u/Maleficent_Cash909

Not sure where or whether I would stay at big bear but need a place to drop off luggage during the day near the visitors center while I go around for activities for two hours. Apparently I hear bike rental places including the visitor center itself is not going to be willing to risk storing a bag for a renter.

This is likely a spontaneous trip which may or may not involve an overnight stay depending on whether get stranded in the mountain by mountain transit.

I heard they lost a lot of trainsets due to a deficit and age. Resulting in severe cutbacks and people really felt it on Earth day when those who want to try it out noticed everyone squeezed to much fewer trains than expected. I’m surprised so many people still take advantage of free train days since the SoCal day pass.

I always think that SoCal weekday pass insane to be priced below a one way trip for most people and they still sell one ways. Not sure what were the board of directors on when But Is the deficit due to it or were they desperate win back ridership using such promotion to try to regain fare revenue? In addition to simplifying the fare structure, anyone know what is going on?

I be curious how state based Amtrak conductors accept this ie if someone have a day pass or a monthly pass on a commuter service that codeshares with state or regional Amtrak trains ride to limits of their pass and than buy a regular Amtrak ticket for the points beyond the codeshare limits ie for pacific surfloner cities beyond Ventura if it’s Amtrak California. It’s much cheaper this way like $50 cheaper than buying a regular Amtrak ticket for the full journey. Especially for those who already have monthly pass or a day pass for the city pairs, how to tell the ticket checker about this that you both have a rail to rail ticket and a regular ticket for points beyond where rail to rail ends.