Is the Official Gateway Topic no longer needed?
Since this project here in the forum has its Separaten Topic.
I didn’t know there was an official topic, honestly. I’ll provide more Gateway-specific content there as well.
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All of these projects are great and all but really they’re just catch up work. This is stuff that should’ve been done 2 decades ago. But Congress keeps screwing amtrak over at every opportunity. It never has any money which means we’re never going to get anything forward looking
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Yazoo City, Mississippi
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Oh that is great news about Baltimore. Anyone who’s traveled that route and paid attention to that section knows how desperately needed that project is. It’s such a crazy slowdown and bottleneck for such a busy corridor.
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3 years behind schedule for the new Acela fleet and now they don’t meet federal standards.
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The defects are ridiculous and Alstrom should be held accountable for that. However the FRA regulations are ridiculous. Japanese shinkansen trains wouldn’t be allowed to run here under FRA regulations. Some part of that is due to the ancient infrastructure in the NEC I have to admit though
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Features a glimpse at the Amfleet replacement coaches.
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Official unveiling of the first Airo car. It looks really nice and I am quite excited to see them when they debut.
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Wilmington, Delaware
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From Philly Enquirer -
Under [Amtrak’s new fare structure, introduced Wednesday, you can now travel from Philadelphia to New York City for as low as $19.
While Amtrak used to offer three different kinds of ticket options for a seat — the Saver, Value, and Flexible— it will offer two going forward. The new fare model includes: the Flex option which is fully refundable and gives travelers the flexibility to change their travel without fees, and a Value option that offers less flexibility, but is cheaper and travelers can get a 75% refund if canceled.
“This streamlined fare structure with more affordable and flexible fares is part of Amtrak’s continued commitment to upgrading the customer experience at every step along their journey,” said Roger Harris, Amtrak president.
The changes apply to both coach tickets and Acela business class. Acela first-class tickets and non-Acela business-class tickets will not be affected by the new model as they were already fully refundable and flexible.
The change comes in light of customer research Amtrak has been conducting. It was confusing for customers to have two distinct discount options — Value and Saver — with slightly different cancellation and change conditions, said W. Kyle Anderson, a representative for Amtrak. The difference in price between a low-cost ticket and a flexible ticket was also a lot larger, customers said, so fewer purchased that option.
With the new structure, customers traveling from Philadelphia to New York can buy tickets starting at $19 if they choose the low-cost Value option or $21 if they want more flexibility. Previously a flexible ticket for the same trip would cost at least $128. A ticket to Boston from Philadelphia in coach could cost customers as low as $35 with the new flexible option, whereas it used to cost $223.
The new model ensures that all canceled tickets are refunded to the original form of payment. In the past, an eVoucher was issued for the low-cost Saver tickets.
Tickets purchased prior to the new structure being implemented will still abide by previous conditions.
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I mean that’s fine but previously you could find fares from Philly to NYC for as little as $10 one-way. I know because I have an eVoucher for one such trip that I recently had to cancel. It was $10 one way and $20 the other way. Which, to be fair, is so much cheaper than it ever was a few years ago. But that means this new structure isn’t so much lowering fares as backtracking a previous fare cut.
Here’s some good news for New Orleans
Also, Amtrak is getting electric buses.
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Amtrak just got almost 10 billion in federal funds for modernizing the NEC. This is great news for the railroad.
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The promotion was for Acela, which I could never find available on the website. Further, I was looking recently for the $10 fares for Fridays and Saturdays and they appear to have gone away as well. I’m glad I took advantage of it when I was able. Maybe it will come back.
The New Orleans-Mobile train was approved a long time ago, but its introduction has been indefinitely (i.e., permanently) postponed.
I would be interested in knowing if anyone has seen any evidence that the proposed New Orleans-Baton Rouge train will meet a different fate. I suspect that no such evidence exists.
Amtrak’s expertise at manufacturing vaporware is surely unmatched in the passenger railroad industry.
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The dilapidated carpark is on West Fifty-first Street.
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Update on the dilapidated carpark above the Empire Connection in Hell’s Kitchen
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