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  1. Train2104

    Greyhound through ticketing

    This is the reverse of what you are probably thinking. Reno Amtrak is now a station in Greyhound's reservation system, and it appears that you can book the Zephyr for travel between RNO and SLC (including Elko/Winnemucca) like any other Greyhound-ticketed third party carrier.
  2. Train2104

    asm.transitdocs.com update

    https://asm.transitdocs.com/ In response to several requests following the derailment of 501, I've made the train status page a lot more prominent. Unfortunately, that means the home page is no longer directly the map, so update your bookmarks accordingly if that's all you care for. In...
  3. Train2104

    Exact routing to Roanoke

    For the sake of me adding the route to the map - What is the exact route Amtrak will be taking to Roanoke? Via Bedford or Altavista? If via Bedford, what does the routing in the Lynchburg vicinity look like? Thanks.
  4. Train2104

    Train Location History

    I've been collecting train location history since mid-December, now I finally built a front-end for it. Data goes as far back 12/10/2016 departures. There are a few (< 100) rows missing from the historical data due to some bugs that have since been fixed...
  5. Train2104

    Maple Leaf through fares

    A quick check shows the Maple Leaf NYP-NFL to be $66 low bucket. Reasonable. But once I cross the border, VIA adds $40, and to go all the way to Toronto costs $157. Any hints to get around this massive fare jump? One idea was to walk across the border and take GO Transit, but I'm not sure how...
  6. Train2104

    Maple Leaf now e-Ticket enabled

    It appears that e-ticketing has gone live on the Canadian portion of the Maple Leaf. This leaves the Atlantic City Line as the last paper value ticket generator I'm aware of.
  7. Train2104

    Coming soon to asm.transitdocs.com...

    Coming soon... It'll all be on one map when it's done, even though the data is significantly more limited than what we have for Amtrak.
  8. Train2104

    The ol' Toledo Shuffle

    Will be doing this next week on 49. Never got a reply to my question in the AGR forum way back when, so I'll ask them here: Many people have said that they could get into their roomette early, if the prior passenger has already departed. So: -Who do I ask? Conductor or SCA? -Where? (Buffalo...
  9. Train2104

    Student discount - changes

    Changes to the student discount: https://www.amtrak.com/student -Now 15% instead of 10% -No membership required anymore, simply present a student ID onboard -Only bookable through the desktop website - no mobile app, no mobile website, no phone, no ticket office
  10. Train2104

    Anyone else get a free upgrade coupon?

    I received an email on Monday with AGR seemingly randomly giving me a free upgrade coupon. The email makes it clear that it's a Regional or Acela upgrade only, but when I look in my account it's an ordinary upgrade coupon, expiring 2/29/16. Anyone else got one?
  11. Train2104

    Coast Starlight connections - Arrow bug

    When looking for certain trips involving the Coast Starlight, I see this....what could it be? (this example is DET-SAC-PDX, the Starlight being the bottom) The arrows don't do anything, though moving from the bottom "Lower Level" to either of the other two options lowers the fare to $839.
  12. Train2104

    Booking the Toledo Shuffle

    How do I go about doing this? Note that I will be doing NYP-TOL, the other person in my westward redemption will be doing MTR-SDY-TOL. I've heard that I can do it through the AGR agent, but given that there's 3 PNR's here and not 2, I don't want the agent to get even more confused. I'm riding...
  13. Train2104

    AGR open sleeper ticket

    a) Can one get an open sleeper ticket on an AGR reservation (without spending extra points)? b) Do I even need one if the downline passenger is boarding at a transfer point?
  14. Train2104

    Out of my way for the CZ - worth it?

    I feel dumb asking this now, given that I'm not new to these forums by any means, but with the AGR changes coming I should probably use the points I've bought before they lose most of their value. This is my first western/sleeper trip, though not my first time on an LD train. There were 2 ideas...
  15. Train2104

    "Alternate Track-A-Train" v2

    I've just completed a revamp to the Amtrak Location Map (aka "Better Track-A-Train"). Since the data is still the same as Amtrak's, it's essentially cosmetic changes. The sidebar now stays fixed, for ease of use on mobile devices. The map viewport is small if you're on a narrow phone...
  16. Train2104

    Greyhound Extranet

    Is this site still being maintained? There's no timetable updates posted past March, the NEC extra run sheets were last updated in March... If they're not posting timetables anywhere but in their booking system, that's disappointing.
  17. Train2104

    Discount Tuesdays now includes Churchill

    Went to the VIA site to see if they still did Discount Tuesdays on the Canadian during peak season now that it's approaching, and found that they expanded the sleeping car discounts to the Winnipeg-Churchill route! Seems strange to me that they are doing this on a "remote service", that route...
  18. Train2104

    A Better Track-A-Train

    Since I was getting tired of Track-A-Train's "complexity through simplification" interface, I made this, using the same data feed and base map. Any location errors or missing trains on Amtrak's interface will show up here. The color coding is not the same as is used on Dixieland. Red >= 30"...
  19. Train2104

    Taking an earlier connection

    I'm presently booked on 30->178, the guaranteed connection. If 30 isn't over 70" late, I should be able to make 148 out of WAS. Would it be possible to have the ticket agent in WAS change the tickets so that I can get on that train? Or is the extra charge for doing so the full bucket price at...
  20. Train2104

    Buying student ticket w/ Transportation Certificate

    Is this possible? The former is online only, the latter is ticket office only....
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