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About How Often Do You Ride Amtrak?

  • Daily (work/daily commuter)

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  • Few Times a Week (casual commuter/business trips)

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  • Once a Week

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Two or Three Times a Month

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Once a Month

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  • Between Once a Month and Twice a Year

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  • Twice a Year

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Once a Year

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  • Less Than Once a Year

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Never

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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jccollins

jccollins

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Most of us obviously enjoy the benefits of rail transportation, but ABOUT how often do YOU get the luxury?
 
I fit into the two or three times a month category. As a college student in Reno, NV without a car, Amtrak is my sole source of transportation in and out of the city... and I love it! :D
 
I fit the once a week category commuting from sachole to the bay area.
 
Being still employed (not yet retired) and not having occasion to travel on business, I usually take one "big" vacation per year and one smaller trip, say, overnight to Washington, or even just four hours away from ATL to BHM. Wish it were more.
 
I usually wind up taking long weekend vacations everyother month. And it's usually to destinations that Amtrak serves, so why not take the train. :D
 
My frequency can vary widely. For most of the year while I'm in school I'll ride a couple times a month on the weekends (when the Marlins and Dolphins aren't at home) up to the Central Florida area and back same day (ocasionally I'll overnight at my Grandparents or Aunt & Uncles). During my breaks though I can travel up to 1600 miles per week (considering I work off a corridor 250 miles long that's a bunch of trips). But my choice went under the 2-3 times per month.
 
Between school, work, me still under the control of my parents, and a tight schedule I usually take one overnight trip on Amtrak each year. In between it's usually a commuter ride to Boston every two months or so.
 
I also fall under the category of a few times per year. not necessarily once per month, but I take it when the opportunity presents itself. I had no rason to take the train for over a decade, then I started Graduate school, and the train gives me a choice as to how I would visit the relatives. The only downside ( and it is a significant one) is that Amtrak doesn't serve Madison, WI directly. The nearest stations, coming from the West, are Portage and Columbus WI. The cab fare one-way can be almost as much as the round-trip train ticket from Red Wing :( . Oh, well. Sometimes that's the way life is. Kind of fun to be able to once again do something that I enjoyed in the past.
 
I guess Amtrak Railfan - Ricardo hasn't voted yet. (No one has checked the never category). <_<
 
Most employees will either drive to work or use mass transit in large cities. Driving is the most conventional method as you have a lot of stuff to carry, and getting on and off mass transit with a grip, overnight, flagmans kit, and all your other junk isnt fun.
 
battalion51 said:
Most employees will either drive to work or use mass transit in large cities. Driving is the most conventional method as you have a lot of stuff to carry, and getting on and off mass transit with a grip, overnight, flagmans kit, and all your other junk isnt fun.
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Yeah I agree. But thats not to say if I had the option I wouldnt use it! :D
 
jccollins said:
I guess Amtrak Railfan - Ricardo hasn't voted yet.  (No one has checked the never category).   <_<
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That is a rather mean comment. How do you think Amtrak Railfan would feel if he were to read this? It's no different than being a bully. Did you ever learn... If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anthing at all...?

By the way, I picked 2 times a year. Since I will be taking my second trip this winter.

Diane
 
Diane said:
jccollins said:
I guess Amtrak Railfan - Ricardo hasn't voted yet.  (No one has checked the never category).   <_<
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That is a rather mean comment. How do you think Amtrak Railfan would feel if he were to read this? It's no different than being a bully. Did you ever learn... If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anthing at all...?

By the way, I picked 2 times a year. Since I will be taking my second trip this winter.

Diane
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Diane, the truth is that Ricardo has never ridden Amtrak. I sort of don't understand how that could be interpreted as being a bully. If it were meant to be rude, I wouldn't say he deserved it but its to be expected with the type (and frequency) of "contributions" he makes.
 
Diane said:
jccollins said:
I guess Amtrak Railfan - Ricardo hasn't voted yet.  (No one has checked the never category).   <_<
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That is a rather mean comment. How do you think Amtrak Railfan would feel if he were to read this? It's no different than being a bully. Did you ever learn... If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anthing at all...?

Diane
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I agree with Diane about putting a mean remark on him. I'm aware that he never rode Amtrak before, but that is his wish list.

Ricardo, have you ever been riding on commuter trains before?
 
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