galaxiesworldsaway asked:
How is public transportation in Richmond, Virginia?
They have a bus network, I can’t speak to its quality but it has 8 million annual riders. On the intercity rail front it has both of the silver service, the Norfolk and Newport News branches of the Northeast Regional and via the Corridor connects to DC
Anonymous asked:
I'm like 90% sure I know the route I'd need (I work at train :) ), but your most recent pining for the lost Floridian has me wondering if there's a better way... CHI>ORL?
Your only option is either the Cardinal, Capitol Limited or Lakeshore Limited then a transfer in DC or New York to Orlando on the silver star or meteor
Surprise Bonus Poll #2
Long Distance Routes
Cresent (NYC-Atlanta-New Orleans)
City of New Orleans (Chicago-Memphis-New Orleans)
Cardinal (DC-Cincinatti-Chicago)
California Zephyr (Chicago-Denver-SLC-Emeryville
Empire Builder (Chicago-Twin Cities-Seattle/Portland)
Silver Star/Meteor (NYC-Charleston/Rahleigh-Miami)
Southwest Chief (LA-Chicago)
Sunset Limited (LA-El Paso-New Orleans
Coast Starlight (LA-Emeryville-Seattle)
Lake Shore Limited (Chicago-Cleveland-NYC/Boston)
See ResultsAnonymous asked:
i live in florida and the $39 silver meteor (or silver star depending on the hour) from orlando to miami has saved my ass a bunch of times when i can't drive down myself for some reason and it is honestly one of my favorite forms of transport. do you know of any routes out of miami (that are long- like 20+ hours long) that cost less than like $150? cuz i want to do a long train ride before classes start in august but i don't want to spend like $800 round trip just on train tickets.
Okay so not sure on the times but both Savannah and Charleston are around 90 dollars from Miami in early July right now, and Raleigh is about 100 dollars. Anything further gets over 159
Pick a missing Long distance Route to be built
Chicago-Indianapolis-Louisville-Nashville-Atlanta
Tuscon-Pheonix-Vegas-SLC-Boise
El Paso-Albuquerque-Denver-Cheyenne-Billing
See ResultsMiami-Fort Myers-Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater-Gainesville-Tallahassee. Also the suspended service from Jacksonville to New Orleans needs to be rebuilt so that this route can join up to it.
(The new Howard Frankland bridge across Tampa Bay, currently under construction, is designed to accommodate rail traffic.)
Okay, maybe this isn't long distance, but it's got a number of important Florida cities that are not currently properly served by Amtrak.
We would need a rail friendly administration in Florida first which given the recent administration’s have been run by literal demons (Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis) I don’t see that happening. But we could improve service on the silver star and meator. Additionally it is still the plan to finish the sunset limited one day.
Next time you're on a train, write it down, Murder on the Orient Express is set on a train and it is considered one of the best works of English literature ever written and helped make Christie the second best selling author of all time. Just imagine your ride on the California Zephyr could be the next Murder on the Orient Express <3
Personally, I think "Murder on the Empire Builder" would be a better title than "Murder on the California Zephyr".
(As a bonus, the Empire Builder goes to Chicago, so at the end of your journey, you can go see Sue the T. Rex.)
What other Amtrak route names could make for good titles?
Zephyr also goes to Chicago. In regards to the best names for book titles the Sunset Limited, Blue Water, Silver Metaor and the Silver Star all have a lot of potential.
So I was going to make a poll on the missing routes in our system but like the only real long distance route that is the missing Chicago-Indianapolis-Louisville-Nashville -Chattanooga-Atlanta Corridor which is honestly the only really missing long distance route in the system. I mean Pioneer and Northcoast Hiawatha would be nice but the biggest missing route is still that South east corridor
Anyways here is a map which shows how well this would fit in with the existing routes in the amtrak system.
Routes shown are as follows: Acela, Cardinal, City of New Orleans, 3C+D, Northeast Regional, Silver Star / Meateor.
Hypothetical routes that would be supported by this corridor are as follows, Louisville-Cincinnati, Louisville-Lexington-Knoxville-Chattanooga, Nashville-Huntsville-Birmingham -Montgomery, and Atlanta-Montgomery-Mobile
Round 1, poll 9
More trains that have to start in Penn Station
Silver Meateor vs Keystone Service
Silver Meataor (NYC-Charleston-Miami)
Keystone service (NYC-Philadelphia-Harrisburg)
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