Eric S

I happened upon the answer to the 10 options question by accident today. It was 8-8car sets for the NEC and 2-6 car battery sets for the...

Correct, 6 daily bus trips BR-NO, I was double counting various pick-up locations in the cities. The parallel routes, highway and rail...

Do you recall what date you searched? I just looked up September 20 and found about six buses. Many of the buses make more than one stop...

I think there's a dead giveaway in this article - the author's focus on premium service and capacity reads like another "give me my...

I agree, it is not a well written article. It sets up strawmen based on reading extensions to what was actually presented and then...

I think there’s plenty of alarmist nonsense in that article. First, the schematics were proof of concept for ADA compliance. I don’t...

Amtrak’s approach: plenty of nasty employees combined with a system that emphasizes lots of contact between employees and passengers...

In July the following routes report YTD ridership above July 2019. Ethan Allen Express Vermonter Maple Leaf Berkshire Flyer (vs. last...

I think it's the latter. Long-distance seats meant for overnight sleeping will take up more space than corridor seating. That being said...

So, do we think the 2-1 coach seating areas are some sort of enhanced coach or is the 2-1 seating just needed to make a wider aisle work...

The OP specifically mentioned the "European perspective" though ;)

I have read elsewhere that the new bridge will be owned by the state DOT. So chalk this one up to WaPo's inability to write an...

There certainly are Amtrak employees that are kind and authentic - goodness I used to have a waitress on the crescent who would knock on...

Or maybe thinking of SEPTA's Jefferson Station, also underground but with an amount of natural light.

Then Amtrak needs to actually block the passageway between the first class car and the rest of the train or put up a sign saying...