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{{Short description|Intercity rail service in the United States}}
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{{Infobox rail service
| name        = ''Ethan Allen Express''
| image       = Ethan Allen Express departing Burlington, July 2022.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption     = The ''Ethan Allen Express'' departing Burlington in July&nbsp;2022
| alt         = A passenger train with a diesel locomotive at a grade crossing
| type        = [[Intercity rail]]
| status      = <!-- Only use when line is not operating -->
| first       = December 2, 1996
| operator    = [[Amtrak]]
| ridership2  = {{Amtrak route ridership|Ethan Allen}}
| start       = {{Amtk|New York City}}
| end         = [[Union Station (Burlington, Vermont)|Burlington]], Vermont
| stops       = 15
| distance    = {{convert|310|mi}}
| journeytime = 7 hours, 35 minutes<ref name="startdate" />
| frequency   = One daily round trip
| trainnumber = 290, 291<ref name="timetable">{{Cite web |date=March 16, 2020 |title=Ethan Allen Express |url=https://juckins.net/amtrak_timetables/archive/timetables_Ethan_Allen_Express_20200316.pdf |publisher=Amtrak}}</ref>
| class       = Coach, business
| access      = All cars, all stations
| catering    = [[Amfleet#Café|Café car]]
| baggage     = 
| stock       = [[Amfleet]] coaches
| gauge       = {{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| speed       = {{Convert|41|mph|abbr=on}}<!-- 310 miles/7.583 hours --> ({{Tooltip|avg.|average speed (including stops)}})<br />{{Convert|110|mph|abbr=on}} ({{Tooltip|top|top speed}})
| owners      = [[Amtrak]], [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City|CPKC]], [[CSX Transportation|CSX]], [[Metro-North Railroad|MNRR]], [[Vermont Railway|VTR]]
| map         = {{Amtrak Ethan Allen Express}}
| map_state   = 
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The '''''Ethan Allen Express''''' is a daily passenger train operated by [[Amtrak]] in the United States between [[New York City]] and [[Burlington, Vermont]], via [[Albany, New York]]. One daily round trip is operated on a {{convert|310|mi|adj=on}} north–south route with a 7-hour 35 minute scheduled running time. The train is subsidized by New York and Vermont for the portion north of Albany. It is named for Vermont cofounder and [[American Revolutionary War]] hero [[Ethan Allen]].

''Ethan Allen Express'' service began on December 2, 1996, acting as an extended ''[[Empire Service]]'' train. It was the first passenger service to Rutland since 1953 and the first to use the line between Rutland and Whitehall since 1934. The train's schedule has been adjusted a number of times, particularly in the early years of its operation, in an attempt to serve both tourists to Vermont and Vermonters traveling to New York City. From February 1998 to April 2002, a second northbound trip was operated – at some times only a shuttle service from Albany.

An [[infill station]] in [[Fair Haven, Vermont]], was added in November 1997; it was replaced with a stop in nearby [[Castleton, Vermont|Castleton]] in January 2010. Service north of Albany was suspended from March 2020 to July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An extension to [[Burlington, Vermont]], with new stations in [[Middlebury, Vermont|Middlebury]] and [[Vergennes, Vermont|Vergennes]] began service on July 29, 2022. Further proposed expansions include a second daily train running via [[North Bennington, Vermont]]; an extension to [[Essex Junction, Vermont]], to connect with the ''[[Vermonter (train)|Vermonter]]''; and additional infill stations and higher speeds in Vermont.