New initiatives put Amtrak on the fast track
By Rob Lovitt, msnbc.com Post
Reporting of Future Travel Experience 2011 in Vancouver, BC
When you talk about the future of travel, the train is probably not the first image comes to mind. In the U.S., at least, many travelers still see the railroad more iron horse as an innovative operator.
has a free app for the iPhone.
want to suggest something else. Despite an often well-deserved reputation for the introduction of new technologies is too slow, is the nation's intercity rail provider rolling out initiatives such as a Silicon Valley startup.
Among recent developments:
on Hipmunk: On Thursday, Hipmunk, the airfare search site that uses a graphical display to routes "highlight" agony "index began fares / schedules show in addition to air for city-pairs, is used on the iPhone. In August , the company introduced a free app in Apple's App Store, enabling customers to change when planning and booking travel, reservations, train status to explore, stations, and connect with their Guest Rewards accounts rethinks the ticket punch. In California and New England, pilot programs running in the lines with a handheld reader to scan bar codes are on the ticket and have not as the paper blows it has been used for decades.
"The punch is a 120-year-old technology and, unfortunately, this is the State," said Dee Waddell, Group Information Officer. "We hope this will be the beginning of a revolution in the industry."
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Rob Lovitt is a longtime travel writer who still believes that the journey is as important as the destination. Follow him on Twitter.
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