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1. bossyman15 - March 21, 2009

dang i see one train is 5 hours and 19 mins late

i feel sorry for any persons on that train.

2. ebgodard - July 19, 2009

This is just classic. I can not get status because this site is down for 3 days.. My daughter is stuck on aces from Atlantic city to penn. a 2 1/2 hour trip which likely will take 4 1/2. She has missed 2 connections to Boston. Neither amtrak, NJ transit or Aces can tell me where her train is exactly or when her train will actually arrive at Penn Central so she can book a later train. I have never spoken to more incompetent, lazy, uninformed people in my life. And we wonder why 1) we have the worst rail system in the world, and 2) why no professional person should ever consider the train if they hope to remain on schedule. and my daughter paid hundreds of dollars for this nightmare. The acela from Boston to NY obn friday was 45 minutes late. How does that happen? And she paid a premium.

3. David Gunn - July 19, 2009

ACES is run using NJT crews and equipment over a nearly-all-NJT route, so blaming Amtrak is misplaced.

4. Steve - July 22, 2009

Blaming Amtrak is NOT misplaced.

We would never let Boeing just shrug their shoulders if one of their plane models consistently crashed because of a bad component manufactured by a subcontractor/supplier. It is Boeing’s responsibility to specify meaningful performance criteria and consistently assure that their supplier meets or exceeds that performance criteria.

It is Amtrak’s problem if they can’t “strap on a pair” and properly contract/manage their suppliers. If they need more regulatory authority to negotiate enforceable service level agreements, then they need to “strap on a pair” and go to Congress for appropriate legislation.

It is all about incompetent leadership.

5. David Gunn - July 22, 2009

Your Boeing analogy reinforces my point. If USAirways crashes 737s through operator error, than blaming Boeing is misplaced. To blame Amtrak for NJT’s problems with ACES is foolish, as this is simply not Amtrak’s responsibility.

6. Marlene O'Connor - October 17, 2009

Can I go from CA to Fl by AmTrak

7. Marlene O'Connor - October 17, 2009

Want to go from CA to FLorida by AmTrak Can I do it

8. Woody - October 18, 2009

Marlene — Not exactly. The Sunset Limited will take you to New Orleans three days a week. Then rent a car. Or take the Crescent to D.C., get off and transfer to a train from the Northeast heading to Florida.

If Amtrak could order a few hundred new railcars to grow and restart service on its many discontinued lines …

Tell your Congresscritter that HSR is good, but more and better Amtrak is also good.