[pct-l] Ashland available through Amtrak

[jon]

Thank for the info!!!

Geez, this should be illegal (meaning, the Grey Dog (poop)) shouldn't have
beed allowed to pull this. All this does is make more people take their
big-ass SUVs places. Eeech.

J

On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Sabina Saib wrote:

> As one who takes Amtrak to the trail most times, I
> have learned the following:
> 1.  Recently, Greyhound sued Amtrak for providing bus
> service.  The claim was that Amtrak was acting as a
> bus company, not a train company on certain routes in
> competition with Greyhound.
> 2.  As part of the settlement, Amtrak agreed to stop
> making reservations for routes that were just on buses
> such as Bakersfield to Mojave.
> 3.  The way around this is to have part of the trip on
> a train, even if you never take the train.  Sometimes
> a ticket agent can help add a small portion of the
> route or you can search for a nearby train stop.
> 4.  You can also ask for a refund of your train ticket
> if you do not use that portion.
> 5.  If you reserve on a train that is always late,
> like the Coast Starlight.  And if the train is more
> than 2 hours late, you can ask to be switched to a bus
> and get credit for the train ticket.
>
> Maybe I should start a list of Secrets of Amtrak
> Sabina
>
>
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