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In the Carpathian mountains on the Ukrainian side there is a railway, built by the Austria-Hungarian empire, which runs right alongside the border with Poland. This area used to be one country, as before 1918 it was all Austria-Hungary, and after 1918 until 1939 it was all Poland. Since 1945...

I rode the Silver Meteor #98 that departed on Dec 31. Uneven service, to say the least. Boarded in Miami, breakfast had no eggs - no omelette or scrambled. Lunch was full, dinner had no steak. This morning, breakfast had scrambled eggs, but no omelette. Out of curiosity - is it standard that...

In Poland, the national rail operator PKP went to all-assigned seating for its intercity services back in 2011. Before that, it was a free for all, much like at Amtrak. Most people who take the train consider this to be the single best thing that has happened to the trains. People really like...

I currently live in Reading (moved up here from Lancaster) so this is my primary concern. Thanks for posting the coverage of that!

Is there a feasible route for that?

I will be travelling on the Silver Meteor later in December in a sleeper from MIA to PHL. I have not done it in a sleeper NB, so and I was researching. According to the FAQs posted here back in 2015, I should get breakfast, lunch, dinner and another breakfast the next morning. Is that correct...

We're about a year after this latest update... has there been anything new at all in this regard?

In that case, I guess I got unlucky and ended up with the VI. But who knows how things will be in a few months, so I'm just going to keep it. Thanks!

Does the same rule about numbers apply to train 98? I have a trip in 9811 and was wondering if that will also be the VII.

Thank you for the information! That is actually kind of shocking that the connection has to be 90 minutes... Never knew that! In Germany, they hold connections of 15 minutes... alas, it's a different world! Thanks again. I will call or visit the station.

Hello I am trying to put together a trip from Lancaster to Boston. I am running into an issue, however, that not all connections are displaying. For example, the first train I can take according to amtrak.com is at 1:40PM that gets me into Boston just before midnight. If you search manually...

If this is how you truly think, this is an absolute joke. 20 hours of free lodging and food? Is this satire? This is a delay of 20 hours while the train trip was supposed to take no longer than 18. And due to the uniqueness of the auto train, it is not possible for the people to leave and seek...

This makes me feel fortunate to have been on the southbound on 12/26 with only a 10 hour delay :eek:

FWIW, I just wanted to let you guys know that I am still on the vacation and havent contacted Amtrak yet, but they reached out by themselves and provided a voucher for $150 each, so totalling $300. Not great, not terrible, I'll take it for what it is and run with it. :) Thank you for the advice!

Should I call AGR dedicated line or should I be calling the regular relations line?