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Today sometime after noon Amtrak cancelled the evening Roanoke NER at WAS citing unavailablity of operators if you can believe it. What happens to the VA pax? What will happen to ME one of these times? At that hour there is no other public transit available. Tomorrow I notice only the morning...

I just went down to the CVS station to watch the action: 3 Amtrak trains ahead of schedule converging in cville at about the same time. First was the newer southbound regional, 151, which disgorged dozens from NEC and loaded a surprising several dozen for Roanoke (I rode this train last month...

This would be a trip report on my leaf peep joy ride on our newish regional yesterday but I can't get my Bluetooth keyboard to connect to this device. I'll upload a photo anyway. The picture is " the beautiful, the scenic James River" (as the conductor opined) from a high bridge just outside the...

What is a good vantage point to observe Harold Interlocking? Is the Thomson Ave overpass OK? On Google maps it looks like it has a pedestrian access on the east side of the overpass. Access from Skillman Ave?

I find myself with a $16 remaining voucher. I don't see any way to use it in combination with cash. Is there anyway to use it at all? Asking to avoid a call to Amtrak and get an ambivalent answer after a long wait.🙄

I went CVS to NYP and back this week. Light loads on all trains, I had a double seat to myself all the way. Almost everyone reasonably mask compliant, I had my N95 so wasn't concerned so much. Northbound there was a "trespasser strike" before Baltimore which closed all tracks and put us down an...

Due to the cancellation of Hinton RR Days I wanted to cancel my roundtrip ticket on the Cardinal. 51 was a Saver fare and 50 was a Value fare. First I tried the app which was useless, the modify and cancel tabs did nothing! I didn't want to spend up to an hour on hold for an agent so I tried...

Does anyone know how much I can change a reservation? If I have a coach reservation can I only change the date or destination also? Can it be any destination or only on the same route? Can it be upgraded to a roomette with additional payment?

I was considering visiting Savannah this fall for the first time. I have taken the Palmetto to Charleston a couple of times so I thought no problem. Nope! Amtrak no longer offers the thruway buses between cvs and rvr. Greyhound might get me to Richmond in time for 89 but not returning; they too...

Yesterday I made a r/t day trip, Charlottesville to Washington. I have done this many times, most recently last October when the trains were empty, Union Station ghost-like and the streets of the city deserted. Yesterday was a different story. There seemed to be the normal pre-covid crowd on...

Got an email offering 2 Acela BC trips 1/2 price. Aug 2-Oct 2. Book by Aug 29. BTW I've noticed that NER prices CVS-NYP are about half what they were last year, $36😲

Cardinal #51 just went thru CVS (ontime) with an extra sleeper (2) and an extra coach (4).

I'm on #147 and the conductor just called the train The Cavalier. This is the ner we used to call The Lynchburger. He said it's official.

Saturday I made the long trip from BOS to CVS - just about 12 hours. Since it was Saturday the one seat ride on 171 was not available. I had to take 99 to NYP, layover for an hour+ and then board Crescent 19 for the rest of the trip since the schedule misses the weekend Roanoke train by about 15...

Earlier this week I enjoyed me first overnight sleeper trip on Amtrak in about 3 years. I took the Tuesday evening departure of the Cardinal #50 from CHI to CVS. Departure was 20-25 minutes late but when I woke up in the morning we were sitting in Huntington waiting for departure time from...

I received the email offering up to 50% bonus for purchase of points through next Tuesday. I'm figuring this is a pretty good deal for long distance sleeper travel only. If I purchased 15000 points for $565.50 and received the 50% bonus I'd get 22500 points. I add in the 5% rebate from AGR...

Yesterday I received the following email from Amtrak: We have exciting news to share about your upcoming trip Train 50 from Chicago, Illinois. Staring October 1, we will be debuting a new dining experience aboard your train—made exclusively available for Sleeping Car customers. Here is what...

I just received a new eticket for my trip on 90 next week, June 6th. Departure CHS 0750 (2 hrs earlier), arrival RVR 1714 (same time). ***?! Where does the extra 2 hours go? This change seems to start Mon June 3rd. Amtrak says nothing afaict. Does anyone know why this is? Track work?

Last year on 7 btw chi and msp meals were sold to coach passengers and brought to the seat by attendant. Can I expect this option next month on the same trip?

I haven't seen any official notification but I guess the 14 day advance purchase = 25% off deal for NEC tickets is dead. It used to be the Saver Fare. Now the website frequently shows no Saver Fare at all. For example, right now, 2 MONTHS ahead of time the site shows no availability for Saver...