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My last—probably last ever—Greyhound trip was about 5 years ago from Springfield, Va., to Fredericksburg, Va. There was a tiny bus station (locked up) near the Metro station. Amtrak didn't have a train when I wanted to travel, so I rode the bus. I thoroughly shook the rain from my poncho and...

The point of restoring track 22 to service is to add a track and platform on the lower level of the station, leading to the tunnel. If track 22 had a high-level platform, VRE would not be able to use it. I'm not a VRE fan, having commuted on it for about 20 years,* but Amtrak Regional trains can...

I just discovered Amtrak Unlimited and am looking forward to participating in discussions. I've been a rail advocate since the 1970s. I moved to Pennsylvania last year, where my wife and I live car free. I got my nickname "Literalman" from a coworker years ago because I sometimes, for fun, take...