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Amtrak holding sleepers to Boston on the Lake Shore through February
…from Boston on the until Feb. 1…
Did someone take a break and then forget to check the grammar?
I am scheduled on the LSL from Boston to Albany on Thursday. Booked a sleeper but was then contacted and told I would be in coach. Rep then told me there is no cafe car on the train. I called guest rewards and was told the same thing…no food service. Anyone have any more info?
This past spring, I had a sleeper reservation from Boston to Chicago. A few days before I left, I received a notification telling me that the departure time from Boston, and nothing else, had been changed. When I arrived at the station in my home city at the beginning of my trip, I was told that there was no sleeper from Boston, and the agent here made the necessary changes in my ticket.
There was a cafe car on #448 the day I left Boston, and I boarded my sleeper in Rensselaer, and had my dinner in the diner.
To William Lindsay (from Nebraska): Why would you even book a sleeper for a 5-hour trip, considering the the LSL leaves Boston at 12:50pm, and arrives in Albany at 6:00pm? You wouldn’t even get a meal included with that trip. I think you’re full of sh*t.
This comment was extremely disrespectful to posters on this forum. If you can’t say something without profanity, it’s better not to say anything. In short, show some class!
My wife and I booked sleepers on train 449 from Boston to Chicago, then on train 5 from Chicago to Frisco. Amtrak notified me of the change of plans and re-routed me on the Acela to New York where we caught the NY section of 49. There was no change in fares altho the trip did start 2 hours earlier and was quit a bit longer. The Acela was great but we got screwed out of a free lunch. A GREAT surprise was checked baggage from Boston thru to Frisco. I didn’t think I could have checked bags on the Acela but it all worked out just fine. I guess visiting the Acela lounge at South Station saved the day – that’s where we were greeted by a guy who did it all for us. Great service.
Mr Nichols. Should of made myself clearer…my tri is from Boston to Chicago. When I booked initially on line it had me in sleeper 4920 Boston to Albany and then sleeper 4911 from Albany to Chicago. Amtrak then called me a few days later and told me no sleeper Boston to Albany but my sleeper Albany to Chicago was still good. That is when they told me about not having any food service between Boston and Albany. One other thing…LIGHTEN UP FRANCIS.
on Oct 26th, I took the lake shore from Boston to Toledo. I booked my ticket on the day of departure, sleeper was shown and booked from Albany only. It worked out fine for me.
Since the Boston section of the Lake Shore would have had only a cafe car anyway, there was nothing to be missed.
I think that Mrs & Mr Scamperle-Esse where rather lucky to get an Acela trip along the Shore Line and later a ride along the Hudson for the same fare.
Also they had a chance to get dinner on the Lake Shore! When I got to the diner after departure from Albany, all that was left, was Maccaroni or Chicken…
I rode from Chicago to Boston leaving Friday evening. The change to 448 at Albany was uneventful except that the sleeping car attendant failed to inform passengers that the front section of the lounge car had business class seating set aside for sleeping car passengers. I rode in the rear coach almost to Springfield before I went to the lounge car for a microwaved sandwich and discovered the better seating. I was allowed to move forward and the conductor said that on some days the sleeping car attendants walk passengers to the business class seating. The coach was noisy and the seat was very uncomfortable. I don’t know why some Amtrak staff cannot get something so simple right.
On the bright side, I didn’t get stuck in the snow at O’Hare Airport on Saturday.
Can’t switch a couple of cars in Albany?
Real railroaders must be laughing out loud.
Even Al Perlman didn’t use that excuse.
I forgot to add that I also rode the Acela to New York to make the connection to the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago. To my surprise the train was on time. I was able to finish the trip riding Metra to Itasca, IL where I spent a few days.
The ride of train 448 brought back memories of riding New York Central train 90 to Albany and then having to change to a connecting train to Boston consisting of a couple of ancient day coaches with a clerestory ceilings with glass shaded light fixtures bolted on to cut the gloom as the train lurched through the night. I am not sure that the Amtrak coaches are much better.
When I went to Albany the business section was “not in service” In other words, crew only. All passengers had to sitt in the last coach. Regardless of their tickets