Amtrak sold out?

Was just on the Amtrak website and it would not let me book a trip from Boston to NY in July. It is saying that I must select a different time because that time is sold out. I went through numerous changes and the same message appeared. Just wondering if anyone has ever seen this before. I%26#39;m hoping that it is just a glitch in the system and that I will be able to book later. Thanks for your help.

Amtrak sold out?

If it is true, you%26#39;ll just have to take the bus. There%26#39;s about 4 discount bus companies from Boston to New York charging about 10-20 dollars each with a 4.5 hour trip time. Almost as fast, but not as convienent as the train. Hopefully it%26#39;s just a glitch.

Amtrak sold out?

Having taken both bus and train to NY, I would not think twice about taking the bus. It%26#39;s much cheaper and super convenient. If I had to go to NYC next week, I%26#39;d take the bus. A friend just recently took his parents visiting from India to NYC by bus and came back saying how wonderful Greyhound was, how quick and easy it was, how inexpensive. I agree that trains are cool and all that and buses lack the mystique but...for 40- or whatever it is, you really can%26#39;t beat the bus for being relatively quick and easy. They run something like every half hour. If you buy a ticket for the 8 and get there by 7, they let you on the 7. They just keep running buses...

,,, I would not take the discount buses though...the Chinatown buses (Fung Wah etc.) becuae of the safety problems. I%26#39;d spring the extra 20 for Greyhound/Peter Pan

I would never take nor recommend taking Fung Wah, but Bolt or Lucky Star would be fine. Bolt has brand new buses.

It seems somewhat odd that the train would be sold out already, especially considering there are several on the Boston-NY run each day. Were you trying to get first class or something?

With the high price of gas this may be explaining the sold out trains. I read recently that all across the country ridership on public transport is up significantly.

Good point. Actually, I was thinking in terms of weekend dates only without considering that the OP might be going during the week. I%26#39;m sure with gas and airplane fuel prices, more people are taking the train than usual for business travel.

new service between boston south station and NYC penn station also available through megabus (http://www.megabus.com). They have fares for as low as $1

Actually you know I think that the reason it says that it is sold out is because I was trying to use a promo code. When I tried to book it without it I was able to do that. So thankfully it is not sold out!

thanks for the tip Europa, I just bought two round-trip tickets on megabus.com to New York in September for $9.50 total. sounds too good to be true...