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

[John Bobinyec]

Wonder when Amtrak will get the 4 end stations onto their web site so Dixieland can give us those times?

We are confusing Transitdocs with Dixieland (software).

Transitdocs gets its data from a certain source at Amtrak. Amtrak hasn't updated that source yet to show all of the stations.

Dixieland gets its data from a different Amtrak source and shows all of the stations.

jb

 

[Stevenz]

Classic ... #40 is way past "Toledo"

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I'm glad you put this up. It's confusing. I am contemplating/preferring to use the Floridian originating at ORD - PIT (sorry, all I know is IATA codes) for Thanksgiving travel. But according to the transitdocs map it only returns to Toledo. I'd like to say this can't be right, Toledo is a fine place, but I also can't take anything for granted! Any thoughts?
Thank you.

 

[OmahaRoad]

I'm glad you put this up. It's confusing. I am contemplating/preferring to use the Floridian originating at ORD - PIT (sorry, all I know is IATA codes) for Thanksgiving travel. But according to the transitdocs map it only returns to Toledo. I'd like to say this can't be right, Toledo is a fine place, but I also can't take anything for granted! Any thoughts?
Thank you.

As others have pointed out in posts above, it's a silly (though significant) data error. Yes, the Floridian is and will terminate in Chicago and Miami, not Toledo and Delray Beach, FL. No need to worry (unless you're worrying about IT errors, that is!)

 

[Fenway]

 

[trimetbusfan]

I'm glad you put this up. It's confusing. I am contemplating/preferring to use the Floridian originating at ORD - PIT (sorry, all I know is IATA codes) for Thanksgiving travel. But according to the transitdocs map it only returns to Toledo. I'd like to say this can't be right, Toledo is a fine place, but I also can't take anything for granted! Any thoughts?
Thank you.

As others in this thread has said, it does not terminate in toledo?

 

[JuniusLivonius]

Transitdocs gets its data from a certain source at Amtrak. Amtrak hasn't updated that source yet to show all of the stations.

Last time I checked, Transitdocs gets it from the same source as Amtrak's map. They copied the API endpoints out of Amtrak's map page and there are tons of tools that do the same thing. It's an otherwise undocumented API but I hope Amtrak officially approves using it that way.

 

[Stevenz]

Thanks for your replies. It’s all as I thought but I am extremely risk averse about this particular trip as the return leg, ultimately to Milwaukee, would be on November 30th. Considerations:
1. First time on this train.
2. Weather could be a factor, per usual at thanksgiving.
3. I usually have a policy to not travel over thanksgiving, preferring to assume that degree of anxiety on things like bomb disposal, or swimming the Amazon River with a raw pork chop around my neck.
4. On December 3rd I need to be on a plane to New Zealand. I prefer to not start that trip in Toledo.
But I view the train as more reliable than flying and safer than driving in this case.

 

[acelafan]

Wonder when Amtrak will get the 4 end stations onto their web site so Dixieland can give us those times?

http://statusmaps.com/ goes to Dixieland, for example these links do show all the stations:

https://dixielandsoftware.net/cgi-bin/gettrain.pl?seltrain=40&selyear=2024&selmonth=11&selday=13

https://dixielandsoftware.net/cgi-bin/gettrain.pl?seltrain=41&selyear=2024&selmonth=11&selday=13