Amtrak's Least Used Stations 

Pathetic actually

@@qjtvaddict you know what's more pathetic? Wasting your time in traffic when you could easily take a train to where you need to go if available

@@jaquaviontaviousbonquequex9066 big big "if"

Yet there are some big city still lacking a station

I live in a small town near London, ON that's on the VIA Rail Corridor line between Toronto and Windsor, yet we have no station at all. The town was founded because of the Grand Trunk Railway!

The British railway network won't serve Newcastle-under-Lyme or Gosport? Or Dudley really (though there is a "Dudley Port" station). All are over 70 thousand in population.

@@seprishere The city of 200,000 by me doesn't have ANY form of rail service at all. Infact, only the most known cities in America seem to have any rail transport available.

@@rrai1999 there’s lots of tiny towns that have service, especially along the western long distance lines. But some major cities have none

@@williamkesler2373 The east coast has pretty much nothing to speak of outside of the northeast corridor.

@@rrai1999 which is where I'm at, albany area. Theres a reason tho. Railroading started here with Henry Hudson.

How about Tallahassee, FL? It's still actively signed as an Amtrak station, and maps still occasionally show as a "suspended" destination on the Sunset Limited since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Its official yearly passenger count is 0, but it's technically not yet considered a defunct station.

@@ronjoe6292 '05.

@@JimBones1990 You're right. In my defense, 2004 was a nightmare year for Florida.

Now he just has to visit them in person.

Isaac Anderson Ya

@@amtraktrains5627 it would be awesome if someone did geoff marshall style videos for American metro systems

Jse A ya

@@jsea1967 Imagine an American 'All the Stations'. It would take a decade!!

That is true of most of the stations on the Sunset Limited route, except for junction stations that have trains going north.

Well the Sunset Limited has the fewest passengers of all the long distance trains.

That is true of Thurmond and Montgomery WVa. also. The Cardinal serves them tri weekly

@@JawTooth I love old lines, and historic stations, like you, but if Amtrak wants to really being back large ridership, they need to stop just going through the motions of 1965 with old routes and stations where riders don't live. The population centers have moved since 1960. Taxi life is different too. Most people have a car for every driver, uncommon in 1955. The historic stations are often in depressed or even dangerous areas, no stores, restaurants or car rental places within walking distance. Above all, parking is a royal pain. Expensive if garaged, and if unattended lots, your car may be vandalized over a week or two. City center stations in traffic snarl cities like Atlanta, New Orleans or Houston mean the rider must slog two hours through traffic, pay to park, then ride back at 40mph over much of the same territory they just drove. Stations need to be new, low maintenance modern and placed on freeway offramps in areas where the most riders exist and providing simple parking. The old stations would then be served by the county or city to get the rider out to the higher speed modern station where they meet the rural suburban rider. All this accomplished by bypass sidings owned by Amtrak, but interchanging with the old freight lines, until ridership comes back. However I don't think Amtrak really wants massive ridership. It mostly exists to run the NE Corridor service that DC politicians and lobbyists rely upon. That is why it was really created when Penn Central, Chessie, etc all cancelled passenger service in the 1960s. Trains will likely continue as they are for several more decades. I'm happy we have the biggest and fastest rail freight infrastructure in the world, but I do miss riding trains to go 100 or 200 miles. However Amtrak service isn't worth those short runs except in the NEC.

And it's even worse when you factor in certain major cities and popular destinations on the route like Houston, El Paso, Tucson, and even Palm Springs all only get served three times a week as well. No way any of those places should be reduced to anything less than daily service.

I really like the Point of Rocks station in MD near Brunswick but it is mostly used as a stand. The Harper's Ferry station is now beautifully restored and opened on the I side. When I lived there, only the outside benches were available and the run down station was filled with storage junk.

They give tours of the Thurmond abandoned buildings. Very interesting. Thurmond has a lot of history.

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I'm pretty sure it is, Mr. Jaw tooth, and I beleive Thurmond depot was shown in a Lionel catalog.

I've wanted to stop there but is there any taxi/uber service there. with only 4 residents i dont want to be stranded.

Really ? That's a big town too.

@@feminazislayer Big by Idaho standards or other places in the middle of nowhere.

Glad someone finally said it

Sorry but I have serious doubts it will ever happen. There isn't enough density along the route and getting to Portland's station to and from the east and west now requires a backup maneuver.

It's unfortunate how the only active railway station in the entirety of Idaho is in Sandpoint, IH. It's in the far north of the state and located 518 km (322 mi) away from Boise. The station's on the Empire Builder service which goes from Chicago to Seattle/Portland.

And to be fair, Michigan subsidizes the Wolverine route and wants more stops. It's not like some of the stops out west where the states don't provide any funding.

Or signaling boxes :-)

I see no help point either

LOL

I’m mad that CSX still won’t lift a finger to restore those tracks to passenger standard.

Well yeah, but I think that the main point behind his mention was that the area ended up being better serviced by Amtrak after the merger of the two stations nearby, though I do find Colonel Allensworth to be quite the intriguing station, and think it could have also been given a mention.

that's pretty cool actually, the fact that it is in a weird purgatory of existing. i almost wanna check it out but idk how id get 20 people just to chack out a station

very likely

Love watching All The Stations!

But what if I want to get on! I won't be on time! That's not very Japanese of you! For shameeeee

we have several stations which are essentially dead here in the UK, hence Parliamentary train services.

i wanna go to japan just so I can be that one guy that has to get off there lolololol

KishaScape if you look at the timetable it’s empty so it’s still technically on time

@@hamanakohamaneko7028 JUMP, TUCK, AND ROLL!!

Think it would be better once we get more info on the ALC-42.

He’s not going to anytime soon since neither the acs of sc 44 have much history.

He probably wont. He did say in a video that he didnt want to do modern stuff cause of how little info there is

Siemens have built quite a lot trains in the UK Such as their desiro & desiro city Family of trains Such as class 700 Operated by Thameslink That replaced 30 year old class 319 That were Built from 1987 to 1989 In BREL York to do commuter services Between Bedford and Brighten . The class 707 Operated by southwest trains Is a commuter service train Operating Out of London waterloo Going down to Portsmouth and on the Winsor line. The class 717 Operated by Great northern Operate on the northern city line ex London underground line Used to be part of the northern line Into 1975 The line Runs out of moorgate To Stevenage With the East Coast Main line That operate out of London king's cross. The class 717 was made to replace class 313 peps that were Built from 1975 to 1977 their now all scrapped.

Ah, I see your a man of culture as well

Ah yes engines of Amtrak 45

Rip goat

Oof

Maybe the cardinals should be partially discontinued or replaced by HSR partially

501 AD? Dang, that station's been abandoned a long time then

as someone who lives in east tennessee I very much was happy when he said that.

He mispronounced the last part of Adirondack though.

Correct to some people, incorrect to others. That’s not how it’s pronounced here in Maine

Yes. Like seasonal stations like port kent, some at Glacier national park, or NY state fair near Syracuse NY. Another is flag stops and how they work if your boarding and the train needs to stop.

Nobody wants to serve those stations

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Endlessly, I am amazed even though I am not from usa

Do people not use the Shinkansen anymore?

Be nice if it wasn't seosonal on that one though. It's not that hard to stop if there's someone on the list. What a pain in the ass! FLAG STOP! FLAG STOP! FLAG STOP!

Some of them are merely the product of geography like Albion which is a college town roughly equidistant between Kalamazoo and Jackson which are busier stops.

I live in Wolfeboro, we have a long rail trail here called Cotton Valley. I wish Amtrak ran through here, so it would be easier to leave here more often.

You very much look like Jonathan Frakes

Not the first time I’ve heard that. I’ll take it as a compliment!

Hmm. I wonder if that may get Essex, MT on this list. It consists mainly of a hotel and a handful of houses. It does attract a lot of tourists, though.

Hopefully not. Though I know Montana Senators are PISSED about the Empire Builder cuts, and are trying to keep them from happening. But it’s not like the profit-seeking, long distance hating management will give a damn about it. Long distance isn’t in the “Grand Plan for Profitability” unless it’s the Auto Train.

MarioYoshi 4723 We need to instruct our Federal Government that public services are not supposed to be profit-making ventures. Amtrak and the USPS are prime examples.

@Jhon Krasnovskiy Not sure what you're saying. Passenger rail was not profitable and was being subsidized piecemeal among many railroads, just to keep minimal trains running. The network as a whole works better and costs less operating as a single unit = Amtrak.

@@jacksons1010 was a scheme commited by standard oil, firestone tires, and general motors. They wanted you to buy standard oil and gas, drive on firestone tires, and use general motors motors. Can't do any of those things if you are always riding the train. The "Red Car" was the trolley system in los angeles that existed up until the 1960's (about the same time major hiways were being constructed). This trolley system went from long beach up north to van nuys, santa monica to points east. These three corporations bought up the properties, ceased operations, and let it rot under a dummy corporation. Was even brought up on charges and paid a measly $2001 in fines to the FTC for a monopoly. .... Railroads were unregulated until legislations in...(big guess) the 1960's (they could run as fast as they wanted, and buy and build what they wanted). Amtrak was created to save what was left of passenger rail service in 1971 (many smaller railroads and shortlines of passenger and freight saw thier demise during this time as well).

I’m not sure about other states, but in Massachusetts on the MBTA system flag stops mean that the train will not automatically stop at the station. You will need to tell the conductor you wish to exit there. If you are waiting on the platform for a train you have to make yourself visible (stand up when the train is approaching so the engineer/conductor can see you) and the train will stop for you. Hope this helps !

@@bnsfrailfans So there is a risk that the train simply won't see you and carry on through....

Ethan Allen extended to Burlington in 2022.

Dearborn is no longer a great city as you put it....its an absolute shithole now.

Uh.. Are you telling me 91 million people get on a station in an average european city every year? I believe your number is ludicrously incorrect

actually, in 2021 it went down to 419 apparently. :(

Daily services is needed.

It has both Cascades and the Coast Starlight on it though, which is already better than most of these least used stations. As for Chemult, yeah it’s pretty lonely lol

I was thinking the same thing about Chemult. Apparently gets more use than I realized.