Editing Ethan Allen Express (section)

=== Ridership and funding ===
Ridership in Fiscal Year 20{{Amtrak route ridership|Ethan Allen|FY}}{{efn|name=FY Note}} was {{Amtrak route ridership|Ethan Allen|ridership}}.{{Amtrak route ridership|short cite}} The train is subsidized by New York and Vermont for the portion north of Albany, in proportion to mileage on that section in each state. In FY 2019, the Vermont portion of the subsidy (44%) was $1.57 million, while the New York portion was about $2 million<!--1.57*56/44-->.<ref name="memo">{{Cite web |title=Prioritization and Investment Program Memo |url=https://vtrans.vermont.gov/sites/aot/files/planning/documents/Tech%20Memo%205_PrioritizationRecommendations_20210517.pdf |website=Vermont Freight and Rail Plan |publisher=Vermont Agency of Transportation |page=29}}</ref><ref name="bistate" />{{rp|164}}

The [[Vermont Agency of Transportation]] subsidizes discounted fares for most intra-Vermont travel on the route.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 1, 2022 |title=Passenger Rail Service |url=https://vtrans.vermont.gov/rail/providers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929025004/https://vtrans.vermont.gov/rail/providers |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |publisher=[[Vermont Agency of Transportation]]}}</ref> The route is supplemented by two daily bus round trips operated by [[Vermont Translines]] between Albany and Burlington which act as [[Amtrak Thruway]] connections to Empire Corridor trains at Albany–Rensselaer. These bus routes also provide Amtrak connections for several Vermont towns presently without direct Amtrak service, such as [[Bennington, Vermont|Bennington]] and [[Manchester, Vermont|Manchester]].<ref name="RailPassengers">{{Cite web |last=Carl Fowler |date=August 4, 2022 |title=Riding the Amtrak Ethan Allen Express |url=https://www.railpassengers.org/happening-now/news/blog/riding-the-amtrak-ethan-allen-express/ |publisher=[[Rail Passengers Association]]}}</ref>