Amtrak's Newest Route Exceeds All Expectations, Breaking Record No One Saw Coming

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(The Travel) Amtrak has launched several new trains and routes in the last few years. In August, the highly anticipated NextGet Acela trains made their debut, and a few days ago, the company announced that a train between Albany and New York City would finally be restored.

In addition, Amtrak’s latest routes continue to impress passengers with their record-breaking results. A few months ago, the Amtrak Borealis service reached 250,000 passengers, just over a year following its debut. However, there’s another route recently added to Amtrak’s network that is now breaking all records: the Mardi Gras Service. Here is everything you should know about this route and its brand-new ridership milestone.

Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Exceeds All Expectations, Welcoming Double The Originally Estimated Passengers



Amtrak’s Mardi Gras service was launched only a few months ago; however, it is already proving to be a highly successful route. According to Knox Ross, the chairman of the Southern Rail Commission, between mid-August and the end of September, it welcomed a total of 19,000 passengers. Yet, numbers continue to increase.

As of Thursday, 23, the total figure of passengers who chose this line is 30,000. Knox Ross declared that this is over double Amtrak’s original estimates. Amtrak initially estimated a total of 71,000 passengers for Mardi Gras’ first year. However, if numbers remain stable, the total number of passengers in the first year may reach over 150,000. ....................(more)

https://www.thetravel.com/amtraks-mardi-gras-service-exceeds-all-projections-3000-passengers/

[Walleye]

1. Thanks to Joe Biden. I hope Trump doesn't find out about it. He will destroy it.

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2. he will equip them with cattle cars...

to transport captured immigrants.

[NoRethugFriends]

3. Kind of misleading until you look closely.

A few of the scheduled trains between NYC and Albany had been cancelled.
The service had continued to exist with a lot of other scheduled trains

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