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    USA Rail Pass Now Bookable Online - Only $299 through 6/22

    The three buses likely make different intermediate stops. Especially during the summer, there are a lot of people connecting between the Central Valley and the LA basin. If there are enough passengers, they'll divvy up the stops onto more buses and run one or more express buses, straight to...
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    Pacific Surfliner transit transfer free program?

    Amtrak doesn't make these decisions. The LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency does. It's made up of the local transit authorities (although OCTA is the managing agency). All of these changes have come since it took over management of the Pacific Surfliner from the state. I suspect that they know best...
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    Pacific Parlour Car Permanently Retired February 2018

    I bet if they keep adding dates with the PPC, demand will remain high
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    Pacific Surfliner transit transfer free program?

    Sad or just different audiences? Metrolink is a commuter railroad with few amenities. The Pacific Surfliner provides intercity service with business class, luggage service, and a cafe car. People don't ride the Surfliner instead of Metrolink (or Coaster) for the price. They ride for the...
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    San Francisco BART question

    Oh, no. SFO is so much nicer than LAX. Having had both as a home airport at different points, I'd rather be stranded at SFO than fly out of LAX.
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    Pacific Parlour Car Permanently Retired February 2018

    I don't think people would be as worked up about it if it wasn't so sudden, and there was some kind of plan moving forward. If Amtrak had simply announced that the regular schedule would not resume as previously planned in March because the cars were no longer reasonable to maintain, people...
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    San Francisco BART question

    I always used to get off at Terminal A and get on at Terminal G The stops aren't really in the bowels... just on the ground level. If you don't mind taking the circle around the terminals, you can even wait inside at Terminal A before dashing for the bus.
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    Pacific Parlour Car Permanently Retired February 2018

    Just got the e-mail and robo-call for my trip in February. It's gone.
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    San Francisco BART question

    Agreed. One has a much better chance of seeing the Bay on approach to SFO than from BART. If the OP is interested, Caltrain gives a much better chance of Bay views.
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    San Francisco BART question

    Might want to check your geography, there.
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    Siemens Caltrans/IDOT Venture design, engineering, testing and delivery (2012-2024)

    This is an amazing bit of nonsense. They are unlikely to split the cars up. I would guess that they'll all be in the northern fleet, because the Pacific Surfliner needs the capacity more, and, let's face it, is a higher-priority corridor. Whether they stay limited to specific runs has to do...
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    Craziest Drama on Amtrak you've seen?

    Members of the tour certainly seemed worried. Even if someone from the tour company came to meet them at LAUS, they wouldn't know who it was. I hope that they at least held the guy overnight. And that he lost his job. You just don't treat people that way.
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    Change in early drop-off of checked baggage policy?

    I don't think it possible to make consistent rules when different stations have different abilities in handling baggage. I've always told folks to call the local station to see if they can check in advance. Every one has different rules.
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    Craziest Drama on Amtrak you've seen?

    Story 1: I'm glad I got the sleeper Many years ago, I booked the Coast Starlight from the Bay Area down to Southern California, where my sister was living at the time. Since it's a day trip, I saved a few dollars and booked coach. I was leaving a few days before Thanksgiving and guess people...
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    Metrolink’s “Tier 4” locomotive unveiling stopped in its tracks

    Why did Metrolink go with the F125 rather than the SC-44?
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    SFW Thruway bus

    I think that you've confused some politically convenient "district" with the actual location of an identifiable place. This is just the same as drawing a circle around your whole family and saying that the "Your Mom District" includes your father and sister, and concluding that your father and...
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    SFW Thruway bus

    Let me mansplain this to you.... The Cruise Terminal is not in Fisherman's Wharf. You don't say that you're going down to Fisherman's Wharf and then hang out at the plaza in front of the Cruise Terminal. You also don't say that you're going down to Fisherman's Wharf and then go to Pier 39 or...
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    Extremely loud, long announcements on Capitol Corridor!

    It is on the Capitol Corridor.
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    Viewliner bedroom questions

    This is correct. Tons of room and a ladder that's usually stored on the upper berth when folded away.
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    SFW Thruway bus

    Fisherman's Wharf is definitely a different place from Pier 39. But they abut one another, so the stop is for both places, even though it's right in front of Pier 39. You can StreetView the Amtrak bus stop sign, although it's a bit high up on the pole.
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