Though frequencies have been restored, management has not prioritized returning enough sidelined Superliners, Viewliners, and Amfleet II coaches to active duty. This permitted Amtrak to store much of the equipment and decrease the workforce necessary to run daily schedules. The long-distance capacity issues have their roots in the reduction of service from daily to three or five times per week (along with the suspension of the Silver Meteor for eight months in 2022). Now, a Trains News Wire analysis of revenue and ridership trends shows that Northeast Corridor and state-funded routes have begun to show larger gains than the capacity-constrained long-distance network.

And the company did not sufficiently reverse the long-distance shortfall as it bulked up departures elsewhere. Louis last December.ĭemand for long-distance travel was the strongest among the company’s product lines as travel resumed following the pandemic, but capacity issues meant those trains could not fully meet demand. WASHINGTON - For passengers on long-distance trains, compared to those on the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak is falling short of its pledge to “restore our business to pre-pandemic levels,” as voiced by Vice President Dennis Newman at a public Board of Directors meeting in St. an additional sleeper has since been added, but the train’s two coaches are generally sold out. 23, 2023, with a baggage car, one coach, one sleeping car, and one diner-lounge.

An overpowered eastbound Capitol Limited with P42 and ALC42 locomotives rolls through Germantown, Md.

Northeast corridor train schedule