dadonatrain
Service Attendant
I can’t offer any statistics other than for a data sample of one, that being my own experience and attitudes!
When the Crescent left—or at least aimed to leave—Clemson and Greenville (the only stations anywhere near sensible for me to use, living between them as I do) around 11 pm or so, it was not unacceptable for me to get on and ride northbound. But now that the plan is not to even try to arrive there till about 0-dark-thirty in the middle of the night, IF they’re even close to on time, I am almost totally uninterested in staying up most of the night to take the train. Trouble is, no matter when I want to go on Amtrak, I have to start and end with the Crescent!
When the Crescent left—or at least aimed to leave—Clemson and Greenville (the only stations anywhere near sensible for me to use, living between them as I do) around 11 pm or so, it was not unacceptable for me to get on and ride northbound. But now that the plan is not to even try to arrive there till about 0-dark-thirty in the middle of the night, IF they’re even close to on time, I am almost totally uninterested in staying up most of the night to take the train. Trouble is, no matter when I want to go on Amtrak, I have to start and end with the Crescent!