And they're making inroads at both Harvard and Walmart
u/ChanceAd5350 — 2 days ago
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r/MARCtrain r/WMATA r/phillies r/MontgomeryCountyMD r/unexpectedfactorial r/neoliberal r/AmtrakCascades r/PrinceGeorgesCountyMD r/anythingbutmetric r/yimby r/googlemapsshenanigans r/Amtrak r/simpsonsshitposting r/PrematureTruncation r/Rockville
Talgos on the Cascades during the Centennial Mills debacle
Hi folks, anyone know which trains, if any, are running the Talgo 8 set right now? Previous comments have said 517/518, but I'm sure the whole operation is out of whack right now. Thanks!
u/ChanceAd5350 — 3 days ago
▲ 150 r/phillies
With the Marlins win tonight, the Phillies have the worst record in baseball since the ASB
u/ChanceAd5350 — 20 days ago
▲ 34 r/Amtrak
Lower Acela fares?
I was just noticing Acela fares seem to be lower than they used to be.
$62 used to be the lowest bucket for PHL-WAS but now the lowest is $46.
I don't know offhand what the lowest bucket for NYP-WAS was, but if just PHL-WAS was $62...
While these screenshots are just from one date, I checked a bunch of weekdays over the coming months and saw generally the same thing.
Has the poor performance of the legacy sets and the uncomfortable seats on the NextGens depressed demand that much?
u/ChanceAd5350 — 22 days ago
Time-lapse of today's severe thunderstorm from RTC I mean uh "THE SQU ARE"
It's a little long because I started it too early. It starts getting good at about :20, and you can see a transformer blow near the Giant at about 1:09
u/ChanceAd5350 — 23 days ago
▲ 16 r/WMATA
Important question about the red line shutdown
Will my tag in/out at North Bethesda and Friendship Heights count towards my Metro Rewind?
u/ChanceAd5350 — 25 days ago
▲ 101 r/anythingbutmetric
There has to be some other way to visualize what 26,000 gallons of water looks like
u/ChanceAd5350 — 26 days ago
▲ 13 r/MARCtrain
Opposite track at Silver Spring
There has to be a way for MARC to announce when trains are operating on the opposite track, right?
I mean I know they're *supposed to* announce it over the PA. But they almost never do, forcing folks waiting for the train to run up the steps, over 4 tracks, and back down the other side.
Today I met up with a couple of guys on the platform who ran across and still didn't make it.
Isn't that what the eAlerts texts are for?
u/ChanceAd5350 — 1 month ago
▲ 19 r/MARCtrain
Complete MARC Meltdown
WAS is a mess with signal problems.
On the Brunswick Line, 879 is cancelled, leaving a 59 minute gap at rush hour.
883, the last one before the 59 minute gap, pulled in on the wrong track at Silver Spring without any text or announcement.
u/ChanceAd5350 — 1 month ago
The accuracy of the transcription was, in fact, Poo
u/ChanceAd5350 — 1 month ago
▲ 90 r/WMATA
70 minutes from Rockville to Metro Center yesterday
So just about double the average commute time.
The shuttle bus worked well enough, though it was slow going through Bethesda with the bus lane being blocked multiple times.
However I pity the poor folks coming back from work Monday afternoon. The line to board a shuttle bus at Friendship Heights was massive, and didn't appear to be moving at all when I passed by. I 100% will not be doing this at rush hour in rush hour direction, especially if it's hot or raining.
u/ChanceAd5350 — 1 month ago
Cabaret! *gunshot* Get your cabaret! *gunshot* Who's ready? Cabaret! *gunshot*
u/ChanceAd5350 — 2 months ago
▲ 8 r/MARCtrain
Anyone else not able to view MDOT eAlerts?
Hopefully they get this fixed soon
u/ChanceAd5350 — 2 months ago
▲ 70 r/Amtrak
Anyone know where I can find the Amtrack [sic] at Washington Union Station?
Apparently Google doesn't know how to spell Amtrak
u/ChanceAd5350 — 2 months ago
▲ 27 r/MontgomeryCountyMD
Interesting incumbent losses
Why is Yu losing heavily? Was he involved in a scandal I wasn't aware of?
And what makes someone vote against the incumbent Register of Wills?
(Please don't shoot me, these are both genuine questions!)
u/ChanceAd5350 — 2 months ago