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Just Saw an Acela Commercial!!! On FOX
Be on the look out for those of you on the NEC.
Be on the look out for those of you on the NEC.
Amtrak does quite a bit of advertising in California, but most (or all) of it is in newspapers.jccollins said:It's too bad Amtrak doesn't advertise out here in California. Their ridership on the California trains would be at least twice as high if people knew that they existed. We may not have high speed trains like the east coast, but the trains do beat the traffic during commute hours and the people who ride them really enjoy them.
If you think the percentage of unknown potential Amtrak passengers in the Bay Area is high, you should see what is like here in Santa Barbara. I would estimate that 99.99% of the locals here are unaware of the present service between Santa Barbara and Las Vegas -- Pacific Surfliner (SBA-LAX) and Amtrak Thruway Bus Service (LAX-LVS).jccollins said:I recently participated in setting up an Amtrak advertising booth at a local park near the Martinez Station (in Concord, about ten miles from the station). I asked everyone who visited the booth whether they had rode Amtrak before. I would estimate that it was a three way split. About 33 percent said yes, about 33 percent said no but they were interested in it but just didn't know very much about it besides the bad things they heard about it on the news, and the other 33 percent said WHAT IS IT. Can you believe this? About 1/3 of the people who stopped by the booth asked what Amtrak is when they live just a few miles from one of the busiest stations in the state (7th busiest in the state).
Me too. Its the one with the car being unloaded at the baggage carousel in the Airport. Also sometimes in baseball games on tv you can see Acela advertisements like in Boston.Amfleet said:In the past two years I've seen advertising for the Acela, Downeaster, and there were a few advertsing the North American Rail Pass on my local news station. When visiting my grandparents in Pennsylvania I saw a commercial for the Auto Train on the local news station there.
Bill,Bill Haithcoat said:I wish Amtrak ads outside the NE corrider would be more specific, i.e. where the trains go and when....instead of totally generic. Mayber some are or were and I just don't see them.
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