Amtrak train leaves Penn Station for Washington, D.C., without its passengers [High-Speed Train]

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | August 3, 2014 | Rich Schapiro

[george76]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/amtrak-train-leaves-nyc-washington-dc-passengers-article-1.1890241

[NonValueAdded]

Interesting, they run that train for 85 passengers? Hardly sound viable to me. What is the fare?

[GeronL]

They lose a ton of money, probably picked up by taxpayers

[GeronL]

weird

[Born to Conserve]

Once the mistake was made — sending the passengers to the wrong platform — the best move is to send the train down the line on schedule. There are more passengers at more stations along the way.

[QT3.14]

Any reason you didn’t post the actual title at the link?

[married21]

I think I saw a Thomas the Tank Engine episode like that.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Interesting, they run that train for 85 passengers? Hardly sound viable to me. What is the fare?

From the Amtrak web site:

Acela Express offers hourly service downtown to downtown during peak morning and afternoon rush hours between New York, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and other intermediate cities, as well as many convenient round-trips between New York and Boston.

[BlopAndStop]

Amcrap at Penn is such a mess even on a good day. And you’d better have your e-ticket printed to their standards or they won’t let you down the escalator to the track.