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Berkshire Flyer, the Glossary

The Berkshire Flyer is a seasonal Amtrak passenger train service between New York City and the Berkshire Mountains in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, via the Hudson Valley.^[1]

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Adam G. Hinds

Adam G. Hinds is an American politician.

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The Adirondack is a daily intercity passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York City and Montreal. Berkshire Flyer and Adirondack (train) are Amtrak routes and passenger rail transportation in New York (state).

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.

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Amtrak Thruway

Amtrak Thruway is a system of through-ticketed transportation services to connect passengers with areas not served by Amtrak trains.

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Bee-Line Bus System

The Westchester County Bee-Line System, branded on the buses in lowercase as the bee-line system, is a bus system serving Westchester County, New York.

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Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Berkshire County (pronounced) is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

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Berkshire Regional Transit Authority is a bus transportation system serving the City of Pittsfield and Greater Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

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Berkshire Subdivision

The Berkshire Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and New York.

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Berkshires

The Berkshires are highlands located in western Massachusetts and northwestern Connecticut in the United States.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Cape Cod

Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States.

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CapeFlyer

The CapeFlyer (stylized CapeFLYER) is a passenger rail service in Massachusetts between Boston and Cape Cod that began in 2013.

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Capital District Transportation Authority

The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) is a New York State public-benefit corporation overseeing a number of multi-modal parts of public transportation in the Capital District of New York State (Albany, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, and Washington counties).

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Chatham, New York

Chatham is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States.

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Commuter rail

Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.

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Condé Nast

Condé Nast is a global mass media company founded in 1909 by Condé Montrose Nast (1873–1942) and owned by Advance Publications.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan.

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Croton-on-Hudson, New York

Croton-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation, known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

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Dannel Malloy

Dannel Patrick Malloy (born July 21, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 88th governor of Connecticut from 2011 to 2019.

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Dutchess County Public Transit

The Dutchess County Public Transit is the bus service provided by the Dutchess County Division of Public Transit in Dutchess County, New York.

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Empire Corridor

The Empire Corridor is a passenger rail corridor in New York State running between Penn Station in New York City and.

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Empire Service

The Empire Service is an inter-city rail service operated by Amtrak within the state of New York in the United States. Berkshire Flyer and Empire Service are Amtrak routes and passenger rail transportation in New York (state).

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Ethan Allen Express

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. Berkshire Flyer and Ethan Allen Express are Amtrak routes and passenger rail transportation in New York (state).

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Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter rail terminal located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Great Barrington is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Harlem Line

The Harlem Line is an commuter rail line owned and operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. state of New York.

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Housatonic Railroad

The Housatonic Railroad is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England and eastern New York.

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Hudson Line (Metro-North)

The Hudson Line is a commuter rail line owned and operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. state of New York.

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Hudson Subdivision

The Amtrak Hudson Line, also known as the CSX Hudson Subdivision, is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation and leased by Amtrak in the U.S. state of New York.

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Hudson Valley

The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York.

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Hudson, New York

Hudson is a city in Columbia County, New York, United States.

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Inter-city rail

Inter-city rail services are express trains that run services that connect cities over longer distances than commuter or regional trains.

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Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center

The Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center (often referred to as the ITC or the Scelsi ITC) is a transit facility located in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States.

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Keystone Service

The Keystone Service is a 195 mile (314 km) regional passenger train service from Amtrak, that operates between the Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, running along the Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line (known as the Keystone Corridor). Berkshire Flyer and Keystone Service are Amtrak routes and passenger rail transportation in New York (state).

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Labor Day

Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday of September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States.

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Lake Shore Limited

The Lake Shore Limited is an overnight passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and the Northeastern United States, with sections to New York City and Boston. Berkshire Flyer and Lake Shore Limited are Amtrak routes, passenger rail transportation in Massachusetts and passenger rail transportation in New York (state).

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Lee, Massachusetts

Lee is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.

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List of governors of Connecticut

The governor of Connecticut is the head of government of Connecticut, and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road, often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island. Berkshire Flyer and Long Island Rail Road are passenger rail transportation in New York (state).

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Maple Leaf (train)

The Maple Leaf is an international passenger train service operated by Amtrak and Via Rail between New York Penn Station in New York City and Union Station in Toronto via the Empire Corridor. Berkshire Flyer and Maple Leaf (train) are Amtrak routes and passenger rail transportation in New York (state).

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Massachusetts Department of Transportation

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) oversees roads, public transit, aeronautics, and transportation licensing and registration in the US state of Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts General Court

The Massachusetts General Court, formally the General Court of Massachusetts, is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston.

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Massachusetts Senate

The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Metro-North Railroad

Metro-North Railroad, trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public authority of the U.S. state of New York. Berkshire Flyer and Metro-North Railroad are passenger rail transportation in New York (state).

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Milestone

A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary.

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MTA Regional Bus Operations

MTA Regional Bus Operations (RBO) is the surface transit division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

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New York Penn Station

Pennsylvania Station (also known as New York Penn Station or simply Penn Station) is the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest transportation facility in the Western Hemisphere, serving more than 600,000 passengers per weekday.

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New York State Department of Transportation

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is the department of the New York state government responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in the U.S. state of New York.

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NJ Transit Rail Operations

NJ Transit Rail Operations is the rail division of NJ Transit. Berkshire Flyer and NJ Transit Rail Operations are passenger rail transportation in New York (state).

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Passenger train

A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line.

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Passing loop

A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains or trams travelling in opposite directions can pass each other.

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PATH (rail system)

The Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is a rapid transit system in the northeastern New Jersey cities of Newark, Harrison, Jersey City, and Hoboken, as well as Lower and Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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Peter Pan Bus Lines

Peter Pan Bus Lines operates an intercity bus service in the Northeastern United States.

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Pilot experiment

A pilot experiment, pilot study, pilot test or pilot project is a small-scale preliminary study conducted to evaluate feasibility, duration, cost, adverse events, and improve upon the study design prior to performance of a full-scale research project.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire_Flyer

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See also

Amtrak routes

Passenger rail transportation in Massachusetts

Railway services introduced in 2022

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