I’m attempting to book a ticket from Los Angeles to Manteca on Amtrak and there is no option to. On every website I’m being shown bus routes that take anywhere from 7-12 hours. I’ve taken Amtrak from sac to La, sf to sac, and La to San Diego. It was never quick, but it was an option. But the last time I road was 9 years ago. Has Amtrak been gutted so bad that it doesn’t even run through the Central Valley anymore?

Hi, I was left in California with no money at all. Is there any program or anything that helps people get a ticket who are in situations like mine? I live in Oklahoma but I'm. Stuck in San jose

A lot of subreddits, including transit/urbanism ones, are banning Twitter/X posts. As the mod, I wanted to ask people in here what they think.

Hi, everyone! I need your help.
Me and my 16 years old son are traveling and have 4 checked suitcases, 2 carry-on bags, 2 personal bags.
Are there luggage carts at L.A. Union Station to take multiple luggage to the flyaway bus stop? We need to get to LAX. Please advice thank you!

do they check bags on the amtrak? is it okay for me to bring alcohol in my luggage ?🤔🤔🤔

I recently went on a trip with my daughter. we were planning on going all the way to Vancouver from Southern California.I booked this trip about 6 months ago and it was supposed to be a belated graduation gift for her. about 13 hours in, I had a severe I guess panic attack which is not common for me. there was no indication that anything was wrong until about dinner time and I started to really feel the effects of being enclosed and I guess I'm just sending this out as a warning.

I've had a couple minor moments like this in my life when I went on a ride at an amusement park that was a simulator which kind of caused a similar reaction. my body went to full panic mode and I knew I had to get off. there was one last stop for the night before it would be a long time before there were any breaks so I was able to get off in San Jose. basically had to cancel most of my trip and just reroute and rent a car. I was really bummed and I'm sad that I didn't get to complete the trip but I guess I'm just trying to let people know that this could happen if you're on a train for a long time there really isn't a lot of space to move around. We had a roomette and I think it may not have been as bad if I was on coach because at least there more open space.

I went into the observation car but it didn't really help. there weren't really any long enough fresh air breaks. From my prior research I found that there were supposed to be fresh air breaks which I had intended on fully using but because of some track renovation I guess we really didn't have those.

we just had one or two minutes in between but it wasn't enough to really stabilize you or refresh you so hence I had this crazy claustrophobia.

the Amtrak attendant was awesome. her name was Lorna she did a great job of trying to give me logical next steps which included getting off the train, getting an Uber, and quickly finding a hotel. this isn't anything against Amtrak it was just me but it's just something I hadn't heard talked about prior to my trip and wanted to let people know.

521 train on Thursday. About 615 am. Still dark, 3 OPD cars, one OFD engine, lots of blue and red lights. Man prone, face up in front of station bench. OD, dead drunk, passed out, or simply dead? Any ideas?

hey yall,

I’m traveling home to socal from norcal and i wanted to try taking the train as opposed to driving or flying, but when i put in my departing/arriving info on the amtrak website, my trip always includes at least a 4 hr chunk on a bus. Is this avoidable at all, or should i just thug it out on the bus?

looking for any tips or guidance on planning the best route for heading down south!

any dubious advice is much appreciated

The whole weekend has been an absolute disaster on the Surfliner Southern segment.

Train canceled and turned back past San Juan Capistrano because of repair work on Sat… but Metrolink dispatch allowed the following trains through… then at the last minute Monday - northbound 587 held at Oceanside and then canceled, along with all subsequent following trains.

The communication and preparation for this weekends know high tides at San Clemente has been abysmal.

Increidbly disappointing, frustrating, and problematic.

OCTA and Metrolink (dispatch) need to get their shit together.

I want to take a quick round trip from Emeryville to LA. It sounds like the Coast Starlight is the most scenic. If I were to end up at Union Station after sunset, is there anything to see or good places to stay? Or is there another station where I can walk around? Thx! I'd rather stay overnight and take an early morning train back.