Cement? You got cement? Luxury. Minot has the same crumbling asphalt that I remember from my first trip on the Empire Builder in 1981. Mind you, after the 2011 flood passengers couldn't board the Empire Builder for months, supposedly because the platform was dangerous. In the end, the station reopened without them even cleaning the silt left by the flood off the asphalt.My hometown's (Winona,MN) Amtrak platform is an old, cracking, and crumbling piece of sad cement. That got me thinking, what other stations beside mine need a new platform?
Well no, not cement, it is some kind of cheap asphalt. I will edit my first post.Cement? You got cement? Luxury. Minot has the same crumbling asphalt that I remember from my first trip on the Empire Builder in 1981. Mind you, after the 2011 flood passengers couldn't board the Empire Builder for months, supposedly because the platform was dangerous. In the end, the station reopened without them even cleaning the silt left by the flood off the asphalt.My hometown's (Winona,MN) Amtrak platform is an old, cracking, and crumbling piece of sad cement. That got me thinking, what other stations beside mine need a new platform?
They did pour new concrete right in front of the station, but that's usually the spot the sightseer-lounge stops at, so it isn't as though it helps anyone.
Not that it matters when the train doesn't even run...
No, they swing inward just like the Superliners doors.Can Viewliner doors open automatically?
"Either way, Amtrak won't pay for it" is too simple an answer and is simply not correct in many cases.I suspect the short answer is "many". Ironically, the Americans for Disability Act may cause platform renovations to be deferred because renovations -- and your platform sounds like it's so broken that "renovation" rather than "repair" might be needed -- would trigger ADA provisions for a high level platform, which costs real money. Either way, Amtrak won't pay for it. Talk to your city government, but it could get complicated by who owns the station, who would say "yes", who would take project liability, etc.
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