{"id":8534,"date":"2014-06-24T14:52:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T21:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=8534"},"modified":"2014-06-24T14:59:19","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T21:59:19","slug":"coming-soon-amtrak-roll-on-bike-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/24\/coming-soon-amtrak-roll-on-bike-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon: Amtrak Roll-On Bike Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8536\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Bike_Amtrak-cropped-Don-Willott.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8536\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8536\" alt=\"Bike_Amtrak - cropped - Don Willott\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Bike_Amtrak-cropped-Don-Willott-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Bike_Amtrak-cropped-Don-Willott-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Bike_Amtrak-cropped-Don-Willott-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Bike_Amtrak-cropped-Don-Willott.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Don Willott<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Have you dreamed of traveling to a distant state by train with your bike, but cringed at the thought of having to box your bike for the journey? Dream again. Amtrak roll-on bike service is on its way!<\/p>\n<p>Amtrak announced plans to include bike storage racks on its new long distance equipment. The new baggage cars will be installed on all 15 <a title=\"Amtrak Long Distance Routes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amtrak.com\/pdf\/SystemMap-LongDistance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">long distance routes<\/a> by the end of 2014. That includes the Coast Starlight and Empire Builder routes serving Washington state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear that Americans want a national system of intercity passenger rail and Amtrak is moving ahead to build new equipment to meet customer demand,\u201d said Amtrak President and CEO, Joe Boardman.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Bikes executive director Barb Chamberlain is looking forward to switching to trains for her long distance travels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Roll-on bike service will make me choose Amtrak over air travel every chance I get. I&#8217;ve been waiting for this to transform my vacation choices. This will open up a huge market for Amtrak since bike travel is growing like crazy and legs sometimes need a rest,&#8221; she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Bicyclists traveling by train in western Washington and Oregon have been accustomed to roll-on bike service on <a title=\"Amtrak Cascades\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amtrakcascades.com\/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Amtrak Cascades<\/a> service sponsored by WSDOT and ODOT. All Amtrak routes in Washington will have roll-on bike service with the expansion to Coast Starlight and Empire Builder routes.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Amtrak blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.amtrak.com\/2014\/06\/new-baggage-cars\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read complete story from Amtrak blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"frm_forms  with_frm_style frm_style_formidable-style\" id=\"frm_form_44_container\" >\n<form enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" method=\"post\" class=\"frm-show-form  frm_pro_form \" id=\"form_ef79x6223\" >\n<div class=\"frm_form_fields \">\n<fieldset>\n<h3>Sign-up for E-News<\/h3>\r\n<div class=\"frm_fields_container\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"frm_action\" value=\"create\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_id\" value=\"44\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"frm_hide_fields_44\" id=\"frm_hide_fields_44\" value=\"\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_key\" value=\"ef79x6223\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_meta[0]\" value=\"\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" 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