Cristobal
Lead Service Attendant
I'm making a trip up to Reno and back in a few weeks time and I just find it kinda funny that Amtrak offers up a connection between the CC and the CZ of only 7 min at EMY (a weekend trip, arrive EMY 9:03 AM, depart EMY 9:10 AM).
I've ridden this CC train (#724 which overnights at SJC) many, many times and I almost always see the CZ sitting in the Oakland yard ready to roll as we go by. Except for this one time when a little motive power issue on the #724 caused some delays.
So, does Amtrak put enough confidence in the OTP of the CC trains (supposedly tops in the country) to allow this connection? A missed connection on the outbound of this trip means waiting 2 hours at EMY for the next CC and taking it to SAC for a bus trip to Reno. That would actually get me to Reno only about 10 minutes behind a (on-time) CZ but it certainly wouldn't be the same as relaxing in a roomette while watching the snow banks go by.
I'm just curious as to the criteria used at the Amtrak website for how much layover time is required for a given route.
I've ridden this CC train (#724 which overnights at SJC) many, many times and I almost always see the CZ sitting in the Oakland yard ready to roll as we go by. Except for this one time when a little motive power issue on the #724 caused some delays.
So, does Amtrak put enough confidence in the OTP of the CC trains (supposedly tops in the country) to allow this connection? A missed connection on the outbound of this trip means waiting 2 hours at EMY for the next CC and taking it to SAC for a bus trip to Reno. That would actually get me to Reno only about 10 minutes behind a (on-time) CZ but it certainly wouldn't be the same as relaxing in a roomette while watching the snow banks go by.
I'm just curious as to the criteria used at the Amtrak website for how much layover time is required for a given route.