Rail service via Amtrak is available to Springfield as well as Amherst via the Vermonter. It is accessible by Amtrak's regional service, the Vermonter from the north and south, and the Lake Shore Limited from the east and west. Springfield will receive an exponential increase in rail traffic in the next several years (2011-2014,) so be aware that schedules will change. In concert with the renovation of Springfield's grand, 1926 Union Station, (2011-2012,) Springfield will become an intercity commuter rail hub both north and south, with the completion of the Springfield-New Haven high-speed intercity rail line from the south, (2014,) and Amtrak's re-tooled Vermonter line, re-routed via the old Montrealer line in the Pioneer Valley following the Connecticut River (2012.) The Vermonter will make intercity stops in Springfield, Chicopee, Holyoke, Northampton, South Deerfield, Greenfield, and Brattleboro, Vermont instead of Amherst, making train travel in the Pioneer Valley much easier.
Springfield is also served east-west by Amtrak's "Lake Shore Limited" from Chicago to Boston and vice versa.
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