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    How Can Amtrak Achieve 100% Cost Recovery? (F&B losses)

    100% cost recovery is fundamentally impossible with the long distance trains; recovery requires high numbers of passengers and appropriate meal times. If Im not mistaken, the Pacific Surfliners F&B revenues currently exceed every LD train with the possible exception of the Auto Train and a good...
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    California high speed rail

    In addition to the above post, the San Joaquins diesel locomotives will in no way be suitable for the extensive tunneling involved in the Bakersfield to LA section.
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    Texas HSR

    To a certain extent, that's already happening. 25% of the current cap and trade revenues is being used for CAHSR.
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    February MPR

    Surfliner took a decent sized hit even with the adjustment, though there was a weekend closure which may have been responsible
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    What small changes would increase ridership exponentially?

    The easiest small change is to add connecting bus frequencies. They very easily pay for themselves and significantly increase ridership. Half the ridership on the San Joaquins, for instance, uses a connecting bus at one or both ends of their journey.
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    Hoosier State Going from IPH Back to Amtrak

    Remember their various plans for massively increasing service at little to no cost to Indiana? It's entirely possible and likely that they were delusional enough to think that they'd get such massive increases in ridership to make money on it.
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    Talgo Trainsets to California

    You sure it was a Talgo and not the normal single level consist?
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    Amtrak Siemens Charger locomotive (SC44, ALC42, ALC42E)

    One presumes the SEHSR corridor eventually and the F59s are due for replacement in the next few years.
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    September 2016 (Final FY 2016) MPR is out

    Just under three million for the Surfliner. Hopefully we'll break that, and then some, with the new round trip.
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    Ridership per route segment data

    I've seen it for California's trains, but mostly pretty out of date. It may show up again in a LOSSAN presentation in near future though. I doubt you'd ever see it for an LD train however.
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    Viewliner II - Part 1 - Initial Production and Delivery

    Looking at that, while training on EKGs:
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    Acela II RFP information announcement

    I'm not quite sure where you got any power car length spec from what was in that link, but I did find some additional info in the following link:https://www.partners.alstom.com/Assets/Information/?AssetID=67efd9c5-e84c-468f-a2b5-2469b6e86210 After going to the downloadable files tab and opening...
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    The next few years

    Previous presentations to the board have indicated that they're able to do this by using existing equipment a bit more efficiently.
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    The next few years

    12th daily round trip between San Diego and Los Angeles anticipated October 2016. Early morning from San Diego, mid-evening from Los Angeles. Some special trains from Los Angeles to Palm Springs in April 2017 and extra trains for Thanksgiving, not just longer ones.
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    Where are all the dining cars going?

    Maintenance costs are directly related to character in an exponential fashion.
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    Checked baggage on Pacific Surfliner

    You definitely can.
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    Silver Star has new Café menu and no diner

    Close to a million dollars a month in decreased operating loss isn't "slightly less."
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    Amtrak Siemens Charger locomotive (SC44, ALC42, ALC42E)

    Delivery schedule has slipped 2-3 weeks
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