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Correct. There is not and has not been since 1979 when the Floridian was discontinued.

Reducing station dwell times seems like one of the often low-hanging fruits that can help improve travel times but that Amtrak all too often seems unable or unwilling to emphasize. No doubt, some stations have significant bottlenecks (overly short or narrow platforms, etc) but there are plenty...

Was the Northwood Connector ever built? (I think that's the name of it, north of the West Palm Beach station.) Could that be used for a theoretical future Amtrak service using the FEC between Jacksonville and West Palm Beach and Tri-Rail south to Miami?

I think the speculation is that the permanent deployment of Ventures on the Hiawatha will take place after the other Midwest corridors (Illinois, but also Michigan and Missouri), as Wisconsin's portion of the order was an add-on after the main/original Midwest (IL/MI/MO) portion.

Currently catching up on posts from the last week or more. May have missed it. Or perhaps haven't gotten to it yet.

From one Milwaukeean to another, welcome!

I've ridden and sat in a Venture seat between Chicago and Ann Arbor and between Chicago and St. Louis, trips of about 4.5-5.5 hours. I thought the seats were okay-ish. I think I probably shifted around a bit more than I might have in another Amtrak seat. I definitely would not say that I thought...

Wouldn't that be the case at (approximately) every train station? Step or fall on the tracks as a train approaches and there would be problems, at Ardmore PA and Ardmore OK and anywhere else, right?

A week or two ago on Twitter, someone stated they had recently emailed WisDOT asking about Hiawatha equipment and plans. Evidently WisDOT stated that Ventures were only on the Hiawatha temporarily and that it would be a year or two until they are permanently re-equipped with Ventures. As for the...

Did ARRA-era funding ever result in reduced/improved trip times for this corridor?

Here's a link to the new schedule: https://www.ncbytrain.org/schedules/PublishingImages/new-services-july.jpg The shorter run times are due to skipping three stops.

Prior to Flix, Greyhound was owned by FirstGroup, a UK (Scottish) company, right? But, yeah, Greyhound has been owned by Flix since 2021.

Are we sure that means a fifth "Lincoln" roundtrip and not just allowing the Texas Eagle to run at higher speeds as well as the four Lincoln roundtrips?

I've read that the borders were drawn that way to act as a buffer of sorts between the British and Russian empires. Perhaps others know more?

If memory serves, Jefferson Lines did serve Winnipeg in the not-so-distant past but the schedule was not timed for Amtrak and/or VIA Rail connections. Separately, a study (perhaps the Empire Builder Performance Improvement Plan) suggested a Grand Forks-Winnipeg Thruway connection but nothing...

Shoot. Right after I had the occasion to ride on April 5 and 6, when it was still a mix of Amfleet and Horizon.

Just tried it. Same thing here. Link definitely worked on a couple days ago on Sunday, though.

Wow, the information displays on the VIA Rail cars actually work (or at least did in this video). In my limited experience with the Amtrak Midwest Ventures (and in most video reviews I've seen), those displays were not working.

I guess the last bit of Trains 8 and 28 should be shown as blue before Spokane but otherwise those trips are scheduled between 5:00am and 11:00pm, right?

The map of load factors over the long distance routes also stood out to me, as it at least hints at where adding additional trains over portions of the routes might make most sense.