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Effective Transit Alliance's view on the New York Regional Rail network
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Building 7 to Secaucus and building a station in the Sunnyside area (or revamping Hunters Point Avenue station, that has terminating...
Nov 7, 2023
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Effective Transit Alliance's view on the New York Regional Rail network
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Yeah. If there's one (of two) cities in the USA that needs a unified S-Bahn network for operational reasons, it would be NYC. Getting...
Nov 7, 2023
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To really do through running I think you would need a new political entity that would span probably the 3 states involved (NY NJ and CT)...
Nov 7, 2023
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Amtrak has changed its no-show policy, theoretically, you can now board your connecting leg without your trip being forfitted. Luckily...
Nov 6, 2023
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Connecting Bus SFC-EMY when Train 14 is delayed
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From what I remember the bus will depart on time from SF. That way if the train makes up significant time you're not caught out while...
Nov 5, 2023
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Is Select outside of the NEC worth running for?
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I haven't done the exact math on where a second Business trip would cut short if the first is to LAX, but it would probably be around...
Nov 5, 2023
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I was doing some figuring last night. Select gets you a 25% point bonus, which is ½ point per dollar. So that's 500 more points for...
Nov 5, 2023
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You do get two upgrade cards to Business, IIRC, and if (as I think you've indicated) you live in Southern CA, an upgrade to BC on the...
Nov 5, 2023
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Deutsche Bahn has joined the Star Alliance. Should Amtrak follow?
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Slightly off topic but adjacent - in the era before spend requirements, I met a few UA mileage runners that would find the really cheap...
Nov 4, 2023
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If the River Subdivision (which includes LAUPT) is out of service, Amtrak won't be able to access their 8th Street Yards (south of...
Nov 4, 2023
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Metrolink (Los Angeles) outage in December 2023
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Yeah, signaling in this area is one of those things you have to do in one go or it doesn't work. Editing: I misread the calendar due to...
Nov 4, 2023
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The title says it all, but I'll provide a little more information. I'm based in SAN so I have the Surfliner available. I'm 400 TQP...
Nov 4, 2023
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The program ended in 2020. It was a lopsided arrangement with most of the advantages of lounge sharing accruing to AGR Members, so much...
Nov 4, 2023
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Deutsche Bahn has joined the Star Alliance. Should Amtrak follow?
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I'm not sure how many flights they ran, but I wouldn't be surprised if they had at least a couple of day for O/D traffic specifically to...
Oct 28, 2023
allanorn
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Yeah, I'm not surprised that details were overlooked in American media reporting on international news items. They focused on "OMG, you...
Oct 26, 2023
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