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    Rail service and travel by rail in the Indian subcontinent

    Speaking of tourism, my plans to go to Bangladesh have been postponed until problems with the student uprising subside. Although I would mainly be in Cox’s Bazar I would be traveling by plane through Dakar a high level of travel advisory. I have a possible long layover there, which would have...
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    Service meltdown on VIA train 622; passengers stranded

    Yes, a tasty ham and cheese sandwich and a chicken noodle soup. I explained to the Via Tail crew Amtrak’s “dinner pass drew”, this was while in the Halifax Station and they needed a little levity after a bad day. That was in October 2023 and was a real via rail adventure. Notification train is...
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    VIA Ocean discussion

    On October 5, 2023 I was on via Rail 14 out of Moncton and it was over four hours late into Halifax. 14 left Montreal on time, but ran into mudslides along the way - I never did find out where and what caused the mudslides. By phone, I tried to negotiate some compensation for arriving so...
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    Current Downeaster discussion

    A black video a way is the OneSixFive inn is for gourmands and is très boutique! The Brunswick Hotel is right at the Amtrak station. The Arctic Museum is brand new and worth at least a few hours and is FREE. Admiral Johh MacMullian, his wife Miriam and their crew were great Arctic explorers...
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    Current Downeaster discussion

    G starting in Brunswick is different because you can catch the return on the white schedule where the sports teams get out and concerts. Also wrap-up. Coming into Boston the first thing to do I think is to take the green line to Park Street and then boom you’re there in the heart of a heart...
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    Future improvement possibilities for the Downeaster

    I don’t know whether I have ever ridden in a Horizon car but the Amfleet cars on the down Easter are very nice and they have a very euro feel… Comfy.
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    Auto Train discussion 2023 Q4 - 2024

    I think it would be really cool for the granddaughters to have an experience where they travel in your car then train and then take a cruise. I don’t think it gets any better than that. Oh, wait …. You’ll still have the overnight train ride home ha ha — wow.
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    Tipping on Amtrak

    The RedCaps especially in Chicago and LA are my lifelines. It would be difficult to travel Amtrak without this service. I tip $5 to $10. Have a money clip with a bunch of one and five dollar bills To travel coach - and use the diner - BLD I tip $3/$5/$10 On the platform at Albuquerque...
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    Nervous first-timer boarding in the middle of the night

    Palm Springs - right?? For the Palm Springs Amtrak station, there is a security camera on both sides of the building, one facing the tracks, and one facing the parking area. Parking in front of a camera would be a good idea regardless of security questions but I don’t see any good view from the...
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    India passenger news

    $111.26 USD WHAT A DEAL .. even including trailing six zeros …
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    Amtrak Solar Eclipse viewing April 8 2024

    My original eclipse trip was south station to Depew New York and then decide what to do from Depew if anything. Buffalo had the best totality of any of the cities in the northeast that would’ve cost me $160 bare-bones Amtrak and maybe another $40 for Lyft drivers, and if the Depew Station...
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    VIA Northern Quebec Service

    All three sandwiches are pretty good. From Moncton to Halifax I had the café almost to myself for several stops. I had the falafel sandwich, and I would say it was better than average whereas Boston falafel is way way above average. While on the Mapleleaf to and from Buffalo and Toronto, I had...
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    Hotels convenient to Amtrak

    The Fire House hostel in Austin TX is about $149 a night for two in your own room. If you don’t mind being in bunkbeds with a whole bunch of people, it would be a lot cheaper. I always try to book directly to the front desk of where I’m staying and not the nonsense you get when you book through...
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    Hotels convenient to Amtrak

    Just drove thru Wiscasett ME and rested from my easy drive thru Canada and eclipse viewing in Houlton ME parked at the inviting and well lit train station parking lot. Very nice Inn’s / beautiful about five to choose from. If Amtrak decides on Rockland this a great departure site.
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    Hotels convenient to Amtrak

    During a four hour layover in the San Antonio Amtrak station it pretty bare with services. There were several running machines and none of them, not a one -work. There were hotels about 10 minutes away, but it was very late about two in the morning.
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    The Padma River Bridge and related new routes in Bangladesh

    Oh wow I’m behind reading/posting on this thread. Trip to Bangladesh and Norway stilll in the works Some train travel in Bangladesh but more in Norway,
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    Current Downeaster discussion

    Maybe a loop? Freeport/Brunswick/Rockland/Auburn/Lewiston/Brunswick/Freeport Fantastic revenues for trains that run to concerts or sporting events at the Boston Garden. The trains sell out all the way to Brunswick.
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    Chicago Union Station discussion

    A phone conversation that I just had - an AGR agent told me that $50 will buy a day pass for a coach passengers at CHI’s Metropolitan lounge. I did use the lounge during the pandemic on a $50 day pass . Oh yeah, I hate asking directions and the Food Court takeout restaurants are not that easy...
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    Chicago Union Station discussion

    Thanks for letting me know How about Coach passengers using RedCap??. Is that allowed?
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    Chicago Union Station discussion

    PLEASE NOTE: I was n error and a $50 Coach pass is no longer available in Chicago. The following is from an experience I had a few years ago., In typical Amtrak classiness and style, There’s a container with shampoo and soap, but it might be best to bring your own. Start out by going to...
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