Yup. Amtrak continues to spiral to its doom by simply not offering services that people want. Ridership is not an issue. The Northeast corridor is full of people who want to ride on Amtrak, but it's so wasteful much of the time and so inconvenient that there's hardly a reason to do it.
I want to go with my bike to new places, but I can't. Amtrak won't allow bikes on most trains unless they're boxed.
I want reasonable food for a day trip. All we get is a horrible boxed lunch.
I want a late train so I can have a reasonable day trip.
I want to know that the train will get me home on time. The delays on Amtrak are insane.
It's more expensive than flying.
What's the point? They offer an uncertain service, at a bad price, with poor hours.
Compare that to Europe, where trains are on time, the hours are good, there are many destinations, I can take my bike, etc. The Northeast is more than dense enough. Amtrak just doesn't care.
I want to go with my bike to new places, but I can't. Amtrak won't allow bikes on most trains unless they're boxed.
I want reasonable food for a day trip. All we get is a horrible boxed lunch.
I want a late train so I can have a reasonable day trip.
I want to know that the train will get me home on time. The delays on Amtrak are insane.
It's more expensive than flying.
What's the point? They offer an uncertain service, at a bad price, with poor hours.
Compare that to Europe, where trains are on time, the hours are good, there are many destinations, I can take my bike, etc. The Northeast is more than dense enough. Amtrak just doesn't care.