It being the states that drive the corridors, what the hell is Amtrak for? As Galen posts above, just the NEC.We are deeply saddened to report the death of two of our employees in this morning’s derailment in Cayce, South Carolina. They wouldn’t even exist without the states. Wolverine, Illini, Hiawatha, Cascades, etc. While I’m at the keyboard, a note about the corridors. It seems that Biden has a knack for bring people down to his own level, which is to say, the IQ of a senile amoeba. At one time I had some hope for Mayor Pete. Or ever will have again.ĭon’t count on Pete Buttigieg.
What John Reed moaned about in the 1970’s was a whole lot better than what we have now. Amtrak is in shambles.Īfter a few years of Amtrak, maybe around 1974, the late John Shedd Reed, CEO of ATSF, complained that Amtrak had ruined his train, that the Amtrak Super Chief wasn’t up to Santa Fe standards. Amtrak Joe can’t even get Amtrak to stop getting worse. Even the most incompetent are supposed to get something, one thing, right. One more failure to add to Joe Biden’s countless other failures.
We are working towards further frequency restorations on other impacted routes in the coming months as our hiring, training and staffing levels advance.”Īmtrak Joe my. “We will announce details of a summer schedule at a later date.”Īsked to clarify whether the May return dates were definite, Amtrak responded with this statement: “These restorations follow frequency reductions resulting from staffing and hiring shortages for skilled technical employees caused by the pandemic. “This is our spring schedule,” spokesman Marc Magliari tells News Wire. However, that does not constitute a commitment by Amtrak to operate those trains, as those who had purchased tickets for April and May trips have learned. Crescent and Lake Shore Limited: Tuesday, May 24. California Zephyr and Southwest Chief: Monday, May 23. Silver Meteor: Monday, May 23 northbound Wednesday, May 25 southbound. While Amtrak has not set a date for restoring daily service on the remaining five-day-a-week long-distance routes, online booking on the Amtrak website allows ticket purchases before Memorial Day on all seven routes, as of these dates: Other state-supported and Northeast Corridor cuts announced in January are to continue indefinitely.
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In addition, all seven Chicago-Milwaukee Hiawatha weekday round trips and full weekend service will be restored, as will nine weekday trips each way between New York City and Albany-Rensselaer, N.Y. The company used similar language in announcing the January reductions, inferring that some trains might return before March 27, although none did.ĭaily service will return March 28 for the Capitol Limited, Texas Eagle, and Coast Starlight. “We continue to work on further frequency additions for the coming months as staffing and other resources allow,” today’s statement reads. Thursday’s announcement, unlike the one in January, offered no tentative dates to restore daily service. The company had offered no details on further cancellations before it began notifying passengers, but in a midday Thursday email to Trains News Wire, said it was extending service reductions to the Silver Meteor, Empire Builder, California Zephyr, Southwest Chief, Lake Shore Limited, City of New Orleans, and Crescent beyond that date. Īt the time, it said the cuts would be effective through March 27. WASHINGTON - Travelers already booked on some Amtrak long-distance trains in April and May are being advised today (Thursday, March 3) to rebook their trips as the passenger carrier extends its frequency reductions on seven routes.Īmtrak had cut service from daily to five days a week on most of its long-distance routes in January, making the change on less than a week’s notice. The Zephyr is one of seven trains that will not have daily service restored on March 28, as had previously been indicated. The westbound California Zephyr passes through Western Springs, Ill., on Feb.
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