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We'd like to leave a car for a few nights at GWD in November. Amtrak's website says overnight parking is "available." Can anyone confirm this from recent experience? Is it free? Do we need to notify anyone when we're leaving our car? Thanks in advance for your help.

NCDOT officials conducting study on bringing passenger rail service to Asheville WLOS.com 7/20/22 "study was fueled by the proposal Amtrak released last year which included Asheville as a potential destination.... The study is looking at the type of service that might be offered, what times it...

With some trepidation (looking at Amtrak's many dysfunctions these days), I'm booking a long, multileg trip on eastern trains in mid-November, ending the weekend before Thanksgiving. (After the election, I figure we'll want either to celebrate or drown our sorrows. Where better than New...

Hit the Rails, Amtrak Joe! With the president’s poll numbers in the dumps, it’s time for him to remember his commuter-train roots. New Republic, 3/21/22 Outlines a fantasy meet-the-voters itinerary for Joe Biden, on existing Amtrak routes. Moderators: If this belongs in a different forum...

Sorry I've been MIA from this forum for a while. Sometimes life gets busy.... I'm thinking of traveling out west in January--a few days in California, followed by the California Zephyr to Colorado. My question for the CZ experts here is: Make a 24-hour stop in Glenwood Springs, or travel...

Just received an "updated" ticket by email from Amtrak for my upcoming trip between TCA (Toccoa, GA) and Alexandria/DC, July 2 and July 5. Coming back, it's an improvement AFAIC: Leave DC same time, arrive Toccoa half an hour later than usual, at 6:45AM. Going there, it's possibly a deal...

From an Alexandra Petri column published earlier this week: “Joe Biden is coming for everyone’s meat!” Chicken Little exclaimed. “He is going to rip all the hamburgers off the grills, and if you are eating more than your allotted steak, he is going to fling you to his hand-reared pack of hungry...

From an email sent to me yesterday, about my AGR Mastercard: "As a result of system updates, various cardholder benefits may be delayed from April 18 until April 28, including the posting of Amtrak Guest Rewards® points earned with your credit card and point rebates from Amtrak® reward travel...

On #2 right now in El Paso. Freight derailment east of here. Eastbound passengers waiting for buses to arrive to take us to San Antonio and intermediate stops.

Has anyone here ever done this? We're looking to leave a car there for a week or more, preferably right at the station, in the latter half of September. Advice about cost and/or logistics would be much appreciated. As with all travel plans in this uncertain time, this one is uncertain. 😕...

From an email in my in-box this morning: "For one week only, Amtrak Guest Rewards® members can buy points to prepare for future travel and get 50% more points. Simply buy points by June 17 to enjoy this special offer." Buying points is rarely worth it, IMHO, but if you're planning to top off...

Re-scheduling a summer trip, postponing it into late September.... Does anyone here have any info about how to get from lodging near downtown Flagstaff to the Amtrak station in time to catch the 4:30 AM eastbound Southwest Chief? Any hotels nearby that run shuttles? Will Lyft work that early...

Does anyone have current email or snail mail address for Amtrak's Customer Relations dept? Sorry to be starting a new thread for this question--I know the answer must be on this forum somewhere, but I'm not seeing it. I wish the forum's search function displayed results in chronological order...

Anyone here have recent experience with this? I'd be looking for a safe, reasonably inexpensive place to leave a car for about two weeks. Any suggestions?

If I leave my bags there in the morning, and don't need to return until it's time to catch the eastbound Sunset Limited at 10PM, what suggestions do y'all have for hopping on a train to a station that's a fairly short walk from a beach? If anyone would know, it's somebody on this forum. :)...

If anyone has an upgrade coupon they won't be using, I'd be really happy to have it for a December 20 Surfliner ticket. And if not, I'll still be happy to be getting on a train that day.  :)

For anyone who's interested, from an email I received this morning: "Don't miss out on up to 50% more points .... Surprise, we're having a Flash Sale... Don't miss out on the biggest bonus of the year—one week only. [ends Oct. 28] 30% bonus for 1,000 - 9,500 points 40% bonus for 10,000 -...

Just got this email notice: Our records indicate that you are scheduled to depart on Amtrak train number 0019 from Toccoa, Georgia at 6:15AM on Monday March 12 and arriving in New Orleans, Louisiana. That schedule has been cancelled due to a schedule change. There is no alternate service...

Wondering if this is a problem with my browser or operating system--or has amtrak.com been down all this time. Since early yesterday afternoon (Thursday 1/25), when I go to amtrak.com I get this message: We are currently conducting site maintenance.Sorry, our site is temporarily unavailable. We...

Looking into a trip in January or February, amtrak.com tells me the northbound Crescent is cancelled from NOL to ATL for several dates I've entered. Anyone know the exact range of dates for this? Every day of the week? And why it's happening?