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That's about as sad as it gets.

There is no reason for Princess and Amtrak to share tier status unless it is of mutual benefit. Does Amtrak bring a significant number of people to Princess? Vice-Versa? Not just Amtrak carrying people that happen to take a Princess ship but people who are encouraged to do a combination (check...

A commentary in the last issue of Trains "Uniting East and West to boost traffic" urges consolidation of the other class 1s to get transcontinental freights. Of course, this is at the expense of megamergers and anti-trust issues IMHO. Anyone else read it? My suggestion: Instead of allowing the...

Moreover, the germs in it have been known to be so tough, they beat up Covid ones because they are not locals. :)

But then there is no reason, if economically feasible, for Brightline West to add party cars at suitably higher cost to their trains.

You missed one of my points. The $1000 you mentioned (and that is your example for a really long trip - two nights wold be more unrealistic than one) is what you list as travel. But for many, it is not just travel, it is a vacation cost. If you don't consider those days as vacation and you use...

Time to call, even if the app lets you book. It may be invalid. Note that the agent should rebook you on another date at no increase in cost.

To me it is different. To get to an airport that has direct flights across country or enough direct flights or direct flights at a reasonable price, means just as much travel as getting to a train station that is convenient. Mostly, to get to that good airport means I have to stay overnight to...

We've been thinking of going to Maricopa to visit her brother who lives north of Phoenix. After researching hotels, car rentals, convenience and the seemingly greater than ever train delays, we decided that if we go, it will be to Tucson then will rent a car or go to Flagstaff and do the same...

You are lucky. A number of us experienced stale or undercooked french toast and dried out or undercooked bacon. For us, it was just inedible and most was left on the plate. That's the problem with microwaving food or cooking in a convection oven and not having the time or interest in making sure...

Do you mean you never saw coach passengers using the diner BEFORE flex? Not sure if that is correct. I have seen many eating before flex and I was one of the coach people eating in the diner on a trip out of Atlanta.

I would just drive to Alpine. I believe the parking there is free. Small towns generally are more helpful than big cities. I've called the city of Hinton, WV where I left my car last October for a two week trip. They told me I could park at the city waterpark because there was always lots of...

Totally disagree. If you're thinking of the present Auto-train as a model, I'd suggest you could be right but many of us in this forum are not thinking of 19 car carriers on a train - just ONE to start. And not necessarily on every train. When that car is continually booked up, then consider...

Passengers in rooms likely figure eating there is better as it is much closer to their toilet when they need to throw up. :) That just leaves the VL2 roomette residents who would have to line up for the two restrooms. For them, the coach restrooms might be a quicker "run" [pun intended].

Is your name Mikey? Liked Life Cereal. Consumer Reports rates them as only having average nutrition.

It's had to increase fuel economy while sitting in sidings watching the freights go by instead of sitting on a train moving at track speed.

Welcome. We love our northern neighbors and we can all cry together being the only two countries with the same problem - terrible long distance train service! You can learn how not to serve food and we can learn how to not have trains that regularly are delayed 24+ hours. :)

So sad that Amtrak doesn't even show going to NYP instead of DC as an option - especially since that would make the most sense. You could be on time into NYP but miss your connection at DC if there was a problem with your first train so why would they show what they did? I have my opinion but...

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0.6 mile walk. 11 minute walk. 9 minutes walk and bus combined.