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  1. acelafan

    MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) discussion

    Wow, nice. I have done similar but not taken the subway from South Station. MBTA does not charge you to transfer from the Silver Line to the Red Line?
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    WiFi on longer routes

    I had this happen to me years ago when Sprint was still around. I explained I was on the train and they dropped my roaming charges. Not sure if Verizon would do the same for you.
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    New train (40-41 Floridian) between Miami and Chicago via Washington DC

    Thank you for that - I forgot to make it a sleeper/baggage train. Correction attached.
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    New train (40-41 Floridian) between Miami and Chicago via Washington DC

    Here is a PDF for all y'all. Let me know of any issues with it.
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    Amtrak partners with Google

    Classic response - totally incompetent. And I agree with your explanation.
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    Amtrak Timetables

    This is a great list of resources. Correct, RPA timetables are powered by Amtrak's GTFS data. Unfortunately there are a lot of bugs and errors in their dataset, and they are unresponsive and obviously do not care to fix them.
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    Amtrak partners with Google

    This effort of Amtrak partnering with Google is quite amusing. We who work with RPA to produce the PDF timetables discovered a bug in the GTFS data - more than a year ago - where the schedules for multiple trains are incorrect. They leave on the wrong day. It is because Amtrak does not use...
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    New train (40-41 Floridian) between Miami and Chicago via Washington DC

    A test booking for Wed Nov 27th out of Miami has interesting results on the #40 Floridian. You can go to Washington DC for $134 or all the way to Chicago for $113. I thought it would have been more expensive to travel a longer distance.
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    Little incursion into Ukraine Summer '24

    This is an amazing write up - what a journey! I love all the pics, especially street scenes of Lviv. Ukraine is on my list to visit someday.
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    Amtrak Voucher questions

    For a regular sim, I have a 3 UK one that I was going to use back in May for travel through London. That trip got canceled but I already had the sim. So I activated it and it worked perfectly here in the US. I was chasing the solar eclipse and wanted a 2nd cell phone for data. If 3 UK offers...
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    Southwest Chief discussion Q4 2023 - 2024

    Here you go, I'll ask RPA to get these posted. There are only 2 of us trying to maintain these schedules; Amtrak has an Army of people with billons of funding but apparently it is too difficult for them to run a python program using the data they create and publish. June 23 June 30...
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    Empire Builder discussion 2023 Q4 - 2024

    I prefer the dining car, too, so I would opt for #8. You will get a dinner that way.
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    Southwest Chief discussion Q4 2023 - 2024

    It is frustrating to all, but if the tracks are blocked I don't think Amtrak has a lot of options. Do you think they should do something else in this case?
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    Amtrak Timetables

    NEC timetables have been updated (with mileage) - RPA seems to be having an issue getting them posted but here is the latest. NEC is subject to frequent changes and tweaks.
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