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Honolulu is one step closer to having a train at the airport...

I don't know how much different it is. You have to take the Airtrain from the actual airline terminals to the BART Station. Let's...

The current fare bucket structure for the Auto Train can be found here in Post #36: Long Distance Train Coach & Sleeper Fares (Buckets)...

While I don't have any mobility issues (yet), I appreciate accessible stations when traveling with luggage. Hauling a heavy roller bag...

This seems as good a thread as any to point out this little error in the Silver Service Covid timetable: C'mon daily service!! :)

Well, the Amtrak ride WAS-PHL is about 20 minutes longer than WAS - WIL, and there's a guy I know who's now living at 1600 Pennsylvania...

I'm not sure that this is all Manchin's doing. I think that a lot of people in the Democratic leadership, even some who may approve of...

Ah, alright

Oh, he's trying to get reimbursed for his trip to Cancun? :)

That was Ted Cruze who is now falling all over himself trying to get the outcome of Texas' own stupidity funded adequately by the Feds...

Economies of scale, usually. I've studied railroading economics a lot, and you ALWAYS go with the economies of scale. ALWAYS. They're...

The stark economic reality is that adding a train to an existing route is possibly an order of magnitude less expensive since the...

Well, I wish they had done that on our return trip from the Gathering. The Eagle was about 8 hours late into Dallas because they held...

Ooooh, that means that Amtrak can start planning a revival of the Royal Blue Route between Washington and New York? :) My mom used to...

The correct answer to that question is, "What do your local constituents think is in the National interest?". Think about it for a...