Amtrak braces of busiest week of the year in California

Central Valley Business Times ^ | November 15, 2010 9:32pm

[Pan_Yan]

Amtrak is adding more cars to its trains to accommodate passengers next week, the busiest week of the year for the state’s three passenger train routes, including the “San Joaquin” through much of the Central Valley.

On what is anticipated to be the heaviest single travel day of the year for Amtrak — the Wednesday before Thanksgiving – Amtrak expects ridership to reach as many as 127,000 passengers system-wide. Last year, Amtrak carried nearly 686,000 passengers for the holiday week setting a new Thanksgiving ridership record.

To accommodate more passengers traveling during this holiday week, more capacity will be added to the Amtrak San Joaquin, Pacific Surfliner and Capitol Corridor routes.

[Pan_Yan]

I'll be curious to see if the new, aggressive TSA pushes more people to government run rail service. Less airlines, more government rail, body cavity searches ... it's enough to make a liberal weep with joy.

[Lazamataz]

Gee, I wonder why people are opting out of air travel, when all they need to submit to is having their wifes’ and girlfriends’ vulvas massaged?

[mnehring]

Which is worse, a TSA “love pat” or having to ride Amtrak? Hmmm.. that is a tough one.. but at least the TSA “love pat” is over quicker.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Amtrak braces of busiest week of the year in California

My degree is in mathematics, but I might have said "for busiest week."

[listenhillary]

We should pay to fly her everywhere and make sure she turns down the screening.

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[KevinDavis]

I wonder if this Government is trying to destroy air travel so they can push the masses to rail??

[Lazamataz]

I'd hit it.

[PATRIOT1876]

I predict Amtrak’s busiest time in a couple of decades.

[Clock King]

The globalists want all travel to be an inconvenience. They can then push people into human habitat zones and control us better.

[BlazingArizona]

I took Amtrak last summer to see my sister in LA, an overnight distance of about 400 miles. I could walk right on with no security theater, arrive early morning in LA, and then step right on the subway - yes, a subway - to Sis’ place.

What a world of difference from airport hell.

[Pan_Yan]

What a world of difference from airport hell.

Exactly. Intentional.

[listenhillary]

I priced a round trip to Arizona from the Midwest with sleeping arrangements. $1600 per person. Just couldn’t justify that much $$.

[ScottinVA]

Amtrak braces of busiest week of the year in California

I'll bet most of the tickets are one-way out of the state to... anywhere.