by Greg Moore
How about marketing it as Supertrain!
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mtuandrew wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 6:11 pm
Bingo. This isn’t the 1940s. Most people know what Local and Express mean (I maintain that Limited now refers to contracts first, transport much later) but they don’t associate Express with luxury necessarily. Besides, Amtrak already marketed their high speed service as Acela Express - they can’t very well call it Express Acela Express!
Acela Super-Express maybe.
penncenter wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:33 am For the new non-stop BOS/NYP, why not call it The Senator.I'm sorry, but there are only two possible names for a NY-Boston nonstop: The Merchants Limited and The Yankee Clipper.
Tadman wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:25 pm That raises an interesting question: Should certain Acela timeslots have special names like Merchants or Congressional?As an old guy who was fortunate enough to ride both the New Haven's Merchants Limited and the Pennsy's Afternoon Congressional (that one under PC) back in ancient times, I would love to see the tradition of named trains restored to the NEC, but it would make sense only if those runs had something to distinguish them (like running Boston-New York nonstop). Unfortunately I suspect that these days the idea of a 5 PM departure from Boston (the Merchants traditional slot) being specifically marketed as a businessperson's train wouldn't resonate with today's NEC demographic for whom a train is a train, not a distinctive way to get home while relaxing with drinks in the lounge and then dinner in the diner. I have to admit that those of us who remember the days of named corridor trains are an insignificant portion of the current market.
Greg Moore wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:05 am How about marketing it as Supertrain!OT, wow thanks for the trip down memory lane
gokeefe wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 7:43 pm No. The brand has tremendous strength. Separate train names would only confuse things. People associate Acela with the equipment and vice versa.Yes, Acela has some legs. Amtrak has done a good job linking Acela with the equipment.