New train (40-41 Floridian) between Miami and Chicago via Washington DC

[Palmland]

I was checking the schedules of the new Floridian for a possible trip and was surprised to see the reduced dwell time in Washington. I think we had all wondered if the current schedule had enough time there to compensate for a late arriving Capitol. It's arrival time hasn't changed at 1:05pm. Apparently Amtrak has more confidence in CSX performance than many of us, Although, as you can see, the total trip time did increase by one hour.

 

[jis]

I was checking the schedules of the new Floridian for a possible trip and was surprised to see the reduced dwell time in Washington. I think we had all wondered if the current schedule had enough time there to compensate for a late arriving Capitol. It's arrival time hasn't changed at 1:05pm. Apparently Amtrak has more confidence in CSX performance than many of us, Although, as you can see, the total trip time did increase by one hour.

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They appear to have added one hour of padding en route south of WAS.

 

[Trogdor]

I think the issue is having a train tying up lower-level space at WAS for so long, given that you’d have a bunch of Amtrak trains to/from VA, plus a (hypothetically on-time) north/westbound Floridian, plus the VRE service all needing that space.

 

[MARC Rider]

I think the issue is having a train tying up lower-level space at WAS for so long, given that you’d have a bunch of Amtrak trains to/from VA, plus a (hypothetically on-time) north/westbound Floridian, plus the VRE service all needing that space.

Also, they frequently load Washington-originating Northeast Regionals in the lower level as well, even when there seem to be lots of empty tracks in the upper level.

 

[Palmland]

I think the issue is having a train tying up lower-level space at WAS for so long,

Good point. I guess Amtrak is kicking the proverbial can (train) down the road. It’s not likely to leave on time but maybe we can get you to Miami on schedule.