Rockingham Racer wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:33 am
Amtrak announced this morning that it'll be running one non-stop each way on weekdays on the south end of the corridor. They tried this before and it has flopped. Let's see how long it lasts this time.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/amtrak-no ... 6-44923925
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Wasn't it bi-directional last time? (with trips in both directions in the AM and PM)? At some point I remember discussing a WAS-NYP in the morning (might have been in the toasterliner era ('95??) though)
I think this one, timed for the convenience of only NYC, and timed to maximize utilization, is about half as ambitious and twice as likely to succeed. You don't think Amtrak can find an extra 200 passengers on the NEC each morning? (some extra NYP-WAS nonstoppers, and some extras to fill the seats on the regular Acela cities?)
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And when was "last time" this was tried? I'm thinking it was a very different climate of airline competition the last time this was tried. As discussed in the regular Acela thread (or maybe the Texas Central thread?) the DCA-LGA shuttles are flown today on significantly smaller planes (large RJs instead of 737/319-sized) and with larger gaps in the day.
The DCA->LGA Shuttles are not hourly any more (both DL and AA are "on the hour" or the :59)
DL is less-than-hourly, omitting: 10am, 12n, & 8pm
AA is less-than-hourly, omitting: 11am, 12n, 2pm, 6pm, 7pm