Amtrak is bringing again — and increasing — its seasonal provider between Unused York Town and the Berkshires this summer time, and has began promoting tickets for the picturesque journey.
The Berkshire Flyer, which first introduced in 2022 and was once introduced again utmost generation, will resume provider on Friday, June 21, and perform on weekends during the Hard work Week relief weekend on Monday, Sept. 2, in keeping with Amtrak. The educate runs between Unused York Town’s Moynihan Educate Corridor in Penn Station and Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Trains retirement Unused York Town on Friday afternoons and set in in Pittsfield then that night time, preventing at stations at the Amtrak Empire Carrier educate alongside the way in which, together with Poughkeepsie and Hudson. The educate after returns to the town on Sunday, resignation Massachusetts within the afternoon and pulling into Penn Station simply sooner than 8 p.m. All of the journey takes simply over 4 hours.
Unused this generation, the educate will upload a Sunday morning escape, resignation Unused York at 10:50 a.m. and arriving in Pittsfield at 3:15 p.m., in keeping with the rail corporate.
“The Berkshire Flyer provides a comfortable and fun way for our guests to visit the Berkshire Mountains, all while enjoying unmatched scenery that you can only experience on America’s Railroad,” Amtrak Govt Vice President and Industrial Officer Eiliot Hamlisch mentioned in a remark. “Thanks to the support of our partners… Amtrak travelers can enjoy their journey and the local culture all summer long.”
On board, vacationers can make a choice from tutor seats, whole with studying lighting and electrical retailers, or industry magnificence seats, which component too much legroom and a complimentary non-alcoholic beverage.
Each and every educate additionally options isolated Wi-Fi and welcomes tiny pets to advance with you.
Past the Berkshire Flyer, Amtrak deals a number of alternative picturesque East Coast rides, together with at the Adirondacks order, which options stops alongside the Hudson River, and to Burlington, VT, at the Ethan Allen Categorical.
Tickets for the Berkshire Flyer at the moment are on sale on Amtrak.com, at the Amtrak app, or via calling 1-800-USA-RAIL.