I've taken the train dozens of times. North of Springfield (MA) it's never crowded and is a beautiful trip. There's talk of extending it to Montreal, where it used to go, but that seems unlikely in the near future. There may be connecting Amtrak bus service from St. Albans to Montreal. I may be wrong but I don't think there's a convenient car rental place in St. Albans, so it's not that easy to get from St. Albans to Montreal. The train also arrives fairly late at night.
As someone said, the train up the Hudson is beautiful but it takes forever because of the border crossing. For that matter, the Vermonter is slow as well.
As someone said, the train up the Hudson is beautiful but it takes forever because of the border crossing. For that matter, the Vermonter is slow as well.