Rail Travel New England

How can we get from Boston to montreal by Rail . without having to go back to New York, Do we need a stop over somewhere? We fly into New York from Auckland then train to Providence, get a car, do Cape Cod etc .

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Rail Travel New England

Gosh, don%26#39;t do it. It will take forever to get there via train.

Take the bus, you%26#39;ll shave half a day off the trip.

Rail Travel New England

I agree with signothetimes. Rail service in the US is not nearly as developed as elsewhere in the world.

From Boston, take a Greyhound or Vermont Transit to Montreal. There might be one or two stops involved, but you%26#39;ll be there in about 6-8 hours. It would be double that via the train.

I thirdly agree, the bus via Vermont Line will get you there much faster and cheaper.

Thanks for your replies. Is it worth staying the night at any of the cities or towns on the way to Montreal from Boston.. We do not have much information about the Vermont area of the US..

We are actually going on to Ottawa, where our son will be living for a year on a fire service exchange programme.

Hi,

Well, I%26#39;d say that most people would find Vermont to be a lovely place to spend time, so is it worth it? Depends on whether you have time to stop over or not and what you like to do with your free time.

If you want to get an idea of what there is to do in Vermont, I%26#39;d log on to the Vermont State Tourism website at http://www.travel-vermont.com/

Vermont is a great state to visit (I grew up there) but outside of Burlington it%26#39;s needful to have a car. It%26#39;s still a very rural state and towns are spread out.

That said, Burlington is a lovely city, situated along the banks of Lake Champlain. It%26#39;s a college town with lots going on. If you%26#39;re there in the summer, the temps are in the 80s and lots of sun.

The Vermont Transit bus from Boston to Montreal will stop in Burlington, which is a beautiful small city situated on Lake Champlain.

It%26#39;s also a lovely city for walking, by the lakefront, and in the pedestrians-only main shopping district on Church Street. Lots of streetside cafes. An overnight here would be a nice bonus to your trip, a different flavor from your big cities trips to Boston, NYC and Montreal.

http://www.vermont.org/visiting/index.aspx

The two major hotels in downtown Burlington are the Hilton and the Courtyard by Marriott, and if you book there, you can walk to everything except possibly the bus station, which is about a mile away. That, too, would be an easy walk if you didn%26#39;t have luggage.

Thanks for all your helpful hints and ideas. We now have to decide when we go, we are going in mid 2009, but have to plan early this time.

We will be doing trips out into the countryside from Providence and then when we get to Canada. Boston will only be a stop to catch the bus, we have had a stopover there before so dont want to spend time there.

Signofthetimes,

you make me want to come visit Burlington.Sounds wonderful! ! ! ! ! Thanks!

QueensLace, you are welcome anytime. I live here, so sometimes I take Burlington for granted, but visitors rave about the proximity of this small city to the beautiful lake.