Is 3 minutes enough to change Amtrak train to thruway bus?
I will be travelling from San Francisco to LA in July, and I am considering taking the Amtrak line. One option it gives me is to go through Emeryville and Bakersfield. In Bakersfield, it only gives me 3 minutes to change from the train to a thruway bus. Does the bus wait for the train in case the former is late?
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If it's a "guaranteed connection", the bus will wait until the train arrives. Call Amtrak at 1-800-USA-RAIL and they will tell you if that's indeed the case.
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This is a bus connection operated by Amtrak specifically for transfers from the train. The bus will wait for the train, and won't leave until everyone's on-board.
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Yes, you cannot purchase a ticket just for the bus segment. It is reserved exclusively for the train passenger transfers and is a gauranteed connection. They just write 3 minutes on the ticket to be optimistic. In reality it just means they wait for everyone.
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