20th Century Rider
Engineer
Everything else is gone,,, including fine food and flowers on the table. So is there any argument at this point???
They still have timetables, it's just that they're all online and a bit hard to find. I'm of mixed feelings about paper timetables. On the one hand, not everyone has internet and even those of us that do sometimes don't want to have to spend the time looking things up, but on the other hand, I'm cleaning out my house, and I can't believe the contribution that old timetables make to the clutter in my coat pockets and other places. I'm not sure how much they're saving in printing costs by only having timetables on line. The other thing is that the schedules get changed so frequently, printing paper timetables each time might really be a big expense.Is it too much to ask to have timetables??
We don't want to only see the route from one city to another, can we see the whole route?
They still have timetables, it's just that they're all online and a bit hard to find. I'm of mixed feelings about paper timetables. On the one hand, not everyone has internet and even those of us that do sometimes don't want to have to spend the time looking things up, but on the other hand, I'm cleaning out my house, and I can't believe the contribution that old timetables make to the clutter in my coat pockets and other places. I'm not sure how much they're saving in printing costs by only having timetables on line. The other thing is that the schedules get changed so frequently, printing paper timetables each time might really be a big expense.
I don't understand, I planned a couple of trips recently. They have pdfs for everything. Same format as always.I do not miss printed schedues, but there is no good reason not to provide .pdfs that are informational, concise and an easy reference, by downloading onto your smart phone and/or computer or printing out on your own. They can have it both ways. There can't be any meaningful cost savings by dropping .pdfs, but I suspect that's the direction they are going.
Amtrak has never provided a luxury tourist business (except when they provided crews and motive power for AOE, Grande Luxe, etc.).The government is not in the luxury tourist business...
There are certainly many levels of luxury... my reference to 'luxury' of the past was a higher standard of service as compared to now when everything is bare bones. Flex dining is substandard. Below examples of a much higher standard of the past...Amtrak has never provided a luxury tourist business (except when they provided crews and motive power for AOE, Grande Luxe, etc.).
You don't need a cell signal, just GPS, if you spend some time before your trip downloading maps to your phone for offline use. That's for Google Maps on Android; I don't know about other platforms.Computer aps also show where you are and how fast the speed of the train... although the train may be in remote areas where there is no signal or weak signal.
I don't understand, I planned a couple of trips recently. They have pdfs for everything. Same format as always.
Amtrak Routes & Stations
You have to click on the particular route, then there's a link for the schedule. All they need to do is redesign the web site so that the links to all the schedules can be accessed from the home page. But constantly changing web sites for the worse is not a problem limited to Amtrak.
Yep.I don't understand, I planned a couple of trips recently. They have pdfs for everything. Same format as always.
Amtrak Routes & Stations
You have to click on the particular route, then there's a link for the schedule. All they need to do is redesign the web site so that the links to all the schedules can be accessed from the home page. But constantly changing web sites for the worse is not a problem limited to Amtrak.
I don't understand, I planned a couple of trips recently. They have pdfs for everything. Same format as always.
Amtrak Routes & Stations
You have to click on the particular route, then there's a link for the schedule. All they need to do is redesign the web site so that the links to all the schedules can be accessed from the home page. But constantly changing web sites for the worse is not a problem limited to Amtrak.
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