Saturday, March 23, 2013

Amtrak from Washington DC to New Haven

這是去年6月11日去Washington DC的遊記,這是賦歸的火車之旅的第一篇,也是DC遊記的倒數第二篇,也是我的火車商務艙初體驗。那天下午約1點45分,在Washington Union Station的Amtrak第K26號門入場,火車是2點2分準時在DC起站發車,下面照片是從K26號門進入,要搭一段往下的電扶梯到月台,電扶梯上面的天花板。

一下去月台就可以看到Coachclass(商務艙)的車廂,幾乎整列車都是這個等級的車廂。其實我也常常坐這個等級的車廂,已經可以坐得很舒服。

再來就可以看到Cafe Car(餐車),這段不太算長程的火車,所以只有這種賣輕食的餐車。美國的火車不會像台灣會有人推推車來販賣便當或商品,要吃東西或是買飲料的話就要自己來餐車購買。

這是這段火車的車票,從Washington, DC到New Haven, CT,車子的班次是North East Regional 94,因為這次的旅行有Washington International Competition的主辦單位Friday Morning Music Club贊助DC往返的旅費跟在DC的住宿費,加上之前在DC搭過車子的經驗,非常多的搭車人潮,加上美國火車普通艙沒有劃位,先搶先贏,總覺得上車之後整個車廂都塞滿了人,大家也在不斷地找座位,所以這次這段我就大膽地訂了比較貴的商務車廂。

這就是我要搭的Businessclass(商務車廂),這列車廂掛在車頭的第一個,所以從電扶梯走到月台,還要走到最遠的另一頭才可以找到這個車廂。走到這裡幾乎都沒有搭車人潮了,大家在前面車廂就都進去了,走進去的時候我還看到不少人在跟這個車廂合照。

這就是傳說中的商務車廂的樣子。果真是票價貴的車廂,所以沒什麼人買,車廂也沒什麼人,坐起來舒服很多。

商務車廂的椅子。

商務車廂的椅背上有小桌子。

窗戶旁邊也有兩個插座可以用,不過這個服務普通車廂也一樣有。

商務車廂椅背的小桌子翻下來的樣子。這個桌子還可以往後拉,可以自行調整自己跟桌子的距離。

椅子下面還有踏腳架,可以看一下我跟前面座椅的相對位置,我覺得商務車廂跟普通車廂最大的差別就是位置,很明顯加大的左右跟前後方距離的座椅,讓位置坐起來更舒適。我在想如果是超長程的商務車廂,這種位置距離應該可以躺平了吧,還有像我這種瘦小的人坐這種商務車廂真的有點奢侈,這似乎比較適合美國size的那種旅客。

不像普通車廂的人潮可能還會有人坐到走道的位置,商務車廂大家都是選靠窗的位置,然後靠走道的位置也一併使用中。

要告別DC了,發車之後拍了一些車窗外的風景,這是某個湖的湖景(或是海景)。

湖邊或海邊,加上綠色植物的陸地。

火車繼續行駛在有水景的軌道上。

離開有水景的軌道之後,變成一片綠意,突然看到這個大紅色的建築物,很顯眼。拍到這邊我就沒再繼續拍了,很快我就在商務車廂裡面睡著了。

大約五個小時的時間,火車抵達了New Haven, CT。下面照片就是這列火車停在New Haven Union Station月台上的樣子。火車停在紐約市的Penn Station的時候,一大堆旅客都下車了,繼續北上的旅客並不多,所以火車就變成每站都停的慢車。抵達New Haven約晚上七點多(不要懷疑,美國夏天的晚上七點多太陽還沒下山),沒有誤點太多。

不過下一班我要轉車回Hartford, CT的Amtrak Shuttle,倒是誤點了半小時。

Amtrak Schedule:
June 11, 2012 Northeast Regional 94
Washington, DC - New Haven, CT 2:02pm-7:10pm
June 11, 2012 Shuttle 494
New Haven, CT - Hartford, CT 7:30pm-8:16pm

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