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The Adirondack is a passenger train operated daily by Amtrak between New York City and Montreal, Quebec. The trip takes approximately 10 hours to cover a published distance of 381 miles (613 km), travelling through the scenic Hudson Valley and the Adirondack Mountains. As of June 2006, the price of a one way ticket between New York City and Montreal is USD $59 (Monday to Thursday and Saturday) / $65 (Friday and Sunday), which makes it the cheapest travel option between the two cities. The scheduled time is 10 hours, compared with 6.5 hours by car.

There was a proposal for a Montreal to New York City high speed train.

On October 6, 2005, the Albany Times-Union reported that New York Governor George Pataki and Quebec Premier Jean Charest "called for the creation of high-speed rail service between Montreal and New York City as a way to boost the regional economy during the third Quebec-New York Economic Summit on Wednesday," October 4, 2005. The article claimed that New York was Quebec's main trading partner, which perhaps explains some of the interest in linking the two major cities.[11]

According to a report by the New York State Senate High Speed Rail Task Force, such a route would serve Plattsburgh via Albany.[12] Amtrak's Adirondack currently provides a passenger rail link between Montreal and New York City through Albany.

The Adirondack operates over Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, CSX Transportation, Metro-North Railroad, and Amtrak trackage:

• CN Saint-Hyacinthe Subdivision, Montreal to Saint-Lambert
• CN Rouses Point Subdivision, Saint-Lambert to Rouses Point
• CP, Rouses Point to Schenectady
• CSX Hudson Subdivision, Schenectady to Poughkeepsie
• MNRR Hudson Line, Poughkeepsie to Spuyten Duyvil
• Amtrak Empire Connection, Spuyten Duyvil to Penn Station

Note: from 1974 until 1986 the Adirondack used CP Rail's now defunct Windsor Station.

• Amtrak - Adirondack
• Photos from a journey on the Adirondack from Montreal to New York in July 2005