The new 17-car trains will have a capacity of 2,000 seats, more than double that of the former ski train. Ed Ellis, president of the San Luis Railroad that will operate the revived ski train, told the Post that the "typical run will have 17 cars — two dome cars that seat 140 each and a mix of club cars and standard coaches." Click here for images of the cars.
Advance tickets are available online and are being purchased, according to the Post. If for any reason that last signoff is not accomplished, full refunds are promised. Regular roundtrip fares will be $49 in a coach car seat, $99 for a premium upper-level seat in a dome car or $600 for a season pass (purchase before December 24). Other early-season values include a 10-ride pass forr $290 and a one-day $79 roundtrip train ticket/lift ticket package (use by February 7). For more information, call 800-726-RAIL.The Winter Park Resort is also packaging a roundtrip train ticket, overnight lodging at the resort base and a lift ticket starting at $139 a day per person. Book that one through the resort, 800-453-2525.
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Wow it sounds great, the capacity is quite large. Will there be a huge demand for it, to justify that?
ReplyDeleteYay, so happy to see the Ski Train is back!!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely beats driving or flying. Wish they had this in the East as well.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing directly equivalent to the Winter Park Ski Train back east, but Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express serves Rutland and the Vermonter stops in Brattleboro, Windsor, White River Junction, Montpelier, Essex Juncton and Waterbury. The nearest resorts often provide fee shuttle to/from the Amtrak station. There is also a train route along the St. Lawrance from Quebec City to Charlevoix and Le Massif. I'm frankly not sure whether it also stops at Mont Ste.-Anne, but it might.
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