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When I think of the term "commuter rail" here in the US I mainly connect it with those train systems that are pretty much exclusively made for commuters as this is pretty much their main purpose. They do not work for most other travel patterns due to the extremely restricted timetable (only on...

I thought that that was the long-term goal anyway and the reason why Brightline decided to go for two locomotives? Not sure where I heard that but it was several years ago around the time they started their service between Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.

Not sure if and when the schedule will change, but currently there is a Fairfax Connector bus from Whiele Reston every 20 minutes that goes first to Dulles (on a slower and less-direct route than the Silver Line shuttle bus) and continues on to the Udvar-Hazy Center, so you could also take it...

According to Amtrak - How to Change Your Reservation the waiving of change fees has now been extended until February 28, 2023 (until recently it was valid for reservations until October 31, 2022). I really hope this will stay, even if instead of making it a general policy they keep extending it...

The code needs to be added as a discount to the passenger, not as a coupon. When you click on the passenger numbers you can choose the number of passengers and the category, and at the bottom you can enter the 4 digit discount code - see the attached screenshot.

In regards to booking a ticket with a non-adult as the primary passenger: We discussed this in a different thread a while ago and you can actually do it with an annoying workaround when using the phone apps for booking the ticket. You need to add the non-adult passenger as a second passenger...

I'm not exactly sure what you mean with the comparison of trains to 80 years ago. Google Maps is not a good source to look for available train services (in Europe, at least). Nowadays, there are six direct ICE services between Leipzig and Ulm (it's routed via Frankfurt, not Nuremberg), and even...

I agree, I often feel like it is not understood how the systems actually work, and miss a bigger context. It's not solely an American issue though, I sometimes think that rail travel is generally a topic that is not well understood by reporters not specialising in this field, also in Europe...

The transportation system in many places in Europe work a bit different than that and going into full detail would be one or multiple articles. First of all, there is of course no "one solution" used in Europe but it differs in each country, my experience is mainly in Austria, Germany and the...

A few years ago I have taken the Champlain Valley Dinner Train from and to Burlington, VT (it goes south to Middlebury and back north to Burlington). Great trip to do in fall! https://www.rails-vt.com/burlington/champlain-valley-dinner-train/

I was surprised to see that passengers just remain onboard their cars, considering all the safety restrictions applicable for operation in the Eurotunnel. There are other "Auto trains" like this in Europe as well - I mean trains that act kind of like car ferries to get around an obstacle...

I cannot evaluate what are the exact reasons for cancelling the whole train - and it might be very well that in this case it's the only option, but this is not the only time it happens, it happens all the time. When there was the threat of the rail strike, trains were cancelled days in advance...

It still blows my mind how it is just completely normal and accepted by passengers that an entire train is cancelled because of an issue that only affect a part of the route (like weather or potential (!) rail strikes starting in a few days). It would not necessarily be such a big issue but in...

Around DC there are some stations served both by commuter rail and Amtrak (besides Washington DC Union Station). Shared with VRE south of DC: Alexandria, VA Burke, VA Manassas, VA Quantico, VA Fredericksburg, VA Shared with MARC north of DC: Rockville, MD Harpers Ferry, WV Martinsburg, WV...

Thanks, I hope it actually works (I didn't go through with the booking obviously). I do have a background in IT, even though I'm not working in the industry.

As DCAKen and fdaley indicated, it depends on your overall travel plans/itinerary. If you can book the flight from DCA to EWR on the same ticket as your flight out of EWR, then I would definitely suggest to book that. In case of cancellations either of the first or the second flight, the...

I just tried this myself on the iOS app and it does seem to work when using a little workaround. I first added a senior traveler in addition to the standard adult, then removed the adult and added one again. At that point, the app put the senior as "Traveler 1" and the adult as "Traveler 2"...

When you book a multi-city trip now, it looks like it just adds up the prices for the individual trips (as if you booked them separately), while in the past you could get a lower price for the overall trip compared to the sum of the individual trips .

Not sure about Android, but on iOS devices you can add reservations to your "Wallet", and if you do that then they are on your phone (and not just in the Amtrak app) and should remain there even if the Amtrak app "forgets" them or even if you delete it, the same should apply if you open the...

May I ask why you want to change to the Acela to NYC? The Palmetto goes directly to NYC via DC, you don't need to change the train in DC. Depending on the schedule their might be a slightly faster option available by changing to an Acela, but I would just stay on the Palmetto instead of...