Take this daily.Amtrak's Cardinal could be on track for a big change in 2011. Currently, the long-distance train runs three times a week, linking Chicago and New York by way of Huntington, Charleston and a half-dozen other West Virginia communities. Now, a new Amtrak report recommends the train should run every day.
Cardinal/ Continued push for daily service
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Posted 10 December 2010 - 11:02 AM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 10 December 2010 - 12:16 PM
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Posted 10 December 2010 - 01:27 PM
I don't think quite as much new equipment is needed as one might think. Remember you currently have sets sitting idle a few days at the terminal points not generating any revenue. A daily train would keep them in revenue service running back and forth between New York and Chicago. Plus it can share the pool with the Lake Shore Limited on both ends, and the Crescent, Silver Meteor, & Silver Star on the New York end.So where does the equipment come from? The new vieliners don't arrive until 2012 or later iirc.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 11 December 2010 - 09:32 AM
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Posted 11 December 2010 - 12:48 PM
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Posted 11 December 2010 - 04:26 PM
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Posted 11 December 2010 - 04:55 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 11 December 2010 - 05:09 PM
Steve is known for points runs, so you could even with today's setup do an overnight Indianapolis round trip. Most likely it would be Cardinal one way and Hoosier State the other way. Other than that you'd have to go to Staunton or such to do a Cardinal round trip since they currently pass between there and Charlottesville. I know in far past iterations of our group, long before I became social director, they did Cardinal round trips from the Washington end, as with the 3-day schedule it is possible since the Card leaves and arrives on the same days of the week.Well that sounds easier than I thought. A daily cardinal would make be a huge improvement. The 3 days a seek schedule really prvents me from using that train as much as I would like
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 18 June 2016 - 12:51 AM
NARP is running an Action Campaign in the interest of daily Cardinal. The efforts continue all these years later. The stuff we were talking about 5 or 6 years ago still applies, although the new Viewliner equipment we expected to be running still is not. And Cardinals have been running with 2 sleepers at peak times, which may put more demand on the Viewliner sleeper fleet.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 27 November 2016 - 08:36 PM
West Virginia Metro News, Charleston, WV, 11/27/16:
Amtrak eyes daily service along West Virginia routes
Charleston Mayor Danny Jones is a train travel enthusiast, making trips across the country on Amtrak several times a year.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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