Global InformationVermont Translines information
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| Parent | Premier Coach |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Milton, Vermont |
| Service area | Vermont and fringes of New York and New Hampshire |
| Service type | intercity bus service |
| Alliance | Greyhound (since inception), Amtrak (as of August 2017) |
| Routes | 3 |
| Destinations | Burlington, Vermont, Rutland, Albany, New York and Lebanon, New Hampshire, Manchester, Vermont on the Vermont Shires Connector |
| Website | vttranslines.com |
Vermont Translines is an intercity bus company founded by its parent company, charter bus company Premier Coach, in 2013. The bus company mainly serves the US Route 7 and US Route 4 corridors in the New England state of Vermont. Aided by $400,000 in annual federal grant money disbursed by the Vermont Agency of Transportation, the company also utilizes Greyhound's ticketing system and connects with other Greyhound bus routes, primarily in Burlington, Albany and White River Junction. Service on two routes between Burlington, Vermont and Albany, New York and between Rutland, Vermont and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire officially began June 9, 2014, with intermediate stops at towns and cities between.[1][2] The restart of intercity bus service for places like Rutland marked the first time some places along the current routes had seen any intercity bus service at all since Greyhound left Rutland in 2008, and in towns like Bennington since 2005.[3][4]
In August 2017, an Amtrak Thruway bus service known as the Vermont Shires Connector commenced, with service between the Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak train station and Manchester, also stopping in Bennington in two places along the way.[5] The route was terminated on July 19, 2021 when Vermont Translines resumed service following the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Burlington-Albany route is also designated as an Amtrak Thruway service with a stop at Albany–Rensselaer, supplementing Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express service to Burlington.
All three routes run 365 days a year with one run in each direction per day. Trip planning for all routes are also available on Google Maps as of January 19, 2015.[6]
- ^ New Vermont Bus Service Coming Soon Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, My Champlain Valley. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
- ^ Bus Service VT NH NY, Vermont Translines. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
- ^ Intercity bus service returns to Rutland, Times Argus Online. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
- ^ Burlington-Albany bus service starts June 9, Burlington Free Press. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
- ^ Vermont Shires Connector to start next month, Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ^ Cities Covered, Google Maps. Retrieved 2015-03-03.