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If you can not view this html email click here GREAT GETAWAY ALERT! Quick Local Getaways within a train ride! Dear EscapeMakers, we just got the great news to share with you bike lovers! You asked and they delivered! Look for more bike-friendly trip ideas from us using Amtrak along the Vermonter line this Summer and Fall! For now, visit Vermont Vacation for 15% and 20% train travel discounts and start planning your car-less getaway to Vermont by booking one of their packages! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2016 AMTRAK NOW OFFERS BIKE SERVICE ON THE VERMONTER WASHINGTON – Amtrak is launching bike service on the Vermonter to provide passengers a more convenient way to travel with their bicycles. Tickets for carry-on bike service are now available for travel beginning May 1. The Vermonter operates daily between Washington, D.C., and St. Albans, Vt., with service to Philadelphia, New York City, Hartford, Conn., Springfield, Mass. and Essex Junction, Vt., and other intermediate stops. Providing this service provides passengers with a way to explore and travel with their bikes. Amtrak partnered with the Vermont Agency of Transportation, Vermont Department of Tourism, Adventure Cycling Association, and other bicycle and passenger rail groups to form an advisory bicycle task force to oversee this project. “We’ve worked with the cycling community to identify solutions and bring new ideas to offer services for customers who travel with their bikes,” said Deborah Stone-Wulf, Amtrak Vice President of Sales and Customer Service. “We look forward to measuring the success of this service with an eye to expansion to additional routes across our national network.” Passengers traveling with their bikes must arrive at the station 30 minutes before the train’s departure to allow time for boarding. Customers must look for the “bike-friendly” sticker on the train car. Bicycles will