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Over the past weeks, I have heard nothing but horror stories about the Amtrak Coast Starlight scheduled operations. Lots of talk going around about how these trains have been running anywhere from 4 hours late to 12 hours late or more.
Word has it that a recent interview with a Coast Starlight passenger was quoted to have stated the following: "Train from hell", "Never Again", "If I wanted to take all these hours to get here, I would have saved the money and drove it all!"
This is not a good sign at all, not good. Amtrak was said to have had this problem because of Union Pacific's inability to maintain good upkeep on their rails, UP's inability to allow Amtrak trains to pass first as stated in federal law, and again...UP's inability to dispatch properly.
Out of all of Amtrak's operations, the Coast Starlight is now suffering from having the worst schedule / on - time performance in all of the services provided by Amtrak.
Anyone want to shed light on this topic? What's true, what's media hype, and so on?
Best To All!
Word has it that a recent interview with a Coast Starlight passenger was quoted to have stated the following: "Train from hell", "Never Again", "If I wanted to take all these hours to get here, I would have saved the money and drove it all!"
This is not a good sign at all, not good. Amtrak was said to have had this problem because of Union Pacific's inability to maintain good upkeep on their rails, UP's inability to allow Amtrak trains to pass first as stated in federal law, and again...UP's inability to dispatch properly.
Out of all of Amtrak's operations, the Coast Starlight is now suffering from having the worst schedule / on - time performance in all of the services provided by Amtrak.
Anyone want to shed light on this topic? What's true, what's media hype, and so on?
Best To All!