As long as all connecting points are changing to DST it shouldn't matter.....I guess I was thinking more about making tight connections? Wouldn't you need to be there an hour earlier? Is this built into the times listed? For example if I am catching a train from KCY that leaves at 7am would it have made up an hour during the night on way from LAX to CHI? If I'm making a connection in CHI would that be affected?
Why not ask the experts at 800-USA-RAILDoes anyone have any advice, caveats, or experiences to share while riding or making connections during the night the time changes especially in spring. This year it will be March 13th.
Back in the mid 80's I was baording in CHI the day before the Fall change to DST. Nothing was mentioned but we boarded exactly one hour late. This was before the day of the Metropolitan Lounge (or I was riding Slumbercoach) and we waited the whole hour standing on line. I guess Amtrak decided to have the train an hour late leaving the station than having it sit on a track somewhere for an hour when the time changed....I never thought of this, but it's a good question. I guess the inverse question also applies: When DST goes away, where does the train (presumably) get stuck for an hour?
Speaking as someone who's spent years living in Minnesota and North Dakota, I can tell you what the EB routinely does under the current timetable during the fall time change at 2 AM.When DST goes away, where does the train (presumably) get stuck for an hour?
During the fall time change, trains go on their regular schedules. Because they can not depart a station until the scheduled departure time, the train may get to Pudunkville or Nowhere at 2:15 AM daylight time, but it can not depart until 2:15 AM standard time. Thus it has to stay in Pudunkville or Nowhere for 1 hour!...I never thought of this, but it's a good question. I guess the inverse question also applies: When DST goes away, where does the train (presumably) get stuck for an hour?
Yes, the train will simply sit in the station for an hour, or if your more then an hour late you magically make up a lot of time....I never thought of this, but it's a good question. I guess the inverse question also applies: When DST goes away, where does the train (presumably) get stuck for an hour?
Sure it would. If your overnight train loses an hour and you are connecting to aAs long as all connecting points are changing to DST it shouldn't matter.....
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