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Even being on a host railroad, Amtrak still has some duty of care. Running out of food is at least partially within their control, and given all the issues lately I think it's poor practice to seemingly only have enough Dinty Moore for one meal service. If Amtrak was attempting to get food and...

All planes have to land eventually. That said, if the passenger air industry had a tenth of the issues per trip that Amtrak seems to have while in transit, passenger planes would be grounded. In air travel, it's far more likely that I'll be stuck at an airport (maybe a random airport that I'm...

The trip total was 37 hours - a delay of 20 hours. From the ABC News article: "The train rolled into the station in Sanford, Florida, on Wednesday morning, ending the 37-hour trip. The 563 passengers and 333 vehicles onboard had been delayed by almost 20 hours." Edit to add: Realistically, the...

There already seems to be some of this shift with the younger generation - a smaller percentage of young people are getting driver's licenses than they used to, and there's demand for better transit service. What we need is an efficient, effective transit system in most of the country to make...

Wendover Productions released a video today discussing the issues with passenger rail in America - in particular, the issues with Amtrak's supposed track priority on freight rail infrastructure. Nothing particularly new to those of us in the weeds already, but I found it a good primer regardless.

I wonder if the US will finally get an air passenger "bill of rights" - and if any legislator will care to also make sure rail and bus passengers are also included on it, or conveniently forget about those passengers because legislators (for the most part) don't take those modes of...

So this is day 8 without any Empire Builder trains leaving their origination points? At this point I'll be more likely to get where I need to go on Southwest! 😆

In an ideal world, I think it makes sense for us to subsidize the bus services that will not run profitably, rather than try and cross-subsidize profitable and unprofitable routes. Having competition can lower fares for those in the markets where there's a lot of demand, and potentially lower...

Except staffing is significantly worse today than it was pre-pandemic - at least that's the rationale given why railroads have to work their employees to the bone and have them on call more than ever before. It's also more difficult to get bus operators last-minute - a lot of companies either...

Hello and welcome from St. Paul! Hope you find the website enjoyable, and hopefully we'll cross paths at some point - perhaps at one of the Train Days at Union Depot!

Another item for the Center of Excellence punch list? :oops:

Last I was told (which was back in early summer,) CP has agreed to let the trains start running before construction is complete. The limiting factor right now is staffing and equipment availability on Amtrak's end, and who knows when that will be ready.

Agreed. How many people attend the average Southwest Airlines or United Airlines board meeting? Or even Spirit? There's a lot more passengers with a lot more complaints, but my guess would be attendance would be well under 300. The only board meeting I'm aware of that gets a lot of attendance...

While I fully agree, I think the more limiting factor, particularly on the long-distance services, is on-time performance. This is especially critical if trying to get people out of their cars - in most of the country, road travel is relatively easy and timing relatively predictable, with...

Average price isn't a great comparison, though. I don't buy the average flight price, I buy the flight with the timing, price, and product I want. The train takes two overnights, and each day had multiple daily flights in that $500-$600 price point in first, so even if I needed to wait until the...

United has a few, and the pricing when I looked at random days, both peak and off-peak, were $500-$650 each way for the flight and $900 each way for the Southwest Chief. Not sure what other airlines were offering. That assumes that you can build a route that is exactly as the crow flies, makes...

To be fair, if we're talking LA to Chicago, the train is most directly competing against the plane, and the amount of people who would choose the train over a flight in first class is extremely low, especially since lie-flat seating is available on some frequencies should someone desire that...

I believe the free version still shows the next couple of departures for at least the most nearby lines, along with the trip planner still being fully functional. I'm fine with paying considering how often I find the app useful, but the free version should still work okay. Also, supposedly if...

Did the Superliner coach fully function as a lounge car - as in could people from the sleepers go there to sit, see the sights on the other side of the train, etc.? Or was it sold as general coach inventory and off limits to sleeper passengers? If it's the former, I personally would only expect...

I have a different email address on my FNBO account than what's on my AGR account (I have multiple cards with FNBO.) I just checked as I had a statement close on 10/26 with FNBO with exactly one transaction on it and the points posted properly to my AGR account, along with a 500 point bonus and...