Kathy and I have a hike coming up in October from Washington DC to Pittsburgh.
We decided that we'd take Amtrak to DC at the start and then home from the finish.
Yesterday I went on the Amtrac web site to check prices. A seat from New York City to DC is going to cost anywhere from $20 to $132 dollars depending on what time the train leaves. That's a crazy spread. I understand the more convenient train costing more, but more than a $100 difference. It's no wonder Amtrak doesn't get enough ridership to turn a profit. Especially since, in my experience, they never make the arrival time, every freight train gets priority over the passengers. Looks like we'll be traveling in the wee hours of the morning to save some bucks.
We decided that we'd take Amtrak to DC at the start and then home from the finish.
Yesterday I went on the Amtrac web site to check prices. A seat from New York City to DC is going to cost anywhere from $20 to $132 dollars depending on what time the train leaves. That's a crazy spread. I understand the more convenient train costing more, but more than a $100 difference. It's no wonder Amtrak doesn't get enough ridership to turn a profit. Especially since, in my experience, they never make the arrival time, every freight train gets priority over the passengers. Looks like we'll be traveling in the wee hours of the morning to save some bucks.