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DrToadley OP t1_j6jpp19 wrote

Reply to comment by StudlyMcStudderson in My proposal for near-future inter-town/city passenger rail expansions in Vermont! (MAP) by DrToadley

No, but after seeing the video of the traffic jam posted here recently toward Stowe, I thought a skiing train would be a fun (and novel for those tourist $$$) inclusion! I imagine the residents would appreciate their roads being a little less clogged during ski season, and if the train were electric it would be pretty quiet.

There used to be a rail line but it didn't go all the way to the mountain and was paved over as Route 100.

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sharklar t1_j6k2bjn wrote

I love to travel by train , and was so happy about the downeaster from Boston to Portland Maine when it actually happened. Taking trains all around Vermont would be so beautiful anytime of year

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BackgroundCat t1_j6l5zwm wrote

This is a great trip! My daughter and I took Dartmouth Coach to Boston to catch Amtrak for a weekend in Portland. Two things would have made it even better: the ability to readily get from South Station bus terminal to North Station, where the northern Amtrak departs, and the train station in Portland proper, vs. outside the city. I believe it used to be? Otherwise, a fun trip that I’d do again.

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DrToadley OP t1_j6l6ddu wrote

Wish the Coach had a North Station stop! (Or better yet, if the MBTA ever built that North-South rail link...)

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sharklar t1_j6lkqso wrote

It's a hike but the walk between south and north Station is my welcome to Boston tour. Yes drinks are involved hence taking the train . 😉

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2q_x t1_j6jzmlc wrote

Did you ask the good people of Woodstock if they would like regional rail in their backyard?

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DrToadley OP t1_j6k0ju1 wrote

If Shelburne, Middlebury, and Wellesley, MA can put up with it, I'm sure Woodstock could manage.

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Gnascher t1_j6l2lzb wrote

Modern welded rail is practically silent, even if the locomotives still burn diesel.

I live maybe 200 yards from a commuter rail line in MA, hardly ever even hear it

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