Recent content by joelkfla

How about an APM?

Which they have done away with. The website now tells passengers to contact their "partner" Uber directly. Premium passengers are given a pretty measly $10 credit towards an Uber ride, and that's per reservation, not per person. It looks like the entire last-mile Brightline+ offering has...

Doesn't go near the station. The nearest stop is about 5 blocks away, and some of that is not very pedestrian-friendly.

I was talking to AGR this afternoon (around 1-2 pm), and asked to be transferred to Customer Relations. They picked up in about 10 minutes, and the CR agent seemed concerned and helpful.

Why?

I don't think you have true HSR in IL. The top speed is what, 110 or 115? TX HSR is planned to use Shinkansen trains, "Capable of operating at speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour." From the website: "The Texas High-Speed Train will operate on secure, separate, closed tracks dedicated fully...

It is possible to generate schedules by date in PDF format on the Amtrak website on a computer. Searching by route name creates a schedule that shows only arrival times, and also lists all Thruway connections (one per page.) Alternatively, searching by origin and destination cities, and then...

Interesting that a good chunk of that is to improve the border crossing process.

Computer-generated timetables based on schedule data publicly released by Amtrak are available here: RPA timetables In addition, a member of this site has an archive of the most recently released official Amtrak timetables: Amtrak Timetable Archives - Home

https://railforless.us/ Roomettes in August from Newark to NOL are between $500 and $600, not $1100. Perhaps you looked at a date when all Roomettes are sold out, so you were presented with the fare for a Bedroom.

That train left the station long ago.

Yes, but it has 2 full-width Roomette windows next to it. The H-room window is alone on that side of the door.

I guess the VL-I that I was in on the trip home Monday was refurbished. It had blue seats and new curtains. Other than that, I didn't notice anything different. Regardless, the VL-I's seem to be in better physical shape than the more cheaply built VL-II's. The VL-I had the usual balky seat...

I was on the Star from ORL to WAS last Wednesday. My SCA seemed surprised when I asked her about the changes in September, but she did say a sleeper & coach would soon be added. I didn't press her on it, so it's possible she was thinking of the Meteor. She did say, though, that it would be...

Another downside is the loss of sleeper inventory between FL & NYP, unless Amtrak restores the SM to 4 sleepers. I suppose transferring from the SS to a NER wouldn't be that terrible, except for the lack of checked baggage.