Amtrak has tweaked its website to better help passengers plan travel on long-distance trains now that all of them except the Auto Train are operating tri-weekly or quad-weekly.
The “next travel day” feature will advise passengers seeking to make a reservation on the Amtrak website or via the Amtrak app that the train they wish to ride does not operate on the they have selected.
A popup screen will direct them to the next available day of operation.
However, passengers will still receive the message that “at least one portion of your trip is unavailable. Please try a different date and time.”
Updated timetables for long-distance trains that show days of operation also are available on the Amtrak website although finding them is a somewhat cumbersome task.
They will not come up when clicking on the “schedules” tab as was the case until last spring.
Instead, site users must click the “Destinations” tab. That brings up a U.S. map and clicking on the region of the country in you wish to travel will bring a list of rains operating in that region.
Clicking on a specific train brings up a box offering route “map” and “schedule” buttons.
Schedules that show long-distance and corridor trains are still unavailable.
Some corridor schedules are available on route specific websites although some of those still show timetables that are out of date.
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