Amtrak Offers 25 Percent Discount In Northeast

Amtrak is offering a 25 percent discount for advance purchase of one-way fares on its Northeast Regional service, which runs from New Haven to Washington with spurs reaching Boston and Springfield, as well as Lynchburg and Newport News, Va.
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Third Round Trip Free On Amtrak’s Northeast Regional

Amtrak is offering a free round trip on the Northeast Regional route to members of its rewards program who complete two trips on that route before March 13.

The Northeast Regional runs from Boston through New York to Washington, with a branch running from Springfield, Mass., through Hartford to join the line in New Haven. From Washington it splits toward Lynchburg, Va., and Newport News, Va. There’s a map and more information here.

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Blogging From The Tracks

If you don’t have enough blogs to read, have a look at Derailed: One Man’s Story Of His Life On (And Off) The Rails. It’s by Bobby, an Amtrak conductor, a keen observer of the human condition and a good writer to boot.

Amtrak’s Double Standard

It strikes me as very interesting that Amtrak should promote a luxury booze train package just a few weeks after an embarrassing case in which it threw a diabetic man off a train at a remote crossing, believing he was drunk.

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