Amtrak train leaves Penn Station for Washington, D.C., without its passengers.

[PoliticAverse]

An Amtrak train bound for Washington pulled away from Penn Station on Saturday without some pretty important cargo: its passengers.

Scores of travelers were stranded after the Acela Express 2253 took off from one platform about 3 p.m. — while they were waiting at another and unaware the train was leaving them behind.

Several minutes passed before the passengers even got wind of what had happened, one told the Daily News.

“They literally sent us to the wrong platform, and the conductor took off without any passengers,” said Damien Miano, 60, of Chelsea. “The right hand didn’t know what the left hand was doing. It was just so bizarre.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/amtrak-train-leaves-nyc-washington-dc-passengers-article-1.1890241

[Jackpine Radical]

1. I have loved riding Amtrak, but lately it seems like they're

doing everything they can to sabotage themselves.

I had to wait several hours & then was put on a bus with no bathroom for a 5-hour trip with no bathroom breaks, all because the incoming Amtrak was sidelined somewhere in North Dakota for hours so as not to disrupt trains full of crude oil & fracking sand.

[PoliticAverse]

2. Sounds like they were running on someone else's tracks where freight has priority. n/t

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Yes, it was the Empire Builder.

In the heyday of railroading, passenger traffic always had the priority. It makes no sense for it to be different now.

[hrmjustin]

4. Talk about a huge ooops!