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Agreed. Furthermore, if a small follow-on order is awarded to a different manufacturer, this would result in a small micro fleet of different equipment leading to higher costs in training, maintenance, holding of spares etc. A secured option is a good way to assure fleet uniformity, at least...

makes sense, one premium car in 7 would make Premium seats very scarce. Two in 7 sounds more realistic. Especially in a relatively affluent corridor.

I think engine changing is not just about time. It either requires dedicated staff or diverts existing staff from other responsibilities (and a station tends to be at its busiest when an important train is in). Furthermore, it involves tinkering with things mechanical, which mean things can go...

Nobody is talking about airports being shut down so the land can be sold off. Regardless of who owns them. Even if some cynical owner did suggest something so absurd, I'm sure that local leaders would pull all the strings they have to prevent it happening. Why are bus stations any different?

Methinks that if a train is regularly fully booked, that there is room to raise fares.

I wonder how price sensitive riders are. What if the shortfall in income were to be bridged by not adding riders, but by increasing fares? At least on the trains that always sell out anyway. This would have the additional advantage that some price-sensitive riders might be displaced onto less...

So they will be delivered in one tranche, rather than individually as they are completed? Why is that? Logistics of transferring them?

Do we know how these results stand in relation to business projections? The stated loss looks pretty shocking to the armchair accountant, but is it within plan?

The legend "Unbelievably real" seems somehow deeply cynical on a train that won't let you look out of the window.

How old is the "Terminal" part of the name. I always assumed it had something to do with railroads trying to up their game by emulating airline terminology. Speaking of gates instead of platforms and terminals instead of stations etc.

It seems strange to me that a city can build a major transportation hub and then not make provision for inter city buses.

The logic behind this may well be, that typically teething troubles caused by minor design flaws will occur in the early years of the equipment's lifetime and need to be rectified as part of the manufacturer's guarantee obligations. With maintenance work and guarantee work often being difficult...

I don't know about all, but for Talgo's other customers, this is definitely typical. I think the justification lies in Talgo equipment being fundamentally different from conventional trains, with workshop crews often not being qualified to handle them, or so Talgo's claim.

Wouldn't such a flight be crossing the path of the hurricane and get cancelled too?

I think costs are not the only factor. Every generation of equipment is becoming more advanced and sophisticated with more hi-tech. Finding people with the skills to do maintenance becomes more and more of an issue. It's not just Amtrak, but all across multiple industries and utilities, there is...

Do you know how many platforms there were in the station's heyday? Was the Reunion Tower built on land that formerly belonged to the station?

The Greyhound terminal is just a short walk away. I guess its wiser to leave it there. The walk is genuinely short and I don't think Union Station site would have the space to accommodate it.

Is there space for additional platforms and tracks? I don't think sharing tracks with Amtrak or TRE would be on the cards due to platform heights. So there would have to be new (additional) tracks. The two tracks on the right are used by DART (a DART train is just visible at one of the...

are they replacing existing trains, or are they providing additional service?

Let us see if the arrival of the new cars leads will see ridership jump proportionately to the increased seating capacity.