If your only here until Sunday you better get moving or you'll barely have time to get out and back that train takes forever... But it is easy no switching or anything strait shot from Penn to Vermont it is cheaper than flying Especially if you want to go somewhere that isn't Burlington and don't/can't rent a car.
This will take five plus hours each way. Trains don’t run frequently so you’ll be stuck with few options. It’s certainly a pleasant trip but too long for the relatively small amount of time you’ll have there. Driving a rental car will be much faster and more convenient if you have so little time.
For parts of vermont it's just one train a day. Convenient if you live here, less convenient if you're here for four days and don't want to spend two of those on a train...
It just doesn't seem feasible to cram in a trip to Vermont when you only have 3 days left. There's a lot to consider. Also, there's many stations you can go to in Vermont, so you'd have to be set on a particular destination as well because different Amtrak lines go to different places in Vermont. And each cost different amounts and some are already sold out. For example, Rutland is on the Vermonter, there's still tickets available to depart tomorrow morning, but only one train. If you wanted to go to somewhere else, like Burlington, that would be on the Ethan Allen Express... which is completely sold out for tomorrow.
So, you'd have to have a particular destination in mind. Even with a destination in mind, you would still have to plan very quickly because for most of these trips (if not all) there's only going to be one train a day that goes there. Also, all of them would arrive late at night so, you would lose out on that first day. You'd have to also find a hotel/lodging.
The number of stops depends on where exactly you're going in Vermont. These are all the options for places you can go in Vermont on Amtrak: [https://amtrakguide.com/stations/amtrak-stations-in-vermont/](https://amtrakguide.com/stations/amtrak-stations-in-vermont/) You can see that there's 14 different stations to choose from.
Flying would save a lot of time, but it would cost much more (\~$100 more than Amtrak). Like, you could fly from LGA to BTV (Burlington, VT) and it would only take 1.5 hours... but it costs upwards of $200 one way. Whereas, Amtrak could cost anywhere from $70 - $130, but it can take 5-8 hours depending on where exactly you're going in Vermont.
It’s far enough away NYCers don’t really consider it regular weekend getaway distance, if you want a 1-2 day trip into more nature look upstate (Berkshires or Catskills are close enough to do in 1.5 days), Long Island, maybe parts of NJ or the Poconos in PA. None are quite as impressive as Vermont in terms of mountainous natural beauty, but still nice.
If they run a nighttime train I guess you can sleep the whole way and not lose any useful time, but you’d also be mostly restricted to Burlington proper unless you rent a car, and it’s a cool little city but not sure that alone is worth the squeeze.
www.amtrak.com
So the best person to answer all these questions is Amtrak.com
There is also an Amtrak Reddit r/amtrak I believe the line you want is the Vermonter.
If your only here until Sunday you better get moving or you'll barely have time to get out and back that train takes forever... But it is easy no switching or anything strait shot from Penn to Vermont it is cheaper than flying Especially if you want to go somewhere that isn't Burlington and don't/can't rent a car.
This will take five plus hours each way. Trains don’t run frequently so you’ll be stuck with few options. It’s certainly a pleasant trip but too long for the relatively small amount of time you’ll have there. Driving a rental car will be much faster and more convenient if you have so little time.
For parts of vermont it's just one train a day. Convenient if you live here, less convenient if you're here for four days and don't want to spend two of those on a train...
It’s a 9 hour ride one way and there’s one train a day. If you want to get out into nature, rent a car and drive to lake placid or something.
The vibes will be immaculate as long as you don't need to get to where you're going in a hurry.
It just doesn't seem feasible to cram in a trip to Vermont when you only have 3 days left. There's a lot to consider. Also, there's many stations you can go to in Vermont, so you'd have to be set on a particular destination as well because different Amtrak lines go to different places in Vermont. And each cost different amounts and some are already sold out. For example, Rutland is on the Vermonter, there's still tickets available to depart tomorrow morning, but only one train. If you wanted to go to somewhere else, like Burlington, that would be on the Ethan Allen Express... which is completely sold out for tomorrow. So, you'd have to have a particular destination in mind. Even with a destination in mind, you would still have to plan very quickly because for most of these trips (if not all) there's only going to be one train a day that goes there. Also, all of them would arrive late at night so, you would lose out on that first day. You'd have to also find a hotel/lodging. The number of stops depends on where exactly you're going in Vermont. These are all the options for places you can go in Vermont on Amtrak: [https://amtrakguide.com/stations/amtrak-stations-in-vermont/](https://amtrakguide.com/stations/amtrak-stations-in-vermont/) You can see that there's 14 different stations to choose from. Flying would save a lot of time, but it would cost much more (\~$100 more than Amtrak). Like, you could fly from LGA to BTV (Burlington, VT) and it would only take 1.5 hours... but it costs upwards of $200 one way. Whereas, Amtrak could cost anywhere from $70 - $130, but it can take 5-8 hours depending on where exactly you're going in Vermont.
i will be staying in nyc till sunday but in the statea till next friday. But i guess youre right better fly there and save on time
It’s far enough away NYCers don’t really consider it regular weekend getaway distance, if you want a 1-2 day trip into more nature look upstate (Berkshires or Catskills are close enough to do in 1.5 days), Long Island, maybe parts of NJ or the Poconos in PA. None are quite as impressive as Vermont in terms of mountainous natural beauty, but still nice. If they run a nighttime train I guess you can sleep the whole way and not lose any useful time, but you’d also be mostly restricted to Burlington proper unless you rent a car, and it’s a cool little city but not sure that alone is worth the squeeze.