 50 minutes

By Plane
Burlington is served by USAirways, United Airlines, and Continental Airlines, with service to Albany NY,
Boston MA, Chicago IL, Cleveland OH, New York City, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia PA.

By Train
Amtrak train No. 56, the Vermonter, runs daily between Burlington and these cities (among others): Washington DC (12.5 hours), New York City (Penn Station, 9 hours), New Haven CT (7 hours), Hartford CT (6.5 hours), Brattleboro VT (3.5 hours), White River Junction VT (near Woodstock, 2 hours), and St Albans VT (30 minutes), on the Canadian border.

Amtrak train Nos. 68, 69, 70 and 71, the Adirondack, runs daily between New York City and Montreal, making the journey in 10 hours, and skirting Vermont as it runs up the Hudson River valley. Some trains stop at Port Kent NY, from which you can take a cross-lake ferryboat to Burlington. The ferry dock is near the train station. The journey between New York City and Port Kent takes 7 hours; from Montreal to Port Kent, about 2.5 hours.

To go by train between Boston MA and Burlington VT, you must takeone of the frequent trains on the Boston—New York City route as far as New Haven CT, then change to the Vermonter, a trip of 9.5 hours altogether. (Driving time in a car is about four hours.)

By Bus
Vermont has its own bus line, Vermont Transit Lines, 345 Pine St, Burlington, VT 05401 (tel 802-864-6811, or toll free in Vermont 800-642-3133; in other states call 800-451-3292; fax 802-862-7812), which operates from New York City (in conjunction with Greyhound Lines), Montreal (in conjunction with Voyageur/Greyhound Canada), Hartford CT and Boston MA to virtually all points of interest in Vermont (route map), including its home base at Burlington.

Burlington's Vermont Transit bus station (tel 802-864-6811) is at 345 Pine St, between Spruce St and Marble Ave, about seven blocks (1/2 mile, 800 meters) southeast of the Lake Champlain ferry dock, and about four blocks south of Main St.

By Car
Follow I-89, which runs between Boston and the US-Canadian border north of Burlington.

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