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Some adjustments are coming to the Lake Shore and Capital menus. Starting July 11, the beef tenderloin salad will be replaced with a hot short rib, polenta and vegetable entree. It will be served with a side salad and the same salted caramel dessert. The breakfast box is being slimmed down...

Track work in Richmond, VA will necessitate the following service adjustments. Any trains operating through the area will experience delays of 30-60 minutes. June 10: 65(09) - terminates RVR. No alternate transportation RVR-NPN. 66(10) - originates RVR. No alternate transportation NPN-RVR...

Thought it might be time for a Master Thread of stations moving from Staffed to Unstaffed status as it seems to be an increasingly frequent event. Perhaps mods will find this worthy of a pin. I've gone back and gathered as many stations as I can recall and Google search for in the past couple...

Thought this might be worthy of a new thread. The PPCs are being retired from service. The last northbound trip from LAX will be on Friday, February 2 returning from SEA on February 4. Nothing was mentioned about a separate First Class Lounge continuing or not in place of the PPC. With the...

** Edited January 10 to reflect actual posted policy that changed a couple times at the last minute. ** Edited March 18 to reflect changes scheduled to take effect March 20. The following changes are effective March 20, 2018: As was originally in the January changes and rescinded at the last...

Currently unstaffed on Saturdays and Sundays, Mount Pleasant, IA (MPT), will become unstaffed every Monday-Sunday beginning May 17. Self-service checked baggage service will expand from weekends only to seven days a week. A caretaker will open and close the waiting room

May 31, 2017 will be the last day for ticketing, checked baggage and passenger assistance at Sebring, FL. No details on whether or not a caretaker will open and close the waiting room.

Fire destroyed the Berlin, CT station early this morning. Trains will not stop at Berlin until further notice. A new station building under construction next to the old one was not affected by the fire.

Just an FYI, the Silver Meteor and Silver Star consists flipped effective yesterday. Coaches up front, sleepers and baggage on the rear. * Edited to change title

Nothing has been officially published yet, but Amtrak.com is showing the follow trains sold out which typically indicates pending decisions on cancellation: These are origination dates: Wed, Oct 5 - 91 south of Tampa & 97 south of Orlando (Originates Oct 5, meaning sold out on Oct 6) Thu, Oct...

Effective July 20 westbound and July 21 eastbound, the Lake Shore Limited dining car will be replaced with an Amfleet II Lounge. Therefore the train will operate with two lounge cars, one continuing to provide regular lounge service and the other providing a "modified" dining car service. No...

Wolf Point, MT will be unstaffed effective July 1, 2016. The station waiting room will be open daily from 11 AM to 5:30 PM, or until the last train departs.

Homewood, IL will be unstaffed effective June 27, 2016. The station waiting room will be open daily from 4 PM to 9 PM, or until train 59 departs.

Effective July 1, Port Huron will no longer be staffed. The waiting room will be open from 11 PM to 7 AM daily, or until train 365 departs if it is late departing.

Another one bites the dust... While the noticed says effective June 1, the last train served will actually be #7 on the morning of May 31. The station will already be closed train #8 on the evening of May 31.

Title says it all... Caretaker will open and close the station three days a week for the Cardinal.

I strongly suspect pets will be allowed to travel on long haul trains soon, or at least some of them. Haven't seen anything official, but there is some new paperwork floating around and some station agents have mentioned it is coming.

Due to CSX trackwork, trains 91/92 will bypass Lakeland and Tampa on February 1 - 4 and Feb 8 & 9. Limited busing will be provided for affected passengers. No new bookings will be permitted to or from Lakeland and Tampa on these dates. Northbound passengers to Tampa and Lakeland will detrain at...

Hot on the heels of the Cardinal Business Class is bookable now for travel beginning February 1 on Auto Train. Like the Coast Starlight, a regular coach car will offer the business class service. Unlike Coast Starlight, business class will not take away from coach inventory. It will be an...

Due to a grade-crossing accident that derailed a Tri-Rail train, expect major delays in South Florida today. 98 is presently stopped at Deerfield Beach. Not sure what will happen with 91, 92 or 97, yet. Palm Beach Post: Tri-Rail train collides with truck in Lake Worth; 22 hurt