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Posted by TALKrr (Member # 683) on :

Does anyone know when the newly remodeled Metro Lounge in Chicago is scheduled to re-open ?

Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Posted by MDRR (Member # 2992) on :

It is open.

Posted by Big Merl (Member # 3251) on :

They cancelled the project. Instead the Metro Lounge is now an Amfleet I on track 19.

Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Big Merl:
They cancelled the project. Instead the Metro Lounge is now an Amfleet I on track 19.

You've got to be kidding???!!!!!!

A new timetable with broken connections all over the place and now the 1st class lounge in Chicago is an Amfleet coach?

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David Pressley

Posted by jp1822 (Member # 2596) on :

No - it's not an Amfleet I car on Track 19.

I was in the new lounge over Columbus Day weekend. I was expecting to see more change than I what I saw. But "back to basics" I suppose. Basically more space has been added to the lounge - although not a ton. There's a baggage storage area in the lounge, rather than down the hall. New carpet (I think - looks similar to old carpet), few new chairs/couches, and some TV's were added. Seems more spacious, but it probably fills to the brim in the afternoon hours prior to the long distance train departures for the West Coast.

Posted by Big Merl (Member # 3251) on :

Didn't expect to be taken seriously.

Posted by Kairho (Member # 1567) on :

Do not despair. Some here do understand humor.

Posted by Geoff Mayo (Member # 153) on :

I thought the Amfleet comment was amusing, but being taken seriously is even funnier!

Afternoon time was always busy with several trains departing at similar times. Let's hope that they've upgraded the "witch" who frequents the front desk (one particular person I've had the misfortune of dealing with several times. Service with a snarl).

Geoff M.

Posted by jp1822 (Member # 2596) on :

Nope - the witch is still there!

Posted by amtraxmaniac (Member # 2251) on :

An Amfleet Coach as a Met Lounge, as humorous as it may sound, wouldn't surprise me. Isn't the station in Maricopa(gateway to Phoenix) an old Dome Car? And, just three years ago the Bakersfield, Ca. Station (even then, serving 5 RT Daily) was opperating out of two modual units welded together.

Now, where they really need a metropolitan lounge (It boggles my mind WHY it doesn't) is LAUPT.

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Patrick

Posted by sbalax (Member # 2801) on :

Good point, Patrick. Why isn't there a lounge there? There certainly are enough trains when you include the Surfliners. It would be an added inducement to spring for the extra $ for Business Class.

Frank in dark and cloudy SBA

Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Big Merl:
Didn't expect to be taken seriously.

Man..........I'm a good target on April 1st too!

With a dome-obsrvation serving as the Maricopa station........

Having waited for MARC in a coach turned ticket office at Camden Yards.....

No one able to leave Boston in a sleeping car on an Amtrak train.....

Amshacks from sea to shining sea....

The fortunately long gone 'bubble' in Kansas City.....

The still with us 'temporary' station in St. Louis turning 25 years old....

Given all of this.....an amfleet coach on track 19 being used as a waiting room didn't seem all that far-fetched!!!

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David Pressley

[This message has been edited by notelvis (edited 10-26-2004).]

Posted by CHATTER (Member # 1185) on :

I saw Elvis in the newly refurbished lounge.

Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :

quote:
Originally posted by CHATTER:
I saw Elvis in the newly refurbished lounge.

Which was on track 19?

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David Pressley

Posted by UncleBuck44 (Member # 2049) on :

quote:
Originally posted by notelvis:
Which was on track 19?

UH HUH