Julie (Amtrak’s automated reservationist) reported that Train 11 would be a scant four minutes late arriving at Davis … and she was off by an hour. To be fair, that was just before I left for the station, so she may well have corrected herself as Number 11 got bogged down in rail traffic just…
Beautifully timed with yesterday’s post, Amtrak has just announced that we can now “Experience the beauty of Business class on the Coast Starlight.” (Who writes that stuff??) According to the email blast put out today by Amtrak, Business Class fares are now being offered on the Coast Starlight … but only through the end…
More reports coming from various sources say that overnight sleepers in Europe will soon be a thing of the past. Although there’s nothing specific yet, City Night Line trains are supposedly going to cut out several of their routes. Apparently it’s a matter of economics, but this is a real pity. I took two City…