NorthEast

Since I moved to Vermont a year ago, I’ve both driven my Tesla Model 3 and taken an Amtrak train to visit family in Pennsylvania. Here’s why I prefer to take the train in the Northeast Corridor – the busiest railroad in North America. Convenience. Taking the Amtrak Vermonter from VT to PA is a lot more convenient than driving a car – four out of five of the top cities with the worst traffic in the US are in the Northeast. When I take the train, I dodge traffic jams on main arteries…

Born in the seventh century, Cuthbert of Lindisfarne is the unofficial patron saint of the north, where he’s still known as Cuddy. He began life as a lowly boy shepherd and ended it as a famed religious hermit, holed up on a rocky island off the Northumbrian coast. When Viking raiders arrived, Cuthbert’s body was taken to the mainland by a band of loyal monks, generations of whom traipsed around with it while battles raged until a sign from God (or simple fatigue) told them to stop on a hilltop. There, the settlement that…

People walk to an Amtrak train in the Moynihan Train Hall on September 15, 2022 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesNight owls (or extra early birds) will now pay less to ride Amtrak.The company on Thursday announced a slate of $5 to $20 train fares for routes running between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. on select Northeast lines.The cheaper routes will serve stations in its Northeast Corridor like New York, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and more. A late-night train from New York to Newark, New Jersey, for…

Last Updated: March 02, 2023, 15:59 ISTIRCTC recently announced this train tour package on its Twitter account.If you are planning your next trip to the Northeast region, then here's some good news for you.There are immense possibilities for tourism in India and given this, IRCTC (a subsidiary of Indian Railways), often launches packages to explore tourist places in different parts of the country. If you are planning a trip to the Northeast region, then IRCTC has a great and affordable package for you. The name of this…

Last Updated: February 06, 2023, 12:10 ISTVistara was fined for not complying with the rules in April (IANS)According to reports, Vistara could not operate one flight from Bagdogra due to which a record-breaking fine was imposed on the airlineThe Vistara Airlines was fined with Rs 70 lakhs by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in October last year for not operating the minimum number of mandated flights to underserved areas of the country’s northeast. The airline authority had fined the full-service carrier…

Last Updated: February 06, 2023, 16:52 ISTIf you are going to travel solo, the package will cost you Rs 63,600. The Railways is allowing explorers to travel the Northeast side of the country at a pocket-friendly budget.If you are planning to go on a vacation, IRCTC has designed a budget-friendly package for you. The Railways are giving an opportunity to explorers to travel the Northeast side of the country at pocket-friendly prices. Travellers will have a chance to visit Assam and Meghalaya too. The duration of this tour…

Photograph of the “Yong Sheng” sailing through the Arctic Northwest Passage. The orange line on the inset map shows the route of the Northeast Passage, which is considerably shorter than the traditional Suez Canal route (green line). Credit: The background photo was taken by Guangfeng Wu/ COSCO on August 3, 2016 Under global warming, the Arctic has warmed almost four times faster than the rest of the globe, and the sea-ice…

Frozen power lines are seen hanging near a sidewalk on February 01, 2023 in Austin, Texas. The freeze is moving on to northeastern states. Photo: Brandon Bell (Getty Images)The winter weather that left hundreds of thousands in Texas without power is moving north, and is set to bring wind chills as low as -50 degrees Fahrenheit (-45 Celsius) into New England.The cold front will bring temperatures to between 15 and35 degrees below average across a large section of the U.S. that includes the Ohio Valley, the Great Lakes,…

Alliance Air on Tuesday expanded its wings in the northeast with the introduction of flight services on two new routes - The Dibrugarh-Itanagar-Ziro route and the Dibrugarh-Itanagar-Pasighat.Launching the service virtually, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia said Arunachal Pradesh is set to become a land of opportunities.A Dornier 228 aircraft, manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), took off from Dibrugarh at 10.20 am and landed at the newly constructed Hollongi airport in Itanagar at 11.10…

Flights will soon be started from two Northeastern states to Myanmar and Bangladesh as the government is working on enhancing air connectivity in the region.On Monday, the first flight from the new airport at Arunachal Pradesh’s Itanagar was flagged off by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. The flight from Hollongi airport to Mumbai via Kolkata is being operated by IndiGo, which will also be increasing its services from the region.Also Read: Jyotiraditya Scindia Operationalised Two New International Flights…