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Union Tpke @Union_Tpke
Reported 2020-09-18 15:23:16
@alon_levy @kenjimallon Do you think there is any way to provide easy transfers from trains from Maine, which could be treated as long-range regional rail, to Amtrak trains down the NEC?
Progressive Railroading @rail_pro_mag
Reported 2020-09-18 13:21:39
OIG: Amtrak needs more effective track outage planning https://t.co/dYGnGmq55D
Vinnie G. Zillah 🇹🇹 @VinnieZillah
Reported 2020-09-18 11:04:45
One time (pre Uber) my dad booked the wrong hotel because he thought Amtrak stopped at Grand Central. I met my parents at Penn Station, waved down multiple cabs, and none of them would take my parents to Grand Central... GRAND CENTRAL. "Too far." We walked with all their luggage.
Vinnie G. Zillah 🇹🇹 @VinnieZillah
Reported 2020-09-18 11:04:20
@autto421 @ctbalcerak @CodyDominic_ @StarScream_Blu One time (pre Uber) my dad booked the wrong hotel because he thought Amtrak stopped at Grand Central. I met my parents at Penn Station, waved down multiple cabs, and none of them would take my parents to Grand Central... GRAND CENTRAL. "Too far." We walked with all their luggage.
Amelia @pinkroseholiday
Reported 2020-09-18 09:56:17
@RAILMag Front-Range bc I live in Albuquerque. But there is the issue of connecting to Santa Fe. With the Amtrak byp***ing Santa Fe and stopping in Lamy instead I wonder if the Den-ABQ HSR would do the same. Lamy would need a better public transit connection to Santa Fe.
Open Letters @openletterbot
Reported 2020-09-18 05:51:10
📬 I delivered “LEAVE LIFE, SCHOOLS & KIDS ALONE, SUE GOP & RUSSIA, NET NEUTRALITY & FIX AMTRAK!” from Alexander, a constituent in Renton, Wash., to @SenatorCantwell, @PattyMurray and @RepAdamSmith #WA09 #waelex #NetNeutrality
📝 Write your own: https://t.co/z5540KFSKD https://t.co/Wof0vMU0kU
KwaakYola @KwaakYola
Reported 2020-09-18 02:19:16
Amtrak too
LGA_A320 wants a bailout for cities and states @A320Lga
Reported 2020-09-18 00:46:26
.@AmtrakOIG released a fantastic report today about NEC track outage coordination problems.
https://t.co/9ivIiVvUOx
sub nom. @Seeitcanbeblank
Reported 2020-09-18 00:17:20
@11BangBangSW @mtaibbi You know he went to the best law school in the country, was highly qualified, and even GWB appointed him to the board of Amtrak right? Like he would have no problem at all making $50k a month and didn’t need help? Do you think that kind of money is difficult for Yale Law grads?
Sarah etc. @Handserifed
Reported 2020-09-17 22:52:04
@mareevs Get an Amtrak ticket to see my parents before tracking down all my local friends for hugs.
Óscar Morales Vivó @MyLittleMetroid
Reported 2020-09-17 22:01:08
@ubergine @BrandyLJensen @CamtrakAcela There’s still an editor around the problem is that the power dynamics invert.
Book one of Harry Potter would not have been published without a lot of editor-mandated cutting. Book seven’s editor would have been fired had they suggested the same thing.
Kevin D. Grüssing (pronounced Grew-Sing) @KevDGrussing
Reported 2020-09-17 19:27:45
All he has to do is show Trump at his big fancy resorts and juxtapose it with images of him on AMTRAK and etc.
Hillary, I have to admit it, couldn't successfully make that juxtaposition.
Joe can.
Penny Panicking At The Pandemic @Just_JasMarie
Reported 2020-09-17 17:08:47
My spirit is ready for some impulsive traveling.
I want fall foliage. Wineries. Apple picking. Hiking in crisp fall air.
Maybe I should just go ahead and plan some getaways up and down the East Coast. Rent a Car and/or do some Amtrak travel because no one is riding trains
Jahmez Southerland @jahmezactual
Reported 2020-09-17 16:57:09
@glennbeck Okay, but if I wanted to hear the opinion of a train conductor, I’d head down to Amtrak. We all know how you are with platforms, but hopefully getting your panties in a wad by a non story like Soros won’t derail you. https://t.co/U7LzPun6sN
Kris Van Cleave @krisvancleave
Reported 2020-09-17 16:11:58
@jcjanec Hi Jane. Appreciate you reaching out. My last convo w Amtrak traffic was down 85% due pandemic and service will be reduced in addition to Oct furloughs. That VFR bump doesn’t tell the story. We did talk to CEO Bill Flynn a few weeks ago and have another Amtrak piece in the works
The LibraryLady @IibraryIady
Reported 2020-09-17 15:20:10
@Amtrak Oh, I wish! However... Platform shoes, flared trousers and negotiating a moving train sounds like a recipe for a broken limb or two!
#ManifestYoShit @Blackrosess_
Reported 2020-09-17 15:05:56
@DeejesusChrist No problem. He speaks highly of Amtrak too. He said it’s a lot of black people there even in high places. When I get my IT certification I plan on applying.
Rail Passengers @RailPassengers
Reported 2020-09-17 13:00:10
From New York City, all the way down to Miami - the cities & towns along @Amtrak’s Silver Service routes receive more than $380M in economic benefits. With service cuts, they will lose almost $200M of that in just 9 months. Help us #SaveAmtrak. https://t.co/MpOX8fX7Z8 https://t.co/jdsZFlSlFm
Andre Leonard @AndreLeonard20
Reported 2020-09-17 12:31:23
@WSJ Amazing how the government is always at the forefront of any problem. Bodes well that nothing government run nor administered works out well. One can look at the Post Office or Amtrak to see that. People don't expect much though sending these same people back every election.
🐓Owen Evans🐔 @oevans82
Reported 2020-09-17 10:27:57
@HeadwaysMatter @Amtrak Honestly have a feeling that Japan is converging on:
(1) electrify it or
(2) shut it down
I hope they don't shut down the Nayoro line to Wakkanai. That line is home to some of the fondest memories of my life
Uncle Joe’s Friendly Neighborhood Freikorps @BradjaminB
Reported 2020-09-17 09:59:07
@CamtrakAcela I mean, sure, but that’s not what’s going on in, for example, the Irishman. If you watch the cuts, there’s actually a lot of little time jumps to maintain momentum early on, then it slows down. The longer part of the movie is cut pretty quickly, it’s just a big, long movie
Lagerwhat? @Lagerwhat
Reported 2020-09-17 09:55:39
@rachsyme Amtrak on the Empire Builder to see my friend in Seattle. Then we'd have gone down the Pacific coast and back out east through the Rockies on the California Zephyr.
Sigh.... we might still do it, depending on the prices... and the whole COVID+wildfires thing... https://t.co/J1fmvX3ltM
Run more buses and trains! @HeadwaysMatter
Reported 2020-09-17 09:47:54
3 trains per day in each direction -- so more frequent service than Houston, New Orleans, Memphis, and Atlanta combined
@amtrak: shut it down
Uncle Joe’s Friendly Neighborhood Freikorps @BradjaminB
Reported 2020-09-17 09:15:37
@CamtrakAcela @BrandyLJensen There’s supposedly dozens of scenes they cut from the movie, and I ***ume the editor was involved in choosing what ended up in the film. I don’t get the ***umption that editors want to trim a movie down as much as possible, especially for a movie that chill and meandering
Overton Friendly Window Shifter @FrankyPelvis
Reported 2020-09-17 09:02:38
@CamtrakAcela @BrandyLJensen Sort of, it's not like a director drops off a too long but otherwise completed movie to an editor to be cut down, rather the structure and pacing of the movie tends to come together in editing
Yoga Is More Canadian Than EVER 🇨🇦🏒⛸🍩🍻🥌 @yogaACAB
Reported 2020-09-17 09:00:58
@BrandyLJensen @CamtrakAcela knew "this guy" would be down here somewhere lol
Teal “Deboosted” FOLLOW LIMITED @sirenidica
Reported 2020-09-17 08:49:40
@realDonaldTrump Omg finally. This matter has been raging for years, shut down by politics. The other one? Privatizing Amtrak. Crazy.
Marc Magliari @AmtrakMM
Reported 2020-09-17 08:34:42
Its #InfrastructureWeek and most of us want it to be better and more available. Same with #transit and .@Amtrak rail service. It comes down to how you #vote and what happens in office. https://t.co/ryM7SMPKyQ
Open Letters @openletterbot
Reported 2020-09-17 08:23:15
📬 I delivered “LEAVE LIFE, SCHOOLS & KIDS ALONE, SUE GOP & RUSSIA, NET NEUTRALITY & FIX AMTRAK!” from Alexander, a constituent in Renton, Wash., to @SenatorCantwell, @PattyMurray and @RepAdamSmith #WA09 #waelex #NetNeutrality
📝 Write your own: https://t.co/z5540KFSKD https://t.co/rmbMOIMKgt
Dr. Zeynep Hülya Gümüş @ZeynepHG
Reported 2020-09-17 06:28:28
Never thought I would be nostalgic for the times I would take @Amtrak down to the @NIH for a meeting or a study section; while there grab some dinner @jaleo (even better if it is a @hipcProject meeting and @SesmaLab is there) but 'tis the season & dónde están mi patatas bravas?🍠
Gurney Hallenbeck #GBTZ #BlackLivesMatter @TheThirdNiceGuy
Reported 2020-09-17 02:44:21
@BriMay First ever day in the states, I was waiting for the amtrak in LA. Sat down for a coffee and the waitress just randomly pulls up a seat next to me and struck up a friendly conversation. I thought i was in the twilight zone lol.
A Disaster Gay™ @jimmyjamies_
Reported 2020-09-16 22:11:51
My extreme distaste for the United States vs my overwhelming desire to do any of the trans-con Amtrak trains before they inevitably shut down https://t.co/nzJt0G6eZm
Dnell🪐🖤💕 @dnellx2
Reported 2020-09-16 22:08:09
@amtrak fix your wifi on your trains pretty plz :))
Daehyuk Ahn @daehahn
Reported 2020-09-16 20:11:35
@AmtrakAlerts Any ETA to fix Wolverine Train 352? My daughter is stuck inside there.
Bryan @BryanCline13
Reported 2020-09-16 20:07:32
@RepChrisSmith @CoryBooker @SenatorMenendez @NitaLowey @AppropsDems @Amtrak senior management is perjuring themselves to Congress in terms of financial info and ridership data. @ChristinaELeeds 😁 you have a HUGE PR problem https://t.co/Ja4Ul6pz2x
A. Hofferkamp @hffrkmp
Reported 2020-09-16 18:13:58
@businessinsider How is it that Trump hasn't jumped on the Amtrak wagon. If he wants an American institution to shut down - Amtrak would be it. Not the po.
Robert Hale @2235astoria
Reported 2020-09-16 17:10:11
The latter wouldn't solve the weight problem directly but would let the suburban trains stay on outer tracks out of the way of the intercity services.
And you don't have to remind me Amtrak probably DGAF about better ops anyway.
Ned Levi @NSL_Photography
Reported 2020-09-16 13:30:07
Amtrak is set to furlough over 2,000 staff due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Since March, Amtrak p***enger traffic is down 95%. https://t.co/WD0mNeMs2I
AmericanBusAssn @AmericanBusAssn
Reported 2020-09-16 12:36:01
"When Amtrak service breaks down, they call buses in to move the p***engers. When the airlines can't come into the airport, because it's fogged in they're calling buses in to move the p***engers. So, we are essential, but we don't get recognized for it." https://t.co/PXx4uuERwi https://t.co/50SPGGf8NJ
جانين @_janeen
Reported 2020-09-16 12:24:47
welp. got my ticket for the @NMAAHC for mid-october. and as much as i want to take the @amtrak acela down to dc, my pockets say **** naw. we're going to take the slow train.
Transportation for America @T4America
Reported 2020-09-16 12:03:09
.@Amtrak ridership is down the least on long-distance routes, but it's long-distance routes on the chopping block as the railroad feels the devastating financial effects of COVID-19.
https://t.co/GC0MrUivhR
Whitney of WorthyStyle @worthystyle
Reported 2020-09-16 11:09:35
@FromRvaToLA Oh yeah many did do that with 40s, I never liked those drinks 😂. Once the skies cleared I literally drove my car down the Amtrak tracks to get out of town but I had planned ahead... 😬😬😬
Ross Capon @RailCapon
Reported 2020-09-16 10:41:49
But remember, #Amtrak long-distance service soon will be just three days. This starts the week of Oct 5 on City of New Orleans, dpt Chicago MThSa, dpt New Orleans SuWFr.
Open Letters @openletterbot
Reported 2020-09-16 07:45:54
📬 I delivered “LEAVE LIFE, SCHOOLS & KIDS ALONE, SUE GOP & RUSSIA, NET NEUTRALITY & FIX AMTRAK!” from Alexander, a constituent in Renton, Wash., to @SenatorCantwell, @PattyMurray and @RepAdamSmith #WA09 #waelex #NetNeutrality
📝 Write your own: https://t.co/z5540KFSKD https://t.co/HNpjpWMyPD
M. Dann @Mihoda
Reported 2020-09-16 05:13:13
@ec0logical @SFyimby Then there's the problem of very few of the destinations along Amtrak being walkable.
Oakland, Emeryville, and Sac, sort of.
Davis, Berkeley sure.
Vacaville/Fairfield? LMAO **** no.
michael @mscapedd
Reported 2020-09-16 04:29:51
Hey @Amtrak are you guys currently having a system issue? Just got onboard and the ticket scanner is saying ticket cancelled but conductor was able to find it manually and confirmed its valid.
Christina Cyr @CyrChristina
Reported 2020-09-16 02:26:20
@KWF @MLE_Online So far I've been able to get the price down for the West Coast Amtrak maker train from Seattle (via S.F.) to L.A. to ~$550 round trip per person (meals incl?), as long as people don't mind sharing a sleeping room...and can find some place in L.A. to stay for 8 hours on Sun night.
Joey @mpnu22
Reported 2020-09-16 00:27:42
@parscale @Pink_About_it PATRIOTS..Amtrak Joe has the fake smile down after 47 years..how is the HUNTER Rental CAR investigation coming along..Allegedly drugs found...read about it..thanks Joe..
Annie 💕 @mochiville
Reported 2020-09-15 20:32:47
@NYC4691 As Amtrak goes plan a 24hr trip, pack wee wee pads. I’m taking the city down.
* @sumfunt
Reported 2020-09-15 18:23:35
@Amtrak You want me to pull aside a conductor who clearly doesn’t care to snitch on other p***engers? Sounds like a you problem, not a me problem! I had to agree to ride this train with a mask to buy a ticket, I’ve already upheld my end of the deal