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Officials seek expansion of train service

By VPR | March 24, 2009

Just as train service between Rutland and Albany, New York was spared from state budget cuts, a plan to expand service to Burlington is gaining support.

NH workers affected by Vt layoffs

By VPR | February 25, 2009

Most of the workers laid off this week at the Ethan Allen furniture plant in Beecher Falls, Vt., are from New Hampshire, so the layoffs are causing concern on both sides of the border.

Ethan Allen lays off 110 in Orleans and Beecher Falls plants

By VPR | February 24, 2009

State officials say the Ethan Allen furniture plants in Orleans and Beecher Falls have laid off 110 people.

Rutland group plans save-the-train rally today

By VPR | January 19, 2009

A plan to cut Amtrak service to Rutland isn’t winning any supporters there. A group calling itself the Vermont Rail Action Network is planning a save-the-train rally there at 4 p.m. today to urge state leaders not to cut the service.

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Rutland fights elimination of train service

By VPR | January 15, 2009

A plan to cut passenger rail service between Rutland and New York City in a cost-cutting move is facing opposition in Rutland.

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Vermont gets federal rail help

By VPR | October 1, 2008

The Vermont Transportation Agency is going to be getting about $1 million in federal help to pay for two projects to improve the Amtrak passenger rail system in the state.