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Having multiple stations in larger metro areas and even smaller ones can make sense. There's a stop downtown for passengers wanting to leave the station on foot and a stop on the edge of town for people driving in from a larger catchment area. In the UK and Ireland these are known as "parkway"...

I remember when I took the Texas Eagle back in 2012 I had a very young Sleeping Car attendant and I overheard probably an LSA tell him that if he needed any items like sheets or towels he could get them in FTW, I assume from the commissary. I road the Heartland Flyer on that same trip and...

About the Lake Shore, isn't 48 still discharge only from Albany to NYP, so maybe it's were going to pad the schedule and might leave way early?

I like the fact that it didn't include that they were in a brand new Viewliner II

You don't qualify for the Railroad Retirement Board working for an airline though?

The issue isn't commen sense on Amtrak it's the DOT Federal Mask Mandate regulation that makes only caveouts for truck drivers (under FCMA) or other workers (like a maintenance person) who are completely alone in their vehicles. There is no carveout for passengers in an individual enclosed...

The big issue of wheelchair passengers only have one car/location for them avalible to them is that it removes the choice of where to go and who to be around while on public transit. I had a long conversation with a friend who had recently started needing to use a wheelchair that I still...

I think the most amusing station for these is Oceanside where there one on each end of the platform, one for coaster, one for Metrolink. The stops shared by the 91 Line and Inland Empire-Orange County Line need two too because of the fact that the locomotive is on the front eastbound for 91 Line...

Except for Acela, any Northeast Regional train needs to still be able to stop at low-level platforms. Westerly & Mystic are still low-level and New London has enough space to platform only one to two cars high-level. I think Cornwells Heights, Newark, DE and Aberdeen are also still low-level...

The Colorado Railcar ultra Domes, at least those used in GoldLeaf Service on the Rocky Mountaneer have elevators so passengers can get up to the domed seating on the top level. Between cars isn't considered because passengers on the Rocky Mountaineer are generally not allowed to change cars...

The photos mine its from my Croton-Harmon page. Taken October 15, 2004. There probably a decent number of photos of the Lake Shore with the P42, that day around the internet, it was taken on Metro-North's Farewell to the ACMU fan trip that I went on.

A buddy and me were once doing a points run/getting another station for my website run from Boston up to Exeter, NH, the plan was to ride the Southbound train one stop to Haverhill to get that station and take the a MBTA Commuter Rail Haverhill line (that follows a different route than the...

Although I haven't done once since 2016. Amtrak's multi-city free layover trick if there 2 trains per day and the layover is less than 24 hours is something I've used extensively, and is the main reason that my website SubwayNut.com/amtrak is home to every stop on the Amtrak Cascades, Capitol...

I would just book myself in coach for the under 2 hour ride (remember the ride is an hour shorter than the times on your ticket due time change) on 30 from Chicago to Elkhart. Amtrak will rebook you on 448/48 if you miss the connection. The issue with the South Shore Line to the South Bend...

In the Summer of Amtrak to GCT operations the Lake Shore only ran to Boston. I took it home from CHI to SBN a couple times and it was very strange to be getting on Lake Shore Limited train #449 only running to Boston (New York wasn't mentioned on any sigange in Union Station). Here are my first...

The big thing commuter rail needs to due is adapt into Regional Rail, with more frequent all day service to serve everyone, such as essential workers who's commute patterns don't have the usual peak start and end times, and less focus only on service during peak hours. Boston just changed it's...

Took an Upper Section on VIA (with a free Stopover) back in March 2012 was able to save a good $100 in not paying taxes by booking a connecting ticket (which I used) to Niagara Falls, NY (VIA tickets connecting onto the Maple Leaf across the US border dont pay GST and HST), and then purchased a...

Any word on why Amtrak at least run the train to Springfield? Hartford Line and Northeast Regional Trains turn-around there.

How about, If Amtrak knows a train isn't at capacity, you just be able to "bid" on getting an empty seat next to you like their new business class upgrade bids.