Recent content by JoshW

The Richmond station was DEAD this morning, except for Amtrak, of course. 712 was about 10 minutes late, don't know if it had to do with extra BART passengers or not. Seemed a little more crowded on board...

I originally posted this as a guest, but now that I've registered, I'll post it again... Male, mid 30's originally from St. Louis, living in the SF Bay area now. A wife and two kids. I can outright lie to my wife and convince her to take the train, but my kids have no choice. I work in...

I've gotta say, I can only think of two travel perks: a waiting room with refreshments at the station, and early boarding. I could care less about getting on the train early, in my case, since it's never too crowded. But it would be kind of cool to have some free coffee at the station. So to...

I'm a commuter from the SF Bay area to the Central valley, using Amtrak (thruway bus and San Joaquin) about three times a week. I'll likely hit SE level around August of next year, assuming I get 100 qualifying points per ticket. I won't see any tangible difference in the quality of my daily...