Ridership is running about 4100 / day. Very interesting various station numbers. A surprise is the northern most station DeBarry is carrying many more passengers than the Sanford station. Sanford station has about 4 times the parking that DeBarry has.
The Winter Park station has the most boarding as it has a lot of persons traveling both north and south for business in and out.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/sunrail/os-gfx-sunrail-early-performance-20140614,0,4645045.graphic
krtraveler Sanford being outdrawn by DeBarry is surprising, but an even bigger shock is the fact that the Orlando Amtrak station ranks dead last.
Sanford being outdrawn by DeBarry is surprising, but an even bigger shock is the fact that the Orlando Amtrak station ranks dead last.
blue streak 1 krtraveler Sanford being outdrawn by DeBarry is surprising, but an even bigger shock is the fact that the Orlando Amtrak station ranks dead last. My contacts say the same thing. Even more troubling is Florida hospital is 2nd last. Amtrak & Florida hospital are the 2 stations that adjoin the 2 major hospitals in Orlando. It may be that these two stops have not implemented their pick up system to include these two SunRail stops to pick up employees and patients ?
We always avoided the main Orlando station for Amtrak the seven years I lived there, mostly becasue of congestion downtown. I had a friend who would go from Orlando to Miami on Amtrak on weekends and I would drop her off in Winter Park even though it was about the same distance (from the UCF area) as the downtown station, and even though it meant a longer ride through town on the train and a long stop at the main station. That may be what is going on now.
SunRail hits SUV in downtown Orlando. Apparently delays northbound Meteor ~ 4 hours. This accident happened just south of Orlando Amtrak station.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/sunrail/os-sunrail-crash-orlando-20140627,0,4424409.story
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Vet We are long past the time when we should have started gradually eliminating grade level crossings. People are not smart enough to be allowed to cross the tracks.
We are long past the time when we should have started gradually eliminating grade level crossings. People are not smart enough to be allowed to cross the tracks.
Well there is another car hit last Friday. The link below shows several videos one which shows many car drivers stopping on tracks. enjoy idiots. Note link is still very slow.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/sunrail/?track=orl-sub-nav-local-sunrail
blue streak 1 Well there is another car hit last Friday. The link below shows several videos one which shows many car drivers stopping on tracks. enjoy idiots. Note link is still very slow. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/sunrail/?track=orl-sub-nav-local-sunrail
Had Orlando as a part of my territory a couple of decades ago - Every week or so a train would run over a body laying across the tracks, that didn't move on the approach and warnings of the train. Always figured we were being used as a body drop that would destroy or at least mangle most of the evidence of a gangland hit.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
A review. SunRail thru Fl DOT bought ~ 57 miles of the CSX "A" line. The present service is ~ 31 miles. The whole 57 miles are dispatched by a contractor for SunRail. For a couple weeks the northbound Meteor # 98 often is taking 1 - 2 hours more than schedule on Sunrail's tracks. Even on weekends when no SunRail service. Contacts have not been able to determine why; anyone ?. Note delays are even on rebuilt downtown areas where no MOW should be occurring ?
Several inks to post one at a time. Give 5 minutes between
Winter Park merchants note business increase
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/sunrail/os-winter-park-sunrail-business-bounce-20140704,0,4940351.story
Another car hit. Left hand running due to some trains going to east track at temporary end of line at Sandlake.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/sunrail/os-sunrail-crash-video-orlando-20140708,0,624353.story
Another -- Northern most station parking lot is getting very full and already plans to expand. Appears that there are many persons from DeLand coming to this parking lot. Still having fare collection problems. Unable to update fare cards on internet and many tap card stations at each stop not working.i
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/sunrail/os-sunrail-new-parking-lot-20140723,0,4104758.story
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