Green Mountain Flyer
The Green Mountain Flyer was an international day train between Montreal, Quebec, Canada and New York City, United States. It was operated in cooperation between the Rutland Railroad, the Canadian National Railway and the New York Central Railroad. The train carried the number 65 running north, and number 64 running south.
The Mount Royal was the night train counterpart to the Green Mountain Flyer.
These were the main trains that actually served downtown Burlington, Vermont, at its Union Station. The trains' route, running south, began on Canadian National Railway territory to the international border. Both the Green Mountain Flyer and the Mount Royal had second sections that split at Rutland, Vermont, through on Rutland Railroad trackage to Bellows Falls, Vermont, where they followed Boston & Maine Railroad trackage through Keene, New Hampshire and Fitchburg, Massachusetts to Boston, Massachusetts' North Station.
The main route continued from Rutland, to North Bennington, to Troy, New York, then along the Hudson Line, to Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Both the Green Mountain Flyer and the Mount Royal were terminated following labor disputes in 1953. When these trains were discontinued this meant the end of direct train service into Burlington.
The Vermont Agency of Transportation and Amtrak are working on track restoration to restore train service between Rutland and Burlington, as an extension of the Ethan Allen Express. Service is expected to begin on this restored route in 2021 or 2022.
