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Check-in for our 5 p.m. train departing from Lorton was between 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. When we arrived at about 1:45 p.m., only a few cars were in line.
The Auto Train was the last Amtrak service to permit smoking on board. Amtrak discontinued the practice on June 1, 2013. Auto Train operates on the same route it and its predecessor have always used; the entire route is owned by CSX Transportation except for the southern 16 miles (26 km), which are owned by SunRail.
AutoTrak was a planned motorail service that was to be operated by Amtrak between Indianapolis, Indiana, and Poinciana, Florida. The AutoTrak service was to be Amtrak's answer to the Auto-Train, which, at the time, was operated by the private Auto-Train Corporation. [1] The service was run experimentally, but was ultimately cancelled. [2] [3]
There is one long low-level platform (which is 1,480 feet (451 m) long) designed for Auto Train boarding and 6 vehicle ramps for boarding vehicles onto the 20+ autoracks that are on the Auto Train. [3] [4] [5] This station is one mile south of the Virginia Railway Express Lorton station. No other Amtrak trains stop at either station.
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In the post, PreparationDry8083 explained that the train was supposed to board at 10 p.m., and that passengers got in line at 9:40 p.m. after receiving a text that it was time to board. "10:15 ...
Auto-Train Corporation (reporting mark AUCX), stylized auto-train, was a privately owned passenger railroad that operated from 1971 to 1981. Its trains included autorack cars, enabling passengers to bring their own vehicles on their journey.
Q: My husband and I were scheduled to take the Amtrak Auto Train from Sanford, Florida, to Washington, D.C., two years ago. We received a surprising text message at noon the day before departure ...