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David Benton wrote:Heartland flyer ?Yes, the Heartland Flyer was the last Superliner train to initiate service that continues to run, June 1999.
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David Benton wrote:Heartland flyer ?Yes, the Heartland Flyer was the last Superliner train to initiate service that continues to run, June 1999.
Winter Park Express canceled Saturday because of freight train derailment
Excited snowboarders and skiers got some bad news Saturday morning.
Amtrak’s morning train to Winter Park Resort was canceled after a freight train derailed along the route, Amtrak spokesman Mike Tolbert said. There will not be a train from Winter Park to Denver Saturday evening as its currently stuck in Denver.
Tolbert said the Winter Park Express should be running again tomorrow.
Amtrak’s Revived Colorado Ski Train Was a Success With Tourists This Year
The nation’s only airport-to-ski slope train connection was a hit with tourists this season and is going to keep running from Denver to Winter Park Resort for the foreseeable future.
Amtrak and the ski resort announced end-of-season ridership totals Wednesday. About 18,000 people rode the train from Denver 60 miles west through the Rockies, across the Continental Divide, and to the base of a ski resort at about 9,000 feet above sea level.
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The so-called “ski train” ran on weekends from 1947 until 2009, when insurance woes closed it. The weekend Winter Park train was resumed this season after Denver completed work on a train line from its airport. The final trips for the season will be made this weekend.
Amtrak and Winter Park executives are meeting in Denver this week to talk about possibly expanding the service, which currently runs Saturdays and Sundays in January, February and March. The train formerly offered coffees and alcoholic beverages; some riders this season bemoaned the missing beverage service. There is also talk of Friday service.
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Jeff Smith wrote:Successful season: Skift.comThe key financial numbers will be the money the riders left in Winter Park, and we're not likely to be told that; but it's good that the management is pleased enough to continue the operation.
I'd be curious to know what the financial numbers will be; certainly, ridership metrics were good....
ExCon90 wrote:The key financial numbers will be the money the riders left in Winter Park, and we're not likely to be told that; but it's good that the management is pleased enough to continue the operation.Well said, thanks for reminding me!
ExCon90 wrote:Let's not begrudge the resort owners. Apparently they did the heavy lifting to pay for the train. I don't think Amtrak covered any of the operating losses, tho it certainly gained tons of publicity and good will. If Amtrak spent its own money, I could imagine outrage from haters in Congress. So the funding was largely money from the resort, and "sponsors", advertisers, like the phone company that wrapped the cars.Jeff Smith wrote:Successful season: Skift.comThe key financial numbers will be the money the riders left in Winter Park, and we're not likely to be told that; but it's good that the management is pleased enough to continue the operation.
I'd be curious to know what the financial numbers will be; certainly, ridership metrics were good....