by Jeff Smith
TimesUnion.com
1. I have to agree, there should be a cafe. Maybe some of those new-fangled CAF diners? /s
2. So, I have to ask, how does this corridor (ALB-NYP, not the Buffalo portion although I'd be interested in that as well) do financially if many trains are sold out? I always thought these were excluded from the most recent reform i.e. LD vs corridor.
3. If the corridor is controlled by NYSDOT and Amtrak (under a CSX lease, right? Or did they close on a sale?), why can't ALB-NYP be bid out the same as the Springfield NEC service? Amtrak would continue to run the LD's, and Buffalo/Niagara Falls trains. I've said it before; the corridor is ripe for Virgin.
4. Speaking of the NEC, if Springfield is part of the NEC, why not make ALB part of it? In the NYP Empire turns topic turning trains for Albany was discussed. Why not make them Regionals, with an engine change, just like at New Haven for Springfield.
1. I have to agree, there should be a cafe. Maybe some of those new-fangled CAF diners? /s
2. So, I have to ask, how does this corridor (ALB-NYP, not the Buffalo portion although I'd be interested in that as well) do financially if many trains are sold out? I always thought these were excluded from the most recent reform i.e. LD vs corridor.
3. If the corridor is controlled by NYSDOT and Amtrak (under a CSX lease, right? Or did they close on a sale?), why can't ALB-NYP be bid out the same as the Springfield NEC service? Amtrak would continue to run the LD's, and Buffalo/Niagara Falls trains. I've said it before; the corridor is ripe for Virgin.
4. Speaking of the NEC, if Springfield is part of the NEC, why not make ALB part of it? In the NYP Empire turns topic turning trains for Albany was discussed. Why not make them Regionals, with an engine change, just like at New Haven for Springfield.
Food service on Albany-NYC train may re-up in 2019
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The Empire State Passengers Association has pushed for the reintroduction of food service to the route, which last year was one of Amtrak's busiest, after dining options on the train route were removed in 2005 as a "cost cutting measure," according to Bill Hollister, a government senior affairs manager for Amtrak.
But proponents say the train should offer a cup of coffee or snacks for passengers on the approximately two-hour and 40 minute train ride, and they argue the service could create enough revenue to pay for itself.
Because New York state subsidizes the Empire Service, the state would make the decision on whether to fund food service, which continues to be offered on trains traveling beyond the Albany-Rensselaer station.
Re-funding it would mean a defunct commissary at the Albany-Rensselaer station would be put into use again to stock food onto the Empire Service trains, Hollister said after speaking Saturday during ESPA's annual meeting at Proctors Theater in Schenectady.
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Other ESPA priorities for this year include lobbying lawmakers to work on increasing the capacity of trains in the Empire Corridor to meet demand and reduce the number of sold-out trains — something the governor supports, according to Michael Wojnar, deputy secretary of transportation for Cuomo.
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