TORY DENIS
CLAREMONT and WINDSOR, Vt. — Travelers planning to leave from or arrive at Amtrak stations in Claremont or Windsor, Vermont between Sept. 8 and Sept. 11 will need to make alternative plans to board or debark at a nearby town.
On Saturday, Sept. 8 through Tuesday, Sept. 11, Amtrak Vermonter trains will operate instead as Highway Coach buses between St. Albans, Vermont and New Haven, Connecticut due to bridge and track work on the line in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
At New Haven, passengers will transfer to and from trains for remainder of journey.
Regular Vermonter train service will resume on Wednesday, Sept. 12 with the southbound Vermonter operating the entire route from St. Albans to Washington, D.C. with all scheduled station stops.
The Highway Coach bus will make station stops on the same schedule as the Vermonter Trains.
However, the Highway Coach bus will not make stops at Claremont or at Windsor or Randolph, Vermont.
Passengers from or to those three stations are advised to make arranges to board and / or debark at the next closest stations, such as White River Junction, Bellows Falls, or Brattleboro, Vermont on the same schedule times posted for the Vermonter at those stations.
Advance purchase tickets are available from travel agents, by phone, or online at www.amtrak.com.
For further information and station schedule times, call Amtrak at (800) 872-7245, or visit the website at www.Amtrak.com.
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