{"id":32180,"date":"2024-04-30T04:36:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=32180"},"modified":"2024-04-30T04:36:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:36:50","slug":"amtraks-berkshire-flyer-seasonal-passenger-rail-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=32180","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak\u2019s Berkshire Flyer Seasonal Passenger Rail Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amtrak, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), is announcing tickets are now on sale for the\u00a0Berkshire Flyer<\/em>, the seasonal summer passenger rail service that operates between New York City from Moynihan Train Hall and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The service, which began as a successful pilot in 2022, is scheduled to resume on Friday, June 21 through Monday, September 2 for Labor Day weekend. Trains depart New York City Friday nights and return at the end of the weekend, leaving Pittsfield Sunday afternoon. In addition, for the first time this year, the\u00a0Berkshire Flyer<\/em>\u00a0service now includes a train from New York City to Pittsfield on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Berkshire Flyer<\/em>\u00a0departs from Moynihan Train Hall at 3:16 p.m. on Fridays and arrives at Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center in Pittsfield at 7:27 p.m.\u00a0The train will make all intermediate station stops as the scheduled Amtrak\u00a0Empire Service<\/em>\u00a0train does in New York State on Fridays, which include Yonkers, Croton-Harmon, Poughkeepsie, Rhinecliff, Hudson, and Albany-Rensselaer Station. The Sunday return trip, making all the same station stops, will depart Pittsfield at 3:35 p.m. and arrive in New York at 7:55 p.m. The new Sunday\u00a0Berkshire Flyer<\/em> train from New York City to Pittsfield will depart Moynihan Train Hall at 10:50 a.m. and arrive in Pittsfield at 3:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

-via Press Release<\/em><\/p>\n

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Amtrak, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), is announcing tickets are now on sale […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":32181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[713,47],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-32180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-rail-news","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t