Heads Up: Amtrak Fall Excursion
Jul 21, 2017, 6:46 am
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Heads Up: Amtrak Fall Excursion
From another message board:
Planned routing is Penn Station-Newark-Oak Island-Upper Bay-National Docks-Bergen Tunnels, then up the River (ex-West Shore) line to Selkirk. Then eastward over the Castleton Bridge, down the Schodack and into Penn Station via the Hudson Line, with a 6:10pm arrival estimated.
Dates of operation are October 14 and 15. Official announcement is expected "in a few weeks" and sales will start the 2nd week in September.
Bob H
Planned routing is Penn Station-Newark-Oak Island-Upper Bay-National Docks-Bergen Tunnels, then up the River (ex-West Shore) line to Selkirk. Then eastward over the Castleton Bridge, down the Schodack and into Penn Station via the Hudson Line, with a 6:10pm arrival estimated.
Dates of operation are October 14 and 15. Official announcement is expected "in a few weeks" and sales will start the 2nd week in September.
Bob H
Aug 30, 2017, 8:00 am
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Tickets will go on sale 9/12
on Amtrak.com website
From the 'Buy Tickets' tab:
1. Select One-Way.
2. Enter New York - Penn Station, NY (NYP) or Newark, NJ (NWK) in the
*From* box.
3. Enter Autumn Express - Excursion Train, NY (AXP) in the *To* box.
4. Select October 14 or 15, 2017 as the *Depart* date.
5. Select the number of Adult or Child passengers. Maximum of 8
For more details see
https://www.amtrak.com/fall-foliage-...-express-train
Bob H
on Amtrak.com website
From the 'Buy Tickets' tab:
1. Select One-Way.
2. Enter New York - Penn Station, NY (NYP) or Newark, NJ (NWK) in the
*From* box.
3. Enter Autumn Express - Excursion Train, NY (AXP) in the *To* box.
4. Select October 14 or 15, 2017 as the *Depart* date.
5. Select the number of Adult or Child passengers. Maximum of 8
For more details see
https://www.amtrak.com/fall-foliage-...-express-train
Bob H
Last edited by BobH; Sep 1, 2017 at 6:47 am
Sep 2, 2017, 1:59 am
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Views should be better from the right side of the train if the routing in the original post is correct, especially if they turn the train instead of changing ends.
Sep 12, 2017, 8:24 am
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Update: phoned Amtrak at 10:16 am (luckily I'm still Select Plus). Agent admitted they were having issues with the website recognizing station AXP. Managed to make a booking (the agent said they were close to selling out).