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Orlando would still be served by the Tampa section of the Silver Service trains. I propose splitting the Miami and Orlando-Tampa sections at Jacksonville (at a re-opened Jacksonville Terminal Station, of course!) and Running the Miami section down the FEC, and the Orlando-Tampa section on the...

Virgin Trains USA should consider starting service in Ohio's 3C corridor, as it fits their criteria of too long to drive, too short to fly, and there will be plenty of real estate opportunities for them in Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati.

They should consider bringing back the 24-hour diner on the SL (which worked much better than it does now) and expand it to other trains.

Using the former Nippon Sharyo plant in Rochelle would require that Amtrak deadhead trains between Chicago and Rochelle. Of course, a new service between Chicago and Clinton or Cedar Rapids, Iowa could be started, or the California Zephyr could be rerouted over the UP. (Either option would serve...

I think there should be a new Southern Belle (KCY-NOL) (discontinued 1969). This would serve a market that has been largely overlooked by Amtrak. It would bring service to Joplin, MO, a second train to Texarkana, AR-TX, and would cut right through the heart of Louisiana, serving Shreveport...

It's not like he wanted to. Indiana doesn't want to fund the corridor anymore, so it has to be shut down, regardless of whether Amtrak wants to run it or not.

They still need to make this train at least twice daily, and extend one round trip to Cincinnati, and the other to Louisville and Nashville (a good start to reviving the Floridian). The Cardinal also needs to be daily.

The Sunset Limited had severe on-time performance issues when it was a coast-to-coast train due to its unusually long route. The acquired delays throughout the trip added up over the course of the train's journey, and by the time the train reached the Gulf Coast portion of the trip, it was often...

I believe South Dakota's best hope for restoring passenger rail service would be a train running from Omaha to Sioux Falls via Sioux City, timed to connect with the California Zephyr. However, I don't see this happening anytime soon because the states of Iowa and South Dakota would have to...

They've been trying to start a Birmingham-Nashville Thruway Motorcoach ever since the new station opened, but it's run into problems due to poor timekeeping of the Crescent and Greyhound's shortage of drivers.

The reason the no-diner Silver Star experiment is so successful is because it gives Silver Service customers a choice on how they want to pay for their meals, depending on what train they take. Those that want their meals included in the cost of a sleeper can take the Silver Meteor, while those...

They should add a stop in Suffolk, VA. The Mountaineer served Suffolk during its short existence.

My hometown of Rockford, IL will get rail service long before Tulsa, OK ever will (Efforts to revive proposals to bring rail service to Rockford are in their early stages). Tulsa's mayor and city council are currently opposed to passenger rail service.

Regarding host railroad issues, the best thing we can do right now is forget about CN right now, and revive the 2014 plans.

While these improvements were needed, I still think that sleeper passengers should be offered optional vouchers for the café car if they don't like anything on the contemporary dining menu.

Why don't they put advertisements in the spaces to increase revenue. It would at least fill the unsightly space.

The need to keep this train running long enough to see if it's performance will improve when the 75th St CREATE project in Chicago is completed. If performance is improved following that project's completion, the train will still be around to see the potential ridership gains stemming from...

Now it will be VERY hypocritical for Amtrak to continue to withhold the TIGER grant funding match.

When did the LSL detour this summer and what route did the detour take?

Now that it's been confirmed, what can we do to STOP the service cut this thread is about? I hope we can do something to stop it!