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With the new terminal located in the NE quadrant, it seems like it would be possible to add a walkway to the Antelope Valley line stop. It would make sense for the Surfliner to stop at Burbank, rather than Burbank Airport, which would permit transfers and a one stop ride back up the Antelope...

Connecting SEA and PDX with passenger trains would require fairly major (and expensive) detours for anyone not travelling to the airport. Both airports are several miles off of the main line, and Seattle is on top of a hill. I would like to see a direct connection from Portland Union Station...

Agreed. The Cascades route takes a little over 8 hours from Portland to Vancouver BC, and I've always wished for a night train on the route. Unfortunately, it's not really viable for Seattle travelers (would go through SEA in the middle of the night), so I doubt the ridership is there.

Do you work for Boeing? If not, then you have no evidence for your last statement.

People are drawing all kinds of bad conclusions because of our poor contact tracing. Airlines, restaurants, gyms etc are all boasting about how "safe" it is because there is no definitive data about spread. The reality is that these places are nearly impossible to contact trace, especially in...

The cart works pretty well, and they have a lot of food options in the stations. I don't think they plan on buying cafe cars, and I don't think they need to.

I guess I'm confused by the complaint noted in the article? They paid $265,000 for this charter, and gave Amtrak millions in free publicity. How is this a problem?

Lived in Portland my entire life, and taken Cascades between Portland and Seattle, staying in downtown dozens of times, even with little kids. I've never felt "unsafe" in either city. Are there some homeless people? Sure. Everyone has different thresholds, so I get it. Taking the free bus...

And the Talgo VIII have automatic doors?

Conventional equipment takes about 25 minutes longer on this corridor. Pretty significant when the run time is 3:30 on the Talgo. 4 hour run time is not competitive with alternatives on the corridor (Bolt Bus, Flying with public transit to/from the airport on both ends).

From recent videos posted on YouTube, it looks like they've been using a 10-car Talgo consist the past few days. Hard to say, though. We know the Horizons are here now.

This is my point. WSDOT knows nothing about train service, which is why I'm not shocked that they would think standard equipment would be equivalent on this route. This is just another mistake in the series of mistakes they've made here, and ridership will suffer. Moving to the Bypass route...

I never said 110 was possible on the corridor. Not sure why that was brought up at all (must have been somehow who doesn't know the route). I still have yet to see any information on the Horizons running at the same speeds, aside from comments on this forum. We do have hard data from the past...

Have you ridden the Cascades route? The passenger comfort issues with running conventional equipment through curves at high-speeds are well-documented, which is why tilting trains are used on routes like this all over the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilting_train

The ADA issue is the biggest one, IMO. It really isn't fair to tell anyone with mobility issues that they can't move about the train at all. Additionally, as Americans get wider and wider, those narrow stairways could be problematic. If we, as a country, actually value the long-distance...

There are benefits and drawbacks to both approaches. There are definitely maintenance and operational benefits to having a unified fleet, and you can negotiate lower unit prices when making large orders. However, it can be risky to put all your eggs in one basket. If this new unified fleet...

Why would we want bi-level cars? Platform length isn't an issue on a single-level, so train length could be increased. After experiencing the bouncy metal coffin that is the upper-berth on a Roomette, I'd much rather have something like the OBB Nightjet trains from Siemens...

As a passenger, I want coupled trainsets, due to the many benefits for riders.

And in the NW, and in California. We've been using fixed trainsets for Cascades since the late 90s. It's time to catch up with the rest of the world.

And I've been on Talgo VI trips that were just slightly over 3:00 on the corridor. We got lucky with no freight delays, and a light passenger load made for shorter stops. I would be surprised if standard equipment could make this time and keep the passengers comfortable. The Talgos sit lower...