yikes-eliott asked:

Hello Amtrak! As a car owner and user, my usage of the trains in MA and RI is very limited, but friend and I opted for taking the commuter rail from the Mansfield station down to Providence for Pride last Saturday to avoid traffic. This was a great experience except for when we tried to go home at 7:00 and accidentally boarded the Amtrak (Had no idea y’all shared the station with the commuter rail so we just thought this was the 6:58 prov/Stoughton line) Once boarded and a lovely gentleman came to scan our tickets, he pointed out we were on the wrong train (thank you kind sir!) He continues walking down the line and we stand up to exit the train. However, this is where my thrilling tale gets interesting! The door to exit the train car is closed and locked, so we turn to look back for help. The gentleman then shouts to us that we are not listening and to sit back down? Very confused and now embarrassed for being called out in front of all these nice people we sit back down. Reminder that we’re just trying to get from Providence to Mansfield and the Mansfield station is not on the Amtrak map. My phone is at 4% because I’m a garbage poor person who can’t buy a new iPhone and i am frantically trying to figure out where this train is actually headed as we are now being held hostage on it. Thankfully we’re heading north, but the next stop won’t be until Westwood! (This is many miles past Mansfield) The previously mentioned gentleman is nowhere to be seen and we can’t find another employee to unlock the door and let us out. We watch the actual commuter rail train pull into the station and leave without us as we are LOCKED INSIDE THE AMTRAK????? Train pulls out and we’re off. Fast forward to Westwood, we’re allowed off and then got to wait another 45 minutes at that station until the next train south arrives. Overall very mixed reviews as your train did have Wi-Fi so i was able to figure out where we were headed without my phone dying and leaving us truly stranded and was also very comfy. Unfortunately the kidnapping and holding two innocent queers hostage inside the train car was a little bit of a downer. Hilarious situation in hindsight though so 9/10 stars

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