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VTrans outlines rail-plan update, models Vermonter and Valley Flyer extensions and clarifies bike policies
Summary
Vermont Agency of Transportation presented progress on the four‑year rail plan update and related FRA-funded corridor studies, discussed service-extension scenarios for the Vermonter and Valley Flyer (including a Montreal extension and Valley Flyer expansion to Brattleboro or White River Junction), and clarified Amtrak bike pricing and capacity.
Vermont Agency of Transportation officials told the House Transportation Committee on Feb. 20 they are updating the state's rail plan, modeling several service-extension scenarios for the Vermonter corridor and Valley Flyer, and pursuing Federal Railroad Administration corridor-identification funding to study service-development options.
"There's about 580 active miles of rail line in the state," said Dave Pelletier, policy and planning section staff at VTrans, noting that "just under 300 miles is owned by the state" and in many cases leased to private operators. He framed the rail-plan update as a 20‑year planning document required for grant eligibility and longer‑range coordination with regional partners.
VTrans staff summarized work that includes a set of modeled scenarios for the Vermonter corridor: a Vermonter extension to Montreal, a twice‑daily Vermonter, a night train option,…
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