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Where did you find this map? I'd like to see it as I have no idea how the tracks are aligned!

Anyone try their checked baggage service? I will be going to Miami in a couple months and I'm planning on flying down to Orlando to ride Brightline to Miami for the experience (I've been on Brightline before, back when they were only operating between Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach hah!) I...

Which tourist railroad is this? The only one I was able to find was the Train de Charlevoix and they're running a pair of German DB Class 628.1 DMUs with an Alstom Coradia on the way.

Yeah, the idiot who made that chart wikipedia confused me too.

Yeah, the Brightline wikipedia article is worded poorly because whoever made the charts decided to use year-on-year totals. If you go to the Siemens Charger article, you'll get a clearer picture. They currently operate with 20 cars (5 trainsets) and have received 20 more cars to double the train...

How out of gauge are the rails?

Not having an assigned seat is a free for all as far as I’m concerned. Last time I took the Downeaster there was no announcement and people rushed to grab the single seats. For me personally, the single seats is what makes business class worth it for me on the Downeaster. I do like how the cafe...

I’m pretty sure the other obstacle would be Amtrak having to establish a provisioning restock point or two for the cafe just for that one route at either North Station and/or Portland. It was probably more of a “NNEPRA, if you want cafe service you’re going to have to do it yourself” kind of...

Not being from the area or being very familiar with the line, why build the connection to UP instead of continuing down the line (CP?)? Both lines end up at Rockford. To serve more people/communities? Better negotiations/rates with UP vs CPKC? Where will the station be in Rockford? The old...

Lets hope they kept operating it through the years. One of the main reasons why the one at Seashore will never operate again is that the electrical equipment will corrode over time if left de-energized for too long, so they risk frying the thing if they ever hooked it up to power. This is also...

On the other hand, I think they should be done by the average joe because that's who's opinion probably matters more. That way, they get raw feedback from an actual regular customer experience. Even if the employees didn't do anything wrong, such feedback can be used to discover and fix any...

Maybe Amtrak should start a "mystery shopper" program where people can sign up to evaluate the service received in return for either some sort of compensation or a free ride. I wouldn't mind a free ride in a sleeper in return for evaluating the service received!

Outlying stations are not the problem. Interzone/suburban travel costs half as a much as it does to go into Boston and there isn't a significant amount of people who do travel between intermediate zones to warrant fare gates in the outlying stations. It's a cultural thing. People who live in...

You are correct. Basically, they exist so that if a conductor somehow doesn't check/collect your ticket, that: 1. If you have a paper ticket you won't be able to use it at the gate again (paper tickets now have scannable codes and are also tappable) 2. If you have a ticket on the app, it forces...

Acela - The galley is on the end of the First Class car that is coupled to the Business Class cars. Since First Class passengers would have no need to go to Business and vice versa, they don't want people passing through there, especially if they're preparing food. Long Distance - If they won't...

My local transit agency fixed this problem easily. The tracker/countdown timer doesn't track/show the bus/vehicle unless it has a firm record of it leaving the terminal station and/or was tracked/detected at the first few stops. If a trip gets skipped, this filter would make sure that it doesn't...

Was his seat assigned on this ticket/reservation? Or was it assigned by the conductor based on either where he's going or how many seats are left? I've only taken the Carolinian once, in coach, and I was assigned a seat at boarding by a conductor at WAS.

Can't wait until they go into service! A Charger pulling a full set of these would look slick!

Airlines have the same restriction. In the airline industry, that's called cabotage.

If you didn't want to ride the green line to the red to get to South Station, you could have hopped on a train at Back Bay to South Station. All MBTA trains from Back Bay to South Station are free. I did a similar trip last month. I did Boston to Springfield on 449, Springfield to New Haven on...