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Posted by Geoff Mayo (Member # 153) on :

http://www.amtrak.com/press/atk20040903087.html

Summary:
-No more mail by Amtrak
-Palmetto to serve New York to Savannah only, but a daytime train with faster service
-Three Rivers eliminated
-Pennsylvanian to run in 3R's slot to Chicago
-Star to serve Tampa with sleeping car service
-Waldo, Ocala, Wildwood and Dade City lose rail service
-Youngstown, Akron and Fostoria, Ohio, and Nappanee, Ind also lose rail service next year

Mostly bad news but a couple of improvements elsewhere.

Geoff M.

Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :

From the press release noted above:

"The Florida cities of Lakeland and Tampa, now served by the Palmetto, will be served instead by the New York-Orlando-Miami Silver Star. Sleeping car and dining car service to Tampa will be restored, with First class passengers from St. Petersburg, Sarasota, and Fort Myers having a much shorter bus ride to Tampa instead of Orlando. The Silver Star will operate at a more convenient time at Tampa (5:22 p.m. northbound and 10:35 a.m. southbound) than the Palmetto and operate on a one-hour faster schedule between New York and Florida"

OUCH!!!!!!!!

I thought the SAL was going to have an upgrade in service where Mr. Kairho could have Sleeper service to his front door (and I have it when I have my rental at The Villages).

As Bugs Bunny said: "That's All Folks".

Posted by Kairho (Member # 1567) on :

And after a couple of weeks of seeing the Star and Meteor go by ... will be a little bit of a loss for the Palmetto (although it will always be the Silver Palm to me) to go away.

Now, instead of catching the Palmetto at 11 PM or 5 AM, I will be forced to frive an extra hour to Deland and join the train In The Middle Of The Day!

Ah, a rental in The Villages ... I was wondering about the connection...

Posted by Jeff (Member # 3291) on :

That announcement really s*cks. I take the Pennsylvanian regularly and I am not looking forward to pulling into Pittsburgh at 10 pm and then waiting for the oft-delayed train from Chicago to arrive in the Steel City on the way home.

Oh, well, it's back to the airlines with me...

Posted by CoastStarlight99 (Member # 2734) on :

No more mail??

Thats suprising!