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Yes, looking at the parking lot seems to support this view. While Deland is nearly twice as large as Debary, the Debary Sunrail parking lot is about 4 times as large as the one they just built in Deland. This is interesting since Amtrak does not use the Debary lot since it does not stop there...

Some friends of ours used to use Megabus to visit family in Tallahassee, leaving from the Gainesville area. They used to like the service and remarked on how nice it was with clean comfortable busses and very affordable prices. They mentioned how the service was declining, to their dismay. Now...

There has been talk for years about extending SunRail to Daytona but no real interest by those who control the budget.

Lamar, Colorado, mentioned above, was the birthplace of Ken Curtis (born Curtis Wain Gates) who played Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke. Lamar station is served by the Southwest Chief. It was originally built in 1907 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

Okeechobee, Fl Pop 5,254 - The Silver Star stops there but doesn't dwell there long

Yes, my wife and I went there on Amtrak from Palatka for lunch a few months ago. Their food is quite good, and the service was excellent.

Tallahassee would make a good terminus that would have the secondary benefit of possibly connecting JAX and Tallahassee

While I would like to see JAX to NOL across the top of Florida, I think it would be better served to link JAX to ATL.

Adapting the existing Auto Train or even considering expansion, it would seem like a good idea to begin adding EV chargers on the car carriers to attract EV owners who worry about finding charges that are available and work while traveling long distances. And make sure they advertise that cars...

Debby has now passed us here in Florida, but the Carolinas are getting quite the rain. We just got our power back on after 18 hours of it being off. The damage this storm is causing cannot be understated. It is understandable that the Silvers would terminate before Georgia. At the rate Debby is...

While the proposed train would go from CHI-MIA, it should also be noted that, by using the Star, it also connects TPA-CHI as a one-seat ride, a connection that presently requires 3 segments, including a bus connection from TPA. Likewise, it connects Virginia and the Education Triangle (Home to...

Who knows, with the way Amtrak sometimes does things, they may decide, since the height restrictions are north of WDC, they could make the Star/Cap/Floridian out of superliners - thus taking even more needed equipment away from the western routes so they can park the viewliners in preparation...

Perhaps, ownership of the rails, not the railroad companies would go a long way. After all, the government owns the roads, not the trucking companies and seems to work quite well. By transferring the rails to public ownership, just like the highway system, would allow the private sector as well...

Agreed, it is doubtful that the "all you can eat" breakfast buffet offered at hotels/motels from budget friendly to upper-trier places actually make any money ... but all those full beds do.

Just out of curiosity, I looked for some dates in April, 2025. They show the Star "Sold Out". The Meteor still shows all the way to NYP. These are Star trips offered to WAS with transfers to NE Regional or Acela to continue to PHL and/or NYP It does appear that the Star will truncate at WAS...

The Silver Meteor and Star may not really matter since much of the trip is tree-lined and the view is similar on either side - since they are both single level trains, you do not get a view over the trees.

If you get the chance, the Silvers still run between NYC and Florida

If I am able to take this trip, it would be with a USA Rail Pass ... not sure what impact that has with fare buckets

Traveling coach from NYP to ALB ... is there a real difference between these two trains. Would one be better than the other? Please keep in mind, this is only a 2:30+ trip and will be traveling coach, connecting from the Silver Meteor so any trains that leave before noon would not work

Palm Springs is definitely unmanned ... but, if you are on the "platform" (that means on the pavement near the tracks) they should have no problem seeing you