Is this a return of the famed Ski Train as The Winter Park Express: http://www.amtrak.com/winterparkexpress?
You're right, but if you change the senior to an adult, it prices out correctly. (There's no senior discount forEDIT: There's a bug in Arrow - adult+senior+child prices as 3 adults, while adult+child prices as 1.5 adults.
The train sold out in 8 hours! Hopefully this will lead to weekly service next winter!
Dude, like this train is totally in Colorado, so like everyone will be having the munchies, man. If a snack car can't make money on this run, nothing can.I'd suggest making one of those coaches a "snack-coach" which Amtrak has a few of, one which is commonly run on the Capitol Corridor route. But, if Winter Park is financing the train, the cost of food sevice may be out of their budget. Also, it may simply be one of those things being overlooked. And a single snack-coach likely would be pressed hard to deal with a full train.
Hi guest. Wiki is your friend here. I'm too upset to respond, but I'll highlight the important stuff.It is truly lame that the Ski Train has been dormant for so many years: what are executives tied-in to the skiing/snowboarding sport in Colorado thinking?
The fact that the Ski Train suspended service in 2009 is arguably one of the biggest marketing faux pas in American business history. What part of "the train sold out in 8 hours" do TPTB people not understand? Skiers in Denver (and those who came to Denver to ride the Ski Train)
absolutely loved the service when it operated. It very likely wasn't marketed correctly or the customer service aspect was lacking. When I lived and skied in Colorado, riding the Ski Train was THE thing to do.
WHY fight the parking lot atmosphere on I-70 and I-40 when you could take the train? Ski Train could run up and down the mountain full, Friday through Sunday. Now there's talk of making I-70 a toll road! WHAT?
AMTRAK destroyed the SKI TRAIN and now THEY want to operate it! That's SO bureaucratic!The Ski Train made its final run to Winter Park on March 29, 2009. The Ski Train equipment was sold to Algoma Central Railway Inc., a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway. Ironically, the Ski Train's cars had been originally built in 1968 by Hawker Siddeley for use on CN's Tempo trains.
The Ski Train was burdened with escalating costs such as liability insurance coverage, operational conflicts with freight traffic, and substantial uncertainties posed by redevelopment of Denver's Union Station. These reasons combined with the worldwide economic maladies in 2009 meant that it was no longer feasible for the Ski Train to be operated.
Iowa Pacific Holdings (IPH), a holding company that owns railroad properties across North America and the United Kingdom (including San Luis & Rio Grande in southern Colorado), made a bid to revive the Ski Train using an improved business model that utilized idle equipment from SL&RG's subsidiary, Rio Grande Scenic Railroad. Plans fell through due to Amtrak, who would be supplying staff, classifying the Ski Train as a commuter operation vs. an excursion train, resulting in higher liability insurance. Amtrak settled the matter in court on December 23, 2009, five days prior to the first day operations were to commence (December 27). Full refunds were made by IPH.
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