Acela150
Super Buff
When is the Fall/Winter schedule change??
Agreed, Nov 8 is the date that I heard.More than likely, November 8 or so.
Great find...too bad Amtrak got away from the RR's 100 plus year habit of putting out new TT's at the change of time(Daylight to Standard and vice-versa)..it's more of a guessing game now unless you book into the future time period and the computer has the new times!The SWC has one that's effective October 18. New timetable is on Amtraks website. Looks like it will be leaving Chicago 30 minutes earlier (2:45) And they've built in some time for the downgraded track in Kansas.
November 7,200 am is time change!Great find...too bad Amtrak got away from the RR's 100 plus year habit of putting out new TT's at the change of time(Daylight to Standard and vice-versa)..it's more of a guessing game now unless you book into the future time period and the computer has the new times!The SWC has one that's effective October 18. New timetable is on Amtraks website. Looks like it will be leaving Chicago 30 minutes earlier (2:45) And they've built in some time for the downgraded track in Kansas.
Speaking of timetables, I am wondering how much longer will Amtrak distribute timetables. In this age of more and more people carrying smartphones and other communications devices, I would guess pretty soon you will have to go 'online' to get schedule information.
Airlines have ceased putting them out long ago, although in their case they change their schedules much more frequently than Amtrak. Even Greyhound stopped the practice.
I suppose that if Amtrak can carry enough advertising in timetables to pay the costs to produce them, they may continue.
Probably only railfans or collectors would lament their loss.
How can one do this Alan?If one knows the trick, one can often find the new schedules on Amtrak's website 3 to 4 weeks prior to the effective date. The printed timetables generally start showing up about 2 weeks or so before the effective date.
Amtrak generally doesn't make a huge fanfare about the new TT's though.
Speaking of timetables, I am wondering how much longer will Amtrak distribute timetables. In this age of more and more people carrying smartphones and other communications devices, I would guess pretty soon you will have to go 'online' to get schedule information.
Airlines have ceased putting them out long ago, although in their case they change their schedules much more frequently than Amtrak. Even Greyhound stopped the practice.
I suppose that if Amtrak can carry enough advertising in timetables to pay the costs to produce them, they may continue.
Probably only railfans or collectors would lament their loss.
Wow! I thought I was the only one to sit down and browse the Amtrak Timetable! Its great light reading and relaxing, always thought I was a little weird! Actually, given the interest that we all have, the cost is nothing compared to the PR Amtrak receives! If they stopped printing, I would have to find something new to read, like the newspaper!While fans and collector's (including myself), enjoy sitting down with a system timetable, I'll have agree that they are expensive. And when a schedule has to be changed in between issues, it is too costly to produce entirely new ones.
Perhaps Amtrak could do what Greyhound does....on request they will provide a customer with a printout of the schedules between the stations of interest to that customer.
That is right up to date, and inexpensive to produce.
And not to say, much easier for the novice traveler to read than trying to find schedules in a thick booklet.
Very true Choo, Choo but if you look at Amtrak TT's they are not dated (Spring/Summer, Fall/Winter) as were pre-Amtrak TT's. This change of time date is just a coincidence as I promise you that some Amtrak TT's have missed the mark (change of time)by a month or more.Maybe Rafi has more info on TT release dates?November 7,200 am is time change!Great find...too bad Amtrak got away from the RR's 100 plus year habit of putting out new TT's at the change of time(Daylight to Standard and vice-versa)..it's more of a guessing game now unless you book into the future time period and the computer has the new times!The SWC has one that's effective October 18. New timetable is on Amtraks website. Looks like it will be leaving Chicago 30 minutes earlier (2:45) And they've built in some time for the downgraded track in Kansas.
i would never assume that the sparse advertising covers the cost of production, let alone bringing in additional revenue. one only needs to look at the airlines for proof that printed schedules are no money maker. this also applies to paper tickets. both will be gone very soon.This is one category I'd have to give Amtrak an A plus. If one reads the first Amtrak TT's there was little,or no,advertising. I would imagine that the TT is self supporting, if not a revenue enhancer, with all the paid advertising. I think that Amtrak would be wise to continue in this direction.
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