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Rather than the Ferry Building Thruway stop it would be better for you to get off at the Fisherman's Wharf/Pier 39 stop which is closer to your motel on Lombard. You shouldn't have trouble getting a cab there and it is about 2 miles closer. If you do get off at the Ferry Building, there is a...

The Writers' Residencies is officially a thing now - the Onion ("America's Finest News Source") is covering it in "American Voices" - fake man/woman in the street interviews about real news: http://www.theonion.com/articles/amtrak-experimenting-with-writers-residencies,35361/

Check again, the pitch for sleeper seats is 2065 mm (about 6'-9"), arranged 2 and 1. Premium economy seats are 1080 (3'6"). It appears that there is no standard economy.

In Australia, Queensland Rail has just introduced lie-flat seats on the Spirit of Queensland train running north from Brisbane on the East Coast. Here's a link to their site which give a lot of data about the seats (pitch, width, etc.)...

Here are some pics of Battle Creek Station: (After a bit of reserach it looks like this station has been updated from when this picture was taken.) and Solana Beach:

As an architect I have seen a few post-Amtrak stations featured in the architectural media over the decades, including Solana Beach, CA (by prominent San Diego architect Rob Quigley), which takes some design cues from Quonset huts; Providence RI by SOM (one of the largest architectural firms on...

Cincinnati started construction of a subway in the 1920's and finished several miles of tunnel and stations before the project was abandoned after the Stock Market crash in 1929. The tunnels still exist and there apparently was a proposal to run light rail through them but failed in the polls...

This week a meeting was held in Rochester to review alternative routes for the Rochester MSP high(er) speed rail line. http://www.postbulletin.com/news/politics/destination-twin-cities-rochester-high-speed-rail-plan-studied/article_6c3b25cb-c900-5a49-9146-9872c4653692.html The expansion of the...

In addition to funding studies for MSP to Chicago, the state legislature and Gov. Dayton approved a bill that funds infrastructure in Rochester in support of Mayo Clinic's expansion. Included in the bill is a study of a high speed rail line between Rochester and the Mall of America, with...

It's great that NYC Planning Commission put a limit on the future of MSG to allow for a new plan for Penn Station. A billion dollars over 15 years is pretty small change in the world of sports arenas, and it looks like the political will to make a real change there is growing. I agree with the...

Yes, there are plans for at least Thruway buses at the new Transbay Terminal - see this link at the project website: http://transbaycenter.org/project/program-overviewhttp://transbaycenter.org/project/program-overview. Scheduled complettion is 2017. Among the many service providers is Amtrak...

When visiting San Francisco, keep in mind that if you try to save money by staying in Fremont, the BART fare to SF is $5.65 each way, per person. That's $22.30 minimum per day. Add in the bus fare to the station (probably another $2.00 each) and the 60-90 minute travel time each way and the...

It takes so long because it's a much more pleasant experience than gripping a steering wheel on I-5 for 6 hours.

I will be travelling on the CZ this week with my partnerfrom EMY to RNO. Typically, what is the "Chef's Marketplace Special" on the lunch menu? Is it a sandwich or some other type of meal?

Good luck with your film! One of the best Amtrak videos I have seen is by someone who goes by the name Amesh2009, on youtube. Here is his or her long (about 10 minutes) rather meditative look at the Southwest Chief. It's mostly shots of the train as it passes by in the beautiful New Mexico and...

Sorry, but Frank Lloyd Wright did not design the Roanoke or any other train station. The closest he got to doing so is the original design for the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison WI, which had a train station in the ground floor. A replica of Wright's design was built 40 years after...

Instead of going to Emeryville to catch the CS, you could take Caltrain down the peninsula to San Jose and catch it there. Trains leave every hour after the morning rush hour, but it takes about 90 minutes, plus time to get to the station on Muni (take the N or K/T Muni metro from the...

Thanks roadman3313, this is just the information I need. The time I was so late westbound on the Zephyr I heard it was due to falling rocks on the track in Colorado, so weather seems to not always be a factor in the delays.

(Sorry my topic heading is too long. It's the first time I started a topic. The full topic is "If the CZ is significantly late WB at Truckee, how easy is it to change to the Capital Corridor bus?") I'm planning quick, three day trip from the Bay Area to Truckee in February with my boyfriend to...

Actually, I am planning a trip from EMY on the CZ, so I was wondering about this myself, so thanks!