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From Gene Poon via the Amtrak Yahoo group:
AMTRAK FARE CHANGES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 11, 2005
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2005, CERTAIN FARES WILL CHANGE.
.
POINT-TO-POINT RAIL FARES:
.
LONG-DISTANCE ROUTES:
RAIL FARES ON MOST LONG-DISTANCE ROUTES WILL INCREASE BY
APPROXIMATELY THREE PERCENT. THE SIGNIFICANT EXCEPTION WILL
BE THAT NO INCREASE WILL OCCUR ON THOSE PORTIONS OF /LONG-
DISTANCE ROUTES THAT OVERLAP STATE-SUPPORTED SERVICES (E.G.
CHI-STL ON TEXAS EAGLE AND SEA-EUG ON COAST STARLIGHT/).
.
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR:
REGIONALS:
MOST CITY-PAIRS WILL SEE RAIL FARES INCREASED BY
APPROXIMATELY THREE PERCENT. LOCAL FARES BETWEEN
SPRINGFIELD AND NEW HAVEN WILL NOT CHANGE, NOR WILL
LOCAL FARES BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND HARRISBURG.
.
ACELA EXPRESS:
ACELA EXPRESS RAIL FARES WILL BE INCREASED ON THE NORTH
END (BETWEEN BOSTON AND THE NEW YORK AREA). THE
PEAK/SHOULDER/OFF-PEAK FARES IN THE BOS-NYP CITY-PAIR THAT
WERE PREVIOUSLY SET AT $99/$92/$85 RESPECTIVELY WILL BECOME
$109/$99/$89 RESPECTIVELY. THE INTERMEDIATE NORTH END
CITY-PAIRS WILL SEE INCREASES SIMILAR IN PROPORTION TO THE
BOS-NYP CHANGES, RANGING FROM APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO TEN
PERCENT. ACELA EXPRESS (AND METROLINER) RAIL FARES WITHIN
AND TO/FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE NEC WILL NOT CHANGE.
.
MULTI-RIDE RAIL FARES:
.
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR:
MONTHLY AND TEN-RIDE FARES WILL INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY
THREE TO FIVE PERCENT, DEPENDING ON CITY-PAIR (MULTI-RIDE
FARES BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND NEW HAVEN AND INTERMEDIATE
POINTS WILL NOT CHANGE, NOR WILL THOSE BETWEEN
PHILADELPHIA AND HARRISBURG AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS).
.
WASHINGTON STATE:
TEN-RIDE (UM45) FARES BETWEEN BELLINGHAM AND MT. VERNON,
ON THE ONE HAND, AND EVERETT THRU SEATTLE, ON THE OTHER,
WILL INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY 26 PERCENT.
.
NORTH CAROLINA:
TWO NEW MULTI-RIDE FARE PLANS WILL BE OFFERED FOR TRAVEL
WITHIN NORTH CAROLINA (BETWEEN ROCKY MOUNT AND CHARLOTTE
AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS). ONE, THE 'UMNC', WILL BE VALID
FOR TEN RIDES WITHIN 180 DAYS, AND THE OTHER, 'UMN6', WILL
BE VALID FOR SIX RIDES WITHIN 180 DAYS. BOTH FARES WILL BE
VALID ON THE CAROLINIAN AND ON THE PIEDMONT; THEY WILL NOT
BE VALID ON THE SILVER METEOR/STAR, PALMETTO OR CRESCENT.
BOTH FARES WILL ALLOW UPGRADES TO BUSINESS CLASS UPON
'FM' IN PRICING). THEY WILL BE VALID ONLY FOR THE PERSON
WHO SIGNS THE TICKET; THEY ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE, AND MAY
NOT BE USED FOR MULTIPLE PASSENGERS ON ONE TRIP.
.
EXPLORE AMERICA FARES:
EXPLORE AMERICA FARES WILL INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY THREE
PERCENT.
.
ACCOMMODATION CHARGES:
.
PREMIUM TRAIN FIRST CLASS SEAT CHARGES:
FIRST CLASS SEAT CHARGES ON ACELA EXPRESS AND METROLINER
SERVICES WILL BE ADJUSTED SO THAT IN MOST CITY-PAIRS THE
SEAT CHARGE WILL BE EQUAL TO APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF
THE PEAK ACELA EXPRESS RAIL FARE IN THE SAME CITY-PAIR.
THERE WILL BE A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE THE ACCOMMODATION
CHARGE WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE PEAK
ACELA EXPRESS RAIL FARE.
.
SLEEPING CAR ACCOMMODATION CHARGES:
MOST SLEEPING CAR ACCOMMODATION CHARGES ACROSS THE AMTRAK
SYSTEM WILL CHANGE. EACH SLEEPING CAR ROUTE WAS REVIEWED
INDIVIDUALLY AND SLEEPER TRAVEL PATTERNS ON EACH SERVICE
EVALUATED. AS A RESULT OF THIS REVIEW THERE WILL BE
ACCOMMODATION CHARGES THAT INCREASE, SOME THAT DECREASE,
AND SOME THAT REMAIN THE SAME. MOST ACCOMMODATION CHARGES
WILL SEE MODERATE INCREASES IN THE 3 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE;
A FEW WILL SEE INCREASES OF AS MUCH AS 35 PERCENT, WHILE A
FEW OTHERS WILL SEE DECREASES OF AS MUCH AS 24 PERCENT.
.
MOST CITY-PAIRS WILL ALSO SEE THE BUCKET LEVELS (E.G. ES,
EA, EB, EC, ED) FOR EACH ROOM TYPE RE-SET SO THAT THE
DOLLAR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EACH BUCKET WILL BECOME MORE
EVEN ACROSS ALL FIVE BUCKETS.
-source: AMTRAK
AMTRAK FARE CHANGES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 11, 2005
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2005, CERTAIN FARES WILL CHANGE.
.
POINT-TO-POINT RAIL FARES:
.
LONG-DISTANCE ROUTES:
RAIL FARES ON MOST LONG-DISTANCE ROUTES WILL INCREASE BY
APPROXIMATELY THREE PERCENT. THE SIGNIFICANT EXCEPTION WILL
BE THAT NO INCREASE WILL OCCUR ON THOSE PORTIONS OF /LONG-
DISTANCE ROUTES THAT OVERLAP STATE-SUPPORTED SERVICES (E.G.
CHI-STL ON TEXAS EAGLE AND SEA-EUG ON COAST STARLIGHT/).
.
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR:
REGIONALS:
MOST CITY-PAIRS WILL SEE RAIL FARES INCREASED BY
APPROXIMATELY THREE PERCENT. LOCAL FARES BETWEEN
SPRINGFIELD AND NEW HAVEN WILL NOT CHANGE, NOR WILL
LOCAL FARES BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND HARRISBURG.
.
ACELA EXPRESS:
ACELA EXPRESS RAIL FARES WILL BE INCREASED ON THE NORTH
END (BETWEEN BOSTON AND THE NEW YORK AREA). THE
PEAK/SHOULDER/OFF-PEAK FARES IN THE BOS-NYP CITY-PAIR THAT
WERE PREVIOUSLY SET AT $99/$92/$85 RESPECTIVELY WILL BECOME
$109/$99/$89 RESPECTIVELY. THE INTERMEDIATE NORTH END
CITY-PAIRS WILL SEE INCREASES SIMILAR IN PROPORTION TO THE
BOS-NYP CHANGES, RANGING FROM APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO TEN
PERCENT. ACELA EXPRESS (AND METROLINER) RAIL FARES WITHIN
AND TO/FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE NEC WILL NOT CHANGE.
.
MULTI-RIDE RAIL FARES:
.
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR:
MONTHLY AND TEN-RIDE FARES WILL INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY
THREE TO FIVE PERCENT, DEPENDING ON CITY-PAIR (MULTI-RIDE
FARES BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND NEW HAVEN AND INTERMEDIATE
POINTS WILL NOT CHANGE, NOR WILL THOSE BETWEEN
PHILADELPHIA AND HARRISBURG AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS).
.
WASHINGTON STATE:
TEN-RIDE (UM45) FARES BETWEEN BELLINGHAM AND MT. VERNON,
ON THE ONE HAND, AND EVERETT THRU SEATTLE, ON THE OTHER,
WILL INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY 26 PERCENT.
.
NORTH CAROLINA:
TWO NEW MULTI-RIDE FARE PLANS WILL BE OFFERED FOR TRAVEL
WITHIN NORTH CAROLINA (BETWEEN ROCKY MOUNT AND CHARLOTTE
AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS). ONE, THE 'UMNC', WILL BE VALID
FOR TEN RIDES WITHIN 180 DAYS, AND THE OTHER, 'UMN6', WILL
BE VALID FOR SIX RIDES WITHIN 180 DAYS. BOTH FARES WILL BE
VALID ON THE CAROLINIAN AND ON THE PIEDMONT; THEY WILL NOT
BE VALID ON THE SILVER METEOR/STAR, PALMETTO OR CRESCENT.
BOTH FARES WILL ALLOW UPGRADES TO BUSINESS CLASS UPON
'FM' IN PRICING). THEY WILL BE VALID ONLY FOR THE PERSON
WHO SIGNS THE TICKET; THEY ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE, AND MAY
NOT BE USED FOR MULTIPLE PASSENGERS ON ONE TRIP.
.
EXPLORE AMERICA FARES:
EXPLORE AMERICA FARES WILL INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY THREE
PERCENT.
.
ACCOMMODATION CHARGES:
.
PREMIUM TRAIN FIRST CLASS SEAT CHARGES:
FIRST CLASS SEAT CHARGES ON ACELA EXPRESS AND METROLINER
SERVICES WILL BE ADJUSTED SO THAT IN MOST CITY-PAIRS THE
SEAT CHARGE WILL BE EQUAL TO APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF
THE PEAK ACELA EXPRESS RAIL FARE IN THE SAME CITY-PAIR.
THERE WILL BE A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE THE ACCOMMODATION
CHARGE WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE PEAK
ACELA EXPRESS RAIL FARE.
.
SLEEPING CAR ACCOMMODATION CHARGES:
MOST SLEEPING CAR ACCOMMODATION CHARGES ACROSS THE AMTRAK
SYSTEM WILL CHANGE. EACH SLEEPING CAR ROUTE WAS REVIEWED
INDIVIDUALLY AND SLEEPER TRAVEL PATTERNS ON EACH SERVICE
EVALUATED. AS A RESULT OF THIS REVIEW THERE WILL BE
ACCOMMODATION CHARGES THAT INCREASE, SOME THAT DECREASE,
AND SOME THAT REMAIN THE SAME. MOST ACCOMMODATION CHARGES
WILL SEE MODERATE INCREASES IN THE 3 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE;
A FEW WILL SEE INCREASES OF AS MUCH AS 35 PERCENT, WHILE A
FEW OTHERS WILL SEE DECREASES OF AS MUCH AS 24 PERCENT.
.
MOST CITY-PAIRS WILL ALSO SEE THE BUCKET LEVELS (E.G. ES,
EA, EB, EC, ED) FOR EACH ROOM TYPE RE-SET SO THAT THE
DOLLAR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EACH BUCKET WILL BECOME MORE
EVEN ACROSS ALL FIVE BUCKETS.
-source: AMTRAK
