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Hi, Does anyone have experience with how busy the Surfliner is on 12/31 and 1/2? I’m staying in San Diego for a while but want to head up to LA (and eventually Pasadena) the Rose Bowl. I know it will be busy - I’m mainly wondering if it will be so busy I’m likely to be standing the whole way if...

Bus bridges are now showing for the LD trains in the reservation system, and they are in fact bussing those as well. Chief is bussing to/from Fullerton, Sunset to/from Ontario, and Starlight to/from Van Nuys. Those are at least better than what the “sold out” status on the reservation system was...

This has been discussed a bit in the commuter rail forum, as Metrolink was the first to announce anything about this: https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/metrolink-los-angeles-outage-in-december-2023.86339/ Anyway, in addition to Metrolink, the Pacific Surfliners and Amtrak long-distance...

After Chatham (the stop before Windsor) our ETA dropped considerably, from the published 3:45 arrival to 3:36. This proved to be true, as we sped up to 150 km/h (93 mph) for much of the remaining trip, before slowing as we approached Windsor. With a 3:45 arrival I was thinking I could Uber to...

Had fun at the Grey Cup Festival and the Grey Cup itself, which was a close game (Montreal took the lead with 13 seconds left and eventually won. Glad I ended up getting club-level seats - can watch the game indoors from a lounge (though the seating was occupied quite early) instead of having...

Aah, so it’s not constant. They said it was going to be revenue based - wondering what the other variables are?

I noticed that, though the gap seemed greater the closer the date was. It is similar to what Amtrak did with their new fare classes. As far as getting a price in points, you have to do a booking, get to the payment screen, and then select points.

Yeah, that would make more sense (as would Fullerton on the Chief/Pomona on the Sunset), though perhaps they can’t have the train originate/terminate there as easily.

The new reservation system (including points redemption) is now up, and at first glance it looks like an improvement, save for the current lack of mobile app. You can not only select seats on the Corridor, you can select rooms on some sleeper trains (it seems to work on the Ocean, but the...

I’m now seeing the Southwest Chief showing “sold out” west of Riverside, the Coast Starlight south of Simi Valley, and the Sunset Limited west of Ontario on the closure dates. Makes me wonder if they’re planning on originating/terminating those there and busing to/from those stations during the...

The 9 minutes we ended up losing en route to Aldershot ended up being critical - because of that, I missed the connection to the GO train to Hamilton GO Centre. And I really *just* missed - saw it across the platform as I got up, but the doors closed just as I approached. Defeated, I made my way...

At the Windsor VIA station, I saw a lot of people waiting for the train. I wasn’t quite sure what I needed to do, as it has been a little while since I was last here. Someone quickly told me I had to get my bag weighed, which they did and put a sticker on it. They also told me the baggage...

I set off this morning from the D2A2 bus stop in downtown Ann Arbor at 10:30am. As I had a doctors appointment before, I wasn’t 100% sure I’d make that bus - if the doctor was delayed I might have to do the later one, and if it went really fast I might be able to do the earlier one. While I may...

For a while, I’ve been wanting to use the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel Bus to make a cross-border connection to VIA Rail. Living in Ann Arbor, this first became a realistic possibility when D2A2 bus service from Detroit to Ann Arbor started. That was in 2020, and ultimately everything shut down...

MDOT sounds more optimistic, stating that estimates to repair the track are much sooner than one week: https://x.com/mdot_rail/status/1725600078595801338?s=46&t=wNNq1C73opnDh3ZUxUUt-g

That should be an interesting detour - I’m planning to be in SoCal around that time, so may have to see if I can work that in. Wonder what the plans for long distance trains are - could they all terminate a station early with a bus connection?

Looks like the track will be out a week or more. Not good for Thanksgiving travel - wondering if they’ll run buses or just issue refunds and leave ticket holders to find their own alternative transportation (a tough task on Thanksgiving week). Or is there a detour they can do...

I think those proposing a Thruway bus are suggesting one from Detroit Amtrak to Windsor VIA (and the reverse), not Detroit to Toronto. That’s just a few miles.

Yeah - I feel like VIA could see a lot more ridership by extending their Windsor-Toronto train (or at least some of them) to Detroit. Would make it a viable option for Canadians who want to go to Detroit for an event or other reasons - while many in Detroit can drive to Windsor currently, those...

Just saw news of a new plan for Amtrak/VIA connecting Chicago-Detroit-Toronto service. As part of the plan, Amtrak train 350 would split from the existing route after Dearborn, serve Michigan Central Station in Detroit, and then use the CP tunnel and a new connecting track to reach the existing...