I live in RVR. I can take the train to chi for around $80 on the Cardinal or the CL. But if I want to ride the LSL it can often be double the price for one way. :angry: Because of the price I never go that way. But back in the day when you could pick the train you wanted to ride on I rode the LSL and I really enjoyed that route
. Isn't that the old 20 centry limited route?
Well, there are several things to keep in mind.
As one of the others as already mentioned, it may be just more expensive on that date of travel you have entered and it is a longer trip to make from your point of orgin.
The LSL is a daily train with full dining car service (if you wanna call SDS full service) being it usually has an actual dining car.
The LSL also has traffic from BOS joining up with it as well, making two major supply points to fill up seats more quickly from the originating points in the East.
The Cardinal is not a daily service, and it only has diner-lite on it.
The Cardinal starts out of NYP and traverses the NEC to WAS before it makes its trip to the midWest. Not exactly every New Yorkers (or others up that way) idea of a more direct trip to CHI like the LSL has.
But probably the biggest situation would be that both of those trains are only single level equipment, so there are less rooms and seats available to fill on those services with their average consists. And combine that with the non daily service of the Cardinal compared to the LSL, I am sure these prices result on a fairly common basis.
And as you're aware, you also have the daily option of the CL to CHI which uses Superliner equipment thus making more seats available to those in your region allowing prices to be lower than the LSL.
So in regard to those circumstances, I can see the LSL being more costly on a regular basis for those in your region.
Hey at least you still have th option of choosing one of the two trains (or three is the Cardinal is running) to get to CHI even if it may cost more to go via the LSL.
OBS gone freight...