Recent content by kmock

Unfortunately, that is the best option. The next available train after the NER arrives in PHL is to take the 4:55 Keystone. I don't mind, because it gives me a few hours to hang-out in Philly

Yup, for whatever reason, It would cost almost $400 more to book the Amtrak segment through United.

I have to go to Richmond from HAR in a few weeks. The weird thing is that the Amtrak website (and app) kept saying there was no return trip available for a Sunday. I thought maybe something was happening with the RVM station that day, and would only allow me to book out of RVR, which is not...

Yes, I realized, after the fact, that ZFV is the station code for 30th St. (after typing in 30th St. on the United website). But, as the the Amtrak website says, you are supposed to call United customer service, which was my first mistake. I didn't realize that you could book the train segment...

Thanks for the advice. It just happened to work out that United had a flight I wanted from EWR for a good price, and I can take the train there. Being able to get AGR is just an added bonus. Regardless, it seems you can still get AGR through the United website. It just seems there was no way to...

Yup, that's what I did/tried. United reps had no clue how to make that happen.

Has anyone booked a trip through United with an Amtrak segment? Amtrak says on their website to book a trip via Newark-EWR (which I have to do) with a train trip from PHL (which is easy enough for me to do) to earn Amtrak Guest Rewards points for both the train trip and flight. I just had the...

The trains from LNC to WAS are frequent and do run on time. I've done this trip many times on the Keystone to Philly, and have used both NER and Acela to wAS. I'd save on the cost of Acela and just use the regional (unless you really want the experience). Are you planning to spend time in DC...

The only thing I know of is the latest state rail plan (2016), but it only has passenger numbers by station: https://goo.gl/o9sRC8(pdf, takes a while to open).

It seems he got mixed reviews after he left his NJDOT position: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/05/dots_outgoing_commissioner_gets_mixed_reviews.htmlmostly for nixing the ARC tunnel. So, it would be interesting to see how he and Wick Moorman would cooperate on Amtrak. If, based on his...

I wonder what the $500k capital budget surplus is from specifically? Since I live along the Keystone route, a couple other things that caught my eye: 130k ridership is 16% better than the same month in FY15 and an increase in ticket revenue of 12%. All while maintaining an on-time percentage of...

I had the same initial reaction: in PA, NS has not been very cooperative (see for example the latest fiasco on the Lehigh Valley Passenger Rail proposal). Also, NS has been very reluctant to release any free space on the Keystone West to allow more than one trip in each direction per day...

I find that hard to believe. I've done ever possible combination over the Labor Day weekend, and there are plenty of seats available, and the available trains match other weekend prices.

Amtrak is advertising a Labor Day weekend discount of 25% off tickets for travel on either the Acela or NER as long as the tickets are purchased two weeks in advance. And, you are supposed to be able to save 25% off the saver ticket as well. Now, when I put in the required info, the Labor Day...

One of the early news releases indicates that the City of Springfield, Il will get $14 million to help with the relocation of trains from 3rd St. to 10th St. and includes money for a new multi-modal Amtrak and bus station...