Acela from NYC on Sunday?

[Anonymous]

^for the same hotel right now

[Anonymous]

Amtrak will not be able to run on Sunday in NE Corridor. Not enough snow plows to keep the line clear.

Get out early Saturday AM or plan on Wednesday.

[Anonymous]

NYC is supposed to get a foot of snow. Not sure what if they cancel Broadway plays.

[Anonymous]

We have experienced severe delays on Amtrak ( both Acela + regular trains) between NYC + DC when it snowed OP. Our child used to live in NYC and we did the RT about once a month. Lots of nightmare stories to share. Many will groan, but if the trains are cancelled, check out some of the buses...some of them handle snow well.

[Anonymous]

I doubt the trains will be happening on Sunday or Monday until later in the day, due to the amount of snow and ice coming.

[Anonymous]

Likely you’ll be stuck in NY for a couple extra days so plan accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Need to book train ticket from NyC to DC on Sunday. Is there a high risk trains wil cancel from the storm? Is there a better strategy to do regional train or better to be on Acela? Looking at 9am train.

Welcome advice from experienced Amtrak folks! I can’t leave NyC until Sunday morning

you can not be this dumb

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I doubt the trains will be happening on Sunday or Monday until later in the day, due to the amount of snow and ice coming.

Yes, as the forecast has shifted into a lot more sleet and freezing rain, along with the very cold temps, it's going to make it very hard for Amtrak to get the tracks safe. Can't just run a single snowplow train each direction.

Probably won't see fully normal operations until Wednesday or Thursday.

[Anonymous]

Don't do this. Do your traveling today if it must be done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Need to book train ticket from NyC to DC on Sunday. Is there a high risk trains wil cancel from the storm? Is there a better strategy to do regional train or better to be on Acela? Looking at 9am train.

Welcome advice from experienced Amtrak folks! I can’t leave NyC until Sunday morning

you can not be this dumb

It has to be a troll.

In case it's not, trains stop running when the snow gets deep.

[Anonymous]

If you look at that route for Amtrak tmrw, 95% trains already cancelled. They are only running the northeast regionals, and they may be cancelled by tmrw.
Just accept you are stuck. Hope your hotel had room service.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one can really say but it takes a lot to really shut down amtrak so i’d guess 9 am Sunday would be ok

No

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one can really say but it takes a lot to really shut down amtrak so i’d guess 9 am Sunday would be ok

Sorry, but this is wrong.

[Anonymous]

Embrace the extra time in nyc and don’t try to return until Tues. nyc in the snow is great if you don’t have anywhere you have to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you look at that route for Amtrak tmrw, 95% trains already cancelled. They are only running the northeast regionals, and they may be cancelled by tmrw.
Just accept you are stuck. Hope your hotel had room service.

Acela trains have been cancelled but the regular ones are still running. I think the late afternoon ones are cancelled though