WTOP in Washington reports an audit has found a good chance that the 28 new trains Amtrak was planning to begin rolling out next year could arrive late due to both manufacturing and management issues; delays could mean significant losses because the new trains can carry more passengers.
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Let's mark this moment
By BostonDog
Fri, 01/24/2020 - 9:13am
In America's proud tradition of excellent, well managed, and widely supported public transportation this is perhaps the first time a new equipment deadline has slipped.
I feel sorry for the top brass at Amtrak for this is a day of reckoning. Surely the CEO of Amtrak and the train manufacturer will both resign in embarrassment before their boards have a chance to force them out.
Snark notwithstanding...
By anon
Fri, 01/24/2020 - 10:32am
Despite being tasked with serving the public -- which means that it serves low-use routes necessary to provide connectivity and it serves customers who aren't able to drive, fly, or sometimes even go by bus (think: mechanical wheelchairs that don't fit in a coach bus).
The Northeast corridor (Acela) is killing it. It needs more capacity to serve even more people. And, let's get real, we need an Acela South to go DC - Richmond - Raleigh - Greensboro - Charlotte - Greenville - Atlanta.
I recently rode the route you
By anon
Fri, 01/24/2020 - 8:58pm
I recently rode the route you’re describing (Amtrak Crescent, all the way to New Orleans), and parts of it are much, much slower than the Northeast Corridor. Many areas shared w/freight trains.
You're being sarcastic, but...
By xyz
Fri, 01/24/2020 - 12:45pm
America _does_ have a proud tradition of excellent, well managed, and widely supported public transportation. It's just that this tradition stopped in 1950 or so.
What's good for General
By Scratchie
Fri, 01/24/2020 - 2:39pm
What's good for General Motors is good for America!
Past tense
By anon
Sat, 01/25/2020 - 12:02pm
You're saying we did have a tradition. We don't have it anymore.
Hunter Biden Served On Amtrak Board Because He Liked Trains
By O-FISH-L
Fri, 01/24/2020 - 11:33am
This wouldn't have happened if Hunter Biden had stayed aboard the Amtrak Board.
The Daily Caller!
By Coyote137
Fri, 01/24/2020 - 12:12pm
Tucker Carlson's outfit - highly reputable propaganda!
As someone so intently against nepotism, you must hate all the Trump crime family members in the White House.
If the existing Acelas weren
By anon
Mon, 01/27/2020 - 12:34am
If the existing Acelas weren't custom one-off oddities, they could add seats by just coupling a few more standard cars to the existing tiny trains. No $3 billion replacement of a fleet that's only 20 years old would be needed.
Instead we're doubling down on the overpriced unproven custom nonsense.
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