Now you've done it John Bobinyec! I saw this article a few days ago and decided it wasn't in our interests to post it! Hopefully, Amtrak will not see this article because if they do, you can bet they won't attempt to raise the standards in other stations...they'll just degrade the service here.It's Cary, NC!
The station in downtown Cary was ranked No. 1 in “overall station experience” in Amtrak’s 2017 customer satisfaction rankings, with a score of 97 percent, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation. Customers were asked to judge their station based on several criteria, including cleanliness, safety, clarity of signs, friendliness of station workers and ease in boarding trains.
The town-owned Cary station outscored more than 450 other Amtrak stations across the country. The station in Salisbury ranked fourth, with a score of 94 percent, according to NCDOT.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article183418826.html#storylink=cpy
jb
There are two daily Piedmonts in each direction.The article states "Eight trains a day stop in Cary, including the Piedmont, the Carolinian and the Silver Star." Those 3 daily trains account for 6 stops. What makes the other two?
Well, if Cary EVER gets canopies over its platforms instead of the sad bus shelters that we have now, we could hit the top again.Please allow a brief "fair use" quote from the linked article above:
Now you've done it John Bobinyec! I saw this article a few days ago and decided it wasn't in our interests to post it! Hopefully, Amtrak will not see this article because if they do, you can bet they won't attempt to raise the standards in other stations...they'll just degrade the service here.It's Cary, NC!
The station in downtown Cary was ranked No. 1 in “overall station experience” in Amtrak’s 2017 customer satisfaction rankings, with a score of 97 percent, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation. Customers were asked to judge their station based on several criteria, including cleanliness, safety, clarity of signs, friendliness of station workers and ease in boarding trains.
The town-owned Cary station outscored more than 450 other Amtrak stations across the country. The station in Salisbury ranked fourth, with a score of 94 percent, according to NCDOT.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article183418826.html#storylink=cpy
jb
The agents will be replaced by a lackluster, broken website. They will be reassigned to "gate dragon" status and Governor Cuomo will start sending displaced Rochester employees to make sure the signs at your stations point the wrong way.
A station in New York will be number next year! Count on it!!!
If it doesn't involved paving asphalt and laying down ridiculous tolled Express Lanes that don't go any faster than the regular lanes but cost $5, Florida isn't interested.I am surprised that Florida doesn’t do more for passenger rail as they have population density, cities reasonably close together, and traffic problems, especially in tourist areas. Maybe Brightline will take on that opportunity. It is interesting that the Siemens built cars they use will now be built for Midwest and CA services.
Thanks. Guess I was too lazy to look in the timetables for the answer. Either that or too close to bedtime!There are two daily Piedmonts in each direction.The article states "Eight trains a day stop in Cary, including the Piedmont, the Carolinian and the Silver Star." Those 3 daily trains account for 6 stops. What makes the other two?
Until the current regime of kleptocracy ends in Florida nothing will change. Too many have their snouts in the trough of the Florida Highway Department which grandly calls itself the FDOT [emoji57] OTOH unfortunately there is no guarantee in Florida that the present one won’t be replaced by another one. [emoji53]If it doesn't involved paving asphalt and laying down ridiculous tolled Express Lanes that don't go any faster than the regular lanes but cost $5, Florida isn't interested.I am surprised that Florida doesn’t do more for passenger rail as they have population density, cities reasonably close together, and traffic problems, especially in tourist areas. Maybe Brightline will take on that opportunity. It is interesting that the Siemens built cars they use will now be built for Midwest and CA services.
Truer words were never spoken. You can insert Texas into your statement as well.If it doesn't involved paving asphalt and laying down ridiculous tolled Express Lanes that don't go any faster than the regular lanes but cost $5, Florida isn't interested.I am surprised that Florida doesn’t do more for passenger rail as they have population density, cities reasonably close together, and traffic problems, especially in tourist areas. Maybe Brightline will take on that opportunity. It is interesting that the Siemens built cars they use will now be built for Midwest and CA services.
There are a number of improvement projects in the pipeline for Cary Station.Well, if Cary EVER gets canopies over its platforms instead of the sad bus shelters that we have now, we could hit the top again.
If it were on Chatham or something I would say forget it, but Harrison north of Chatham is not really much to get excited about right now. Everything along there (gas station, strip malls, strip *club*, etc) is game for redevelopment IMO and any such redevelopment should be built so the ground floor is at the level of the bridge. Kind of like that building on the north side of Hillsborough Street near downtown Raleigh between Glenwood and the bridge over the RR.I'm really hoping that Cary doesn't build that bridge. It'll cut right through the middle of town like the Great Wall of China.
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