hkeiner
Oct 15, 11, 3:04 pm
I understand that Amtrak provides 'thruway' bus service only if one purchases an Amtrak ticket that includes a rail segment with the bus segment. (The bus route is noted as a "'Book with Train' on their online schedule.) I know why they do this but alas my situation is that I desperately need to ride the bus without taking the train.
I am looking for comments on the logistics/pitfalls/possiblitiy of purchasing a train/bus thruway ticket if the first segment is by train and if one wants to ride on only the bus segment. Can one show the "bus people" only the paid for thruway ticket or do they ask for proof that one actually rode on the train (such as a stamped boarding pass or similar). The route would be Ventura,CA to Santa Barbara, CA by train and then Santa Barbara to San Jose by thruway bus. I would be fully paying for the Ventura to San Jose ticketed route, just not riding on the train.
As a side note, I could not find a thruway bus/train ticket containing the same bus route with a train connectin at the San Jose end because the bus arrives too late in the day for a train connection.
Any advice would be appreciated.
New student at UCSB
I am looking for comments on the logistics/pitfalls/possiblitiy of purchasing a train/bus thruway ticket if the first segment is by train and if one wants to ride on only the bus segment. Can one show the "bus people" only the paid for thruway ticket or do they ask for proof that one actually rode on the train (such as a stamped boarding pass or similar). The route would be Ventura,CA to Santa Barbara, CA by train and then Santa Barbara to San Jose by thruway bus. I would be fully paying for the Ventura to San Jose ticketed route, just not riding on the train.
As a side note, I could not find a thruway bus/train ticket containing the same bus route with a train connectin at the San Jose end because the bus arrives too late in the day for a train connection.
Any advice would be appreciated.
New student at UCSB