Recent content by Allen Dee

Alan, You cited a perfect example of why Amtrak California no longer contracts with Greyhound for thruway bus service. For decades, Greyhound provided the majority of the thruway bus service in California, but not any more. The thruway bus service between LAUS and Las Vegas, which is operated...

Awhile back, I had a friend who attempted to board an Amtrak California Thruway Bus between two points that are no longer served by Greyhound and was denied boarding. However, the law still remains in effect. It is time for this law to be repealed or amended.

Amtrak California today operates more bus service within the state than Greyhound does. Several years ago, Greyhound lobbied the state legislature to prevent this from happening. As a result, a law was passed that the dedicated feeder routes could only transport passengers who traveled a...

Good Evening, List Members, On Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, 2007, I went to the Santa Barbara Amtrak station to create a pictorial history of the mid-day train and bus arrivals and departures. The Santa Barbara station was originally built by the SP many decades ago. Several years...

Mega Bus is now moving into California. It will be offering service to the following locations: Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, and Reno. A number of their new buses have been spotted in the Los Angeles area recently. It is rumored that this new...

Of course it costs more than $2000 per month to bus all of those passengers between Reno and Sparks. The folks at Uncle Pete and Amtrak need to work this out ASAP with the folks of the Reno city government. A stalemate like this makes all parties look stupid.

Metrolink, which was formerly operated by Amtrak, is now operated by Connex.

Very well said. I watched the entire hearing of the house railroad sub-committee several times, thanks to C-Span and Real-Player. You voters that reside in Florida need to get rid of Mica ASAP.

Just for kicks, I did a comparison to Greyhound. Their one-way fare was $33.50. The overall travel time for the trip was 5 hrs 55 min, with a 1 hr 45 min layover at the horrible Greyhound station in downtown LA. You East coast folks have just proved to me that we know how to do it here. None...

Please allow me to misspell the name once more. It's not Laney or Lahey, but Lackey!!!!!

There has been talk about reducing on-board amenities on many Amtrak trains. However, most commuter railroads have very few, if any, on-board amenities. Take a look at this example: One can board Metrolink train 214 in Lancaster at 11:27 AM and arrive at LAUS at 1:20 PM. Take a walk over to...

I am glad to hear that Gunn received such bi-partisan ovations. If anyone finds out when C-span plans to broadcast their film(s), by all means, post the information here on this forum.

The last paragraph on my last post said it all. Did I really want to spend the better part of the day riding on buses? Would I have been able to ride the detoured # 11 over Tehachapi? The risk was not worth the chance, so I elected to spend the afternoon in my favorite local sports bar...

I just now made a phone call to Amtrak, inquiring about riding the detoured Starlight over Tehachapi. The agent told me that this train will, in fact, travel all the way to LAUS (LAX) with revenue passengers, but only for those passengers who boarded north of Sacramento. I specifically asked...

P-42 Gene Poon has not as yet signed on to this move. The general talk at trainorders.com is that this a deadhead move. But, if it turns out to be a revenue run, you betcha I'll be on it. SBA-BFD Amtrak Thruway Bus BFD-LAX re-routed # 11 LAX-SBA Pacific Surfliner I was planning on...