Amtrak Florida service suspended

[brooklynite]

Last edited Thu Sep 7, 2017, 02:25 PM - Edit history (1)

Amtrak Suspends Service in Florida
Severe weather expected to impact region

Sept. 6, 2017
6 p.m. ET

Amtrak will temporarily suspend services in Florida due to severe weather impacting the southeast region.

The Silver Star Train 92 and Silver Meteor Train 98 (Miami - New York City) are cancelled for Sept. 9 - 11.

The Silver Star Train 91 (New York City - Miami) will operate from New York City to Orlando, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 7. The Silver Meteor Train 97 (New York City - Miami) will operate from New York City to Jacksonville, Fla. Trains 91 and 97 are cancelled for Sept. 8 - 10.

The Auto Train 53 (Lorton, Va. - Sanford, Fla.) is cancelled for Saturday, Sept. 9. The Auto Train 52 (Sanford, Fla. - Lorton, Va.) is cancelled on Sept. 10 and 11.

No alternate transportation will be provided.

Amtrak regrets any inconvenience. This information is correct as of the above time and date. Information is subject to change as conditions warrant.

Not that it makes a difference; trains wwre already sold out.

[JoeStuckInOH]

1. So there's people with tickets that they were planning on evacuating with...

Maybe they were using Amtrack because they don't drive. Maybe they do have a car, but the roads are probably a traffic jammed already and gas is getting hard to find... so hitting the road today/tomorrow is already pretty bad. And I'm sure if they were planning on leaving they didn't stock up on water/food/supplies. At this point, the stores have already been cleaned, too.

I guess if you had an Amtrack ticket and were planning to evacuate via train... well, you're up shit creek.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. The cancellations start the 9th.

Today is the 7th. It looks like northbound trains are operating today and tomorrow.

And I doubt Amtrak has the rolling stock to put more cars on.

A more essential problem is the very infrequent train service everywhere. Most trains are a once a day thing. Congress, in its infinite wisdom, refusing to properly finance trains and public transportation. That's because the vast majority of them never ride a train and so they don't give a shit. Come to think of it, most Americans never take a train and so don't give a shit.

Certain Amtrak routes ceased operation after Katrina and were never started up again.