Albuquerque Station Move

[printman2000]

Amtrak has moved out of their shack and into the Alvarado Transportation Center with Railrunner and Greyhound.

News Release

 

[wayman]

Amtrak has moved out of their shack and into the Alvarado Transportation Center with Railrunner and Greyhound.
News Release

Nice

The numbers in the press release make it sound like 20% of the SWC's passengers have Albuquerque as either their origin or destination. Am I reading that right? "Amtrak carried 66,946 passengers to and from Albuquerque and ridership on the Amtrak Southwest Chief (Trains 3 & 4) route rose by 5.4 percent to reach a total of 316,668."

 

[AlanB]

It's about time that Amtrak, the City, and Greyhound finally reached a deal.

 

[gswager]

Yup, it's about time! Now, we have a very nice looking building! I've been inside the building where Greyhound and Americanos bus stations are. The building is new, well about 2-3 years old, and a food court! Better buy a burrito from the platform.

 

[printman2000]

The numbers in the press release make it sound like 20% of the SWC's passengers have Albuquerque as either their origin or destination. Am I reading that right? "Amtrak carried 66,946 passengers to and from Albuquerque and ridership on the Amtrak Southwest Chief (Trains 3 & 4) route rose by 5.4 percent to reach a total of 316,668."

By my math, that is what they are saying.

 

[Green Maned Lion]

The world is always better place when they take Amshacks out of revenue service (assuming its replaced by something else, that is)

 

[AlanB]

The world is always better place when they take Amshacks out of revenue service (assuming its replaced by something else, that is)

Well the real tragedy here has been that the new building serving Greyhound and the Railrunner commuter service has been open for over two years now, if not three. This is a nice shiny new building with bathrooms and other ammenities. In the meantime since no agreement could be reached, Amtrak has stayed in their plan Jane ordinary building while 100 feet away sits this wonderful new building that Amtrak passengers can't use.

 

[haolerider]

The numbers in the press release make it sound like 20% of the SWC's passengers have Albuquerque as either their origin or destination. Am I reading that right? "Amtrak carried 66,946 passengers to and from Albuquerque and ridership on the Amtrak Southwest Chief (Trains 3 & 4) route rose by 5.4 percent to reach a total of 316,668."

By my math, that is what they are saying.

Yes, in FY07 33,175 passengers boarded in ABQ and 33,231 got off for a total of 66,946. The total for the SW Chief is correct at 316,668.

 

[D.P. Roberts]

"You see, the way this works is, the train moves, not the station."

- Jon Lovitz

 

[MrFSS]

The numbers in the press release make it sound like 20% of the SWC's passengers have Albuquerque as either their origin or destination. Am I reading that right? "Amtrak carried 66,946 passengers to and from Albuquerque and ridership on the Amtrak Southwest Chief (Trains 3 & 4) route rose by 5.4 percent to reach a total of 316,668."

By my math, that is what they are saying.

Yes, in FY07 33,175 passengers boarded in ABQ and 33,231 got off for a total of 66,946. The total for the SW Chief is correct at 316,668.

That's a daily average of 183 people arriving and leaving. WOW!

 

[yoohoo]

This is a good move indeed! Bus lines should serve more train station locations. Would make more business.

 

[gswager]

Well the real tragedy here has been that the new building serving Greyhound and the Railrunner commuter service has been open for over two years now, if not three. This is a nice shiny new building with bathrooms and other ammenities. In the meantime since no agreement could be reached, Amtrak has stayed in their plan Jane ordinary building while 100 feet away sits this wonderful new building that Amtrak passengers can't use.

There's no Railrunner office in that new building. Just a platform which is located north of Amtrak.

 

[rmgreenesq]

The building is new, well about 2-3 years old, and a food court! Better buy a burrito from the platform.

And the food court sells Coke products. Usually by the time I hit ABQ I've had enough Pepsi. Havn't been brave enough to buy a burrito from the platform. A moving train headed out to the middle of nowhere would be a very bad place to get food poisoning.

Rick