Many long-time Amtrak travelers keep notes and generate trip reports which they share with others. What follows are some quotes from a rather detailed report by a veteran rail traveler....
I’m always surprised by how many people think that Amtrak ought to operate at a profit and are incredulous when I tell them that all public transportation is subsidized, even—in...
It keeps on happening. People drive around the gates, past the flashing lights and clanging bells, and into the path of a locomotive. The most recent incident was Friday...
An average of 86,000-plus people a day take one of more than 300 Amtrak trains. Total ridership is now more than 31.5 million passengers a year. Amtrak trains stop...