I am bringinga bike with me next week stl-chi on 318. Booked business class which will probably be the trusted amfleet cafe car.
Where will the guess be I will be instructed to secure the bicycle? Somewhere back in a venture coach car?
I was surprised to learn that the Missouri River Runner was profitable in April 2023 reporting.
On the sheet it broke out the Kansas to Saint Louis portion and not the entire route of three eighteen and three nineteen from Chicago.
Did low river levels and no flooding help?
The 5 rows of econ in biz class sounds like they can have the "reserved for crew" area.
Not a bad option from having to use up dining tables. Hopefully radios can be kept to a low volume.
It looked like train 300/306 is running new midwest venture fleet coaches. Frees up 4 or so amfleet 2s. If other ventures are being deployed of Michigan or hiawatha services, could be enough to push amfleet 2s them back toward the northeast.
Have you looked into fedexing 2 bags to your destination prior to your arrival? Unsure your airline but I know UA offers the service under the marketing name "baggage delivery"
As a consumer. I found that 304 was one of the few trains that runs near capacity each day due to its timing at spi and bnl to chicago. That train could capture more revenue with more cars and the larger business class product promised with the new equipment.
New schedule appears to have several benefits.
Longest runtime possible for venture equipment all the way to kc
This prevents having the turn trains around in stl.
Don't have to clean 303 or the river runners in stl.
CUS has new printed signs in boarding area for the trains. So it seems as...
There is a schedule change that happened.
No more 303/304 lincoln service.
Mo river runner now begins & end in Chicago as 318/319. Today it used venture coach equipment and 2 baggage cars. I didnt see what type of cafe car.
301/306 was 6 cars. Using 5 amfleet ii and an amfleet 1 biz/cafe...
Chicago lounge always asked for my ticket regardless of select plus status and non-status years. When paper ticketed, they sometimes use a highlighter to mark up the ticket for easier identification if you exit and reenter the lounge. It does get a bit chaotic. Sometimes just going to the...
Couple of questions for the audience:
With the run through is there no longer a 322/321? I tried to look to book and can only book stl-chi on 22 or 21.
Has anyone taken the service through stl? Do they allow customer access to terminal now while it remains in station?