Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach


Thruway Motorcoach is Amtrak's system of Amtrak-owned intercity coaches, locally contracted transit buses, through-ticketed local bus routes, and taxi services to connect Amtrak train stations to areas not served by its railroads, or stations which are disconnected temporarily due to service delays or track maintenance issues. Train and Thruway Motorcoach tickets are purchased together from Amtrak for the length of a passenger's journey, and the connections are timed for convenient dedicated and guaranteed-reliable transfers between the two services. In addition to providing connecting service to unserved areas, some Thruway Motorcoaches operate as redundant service along well-established passenger rail corridors to add extra capacity.
From 1999 to 2019, California state law only allowed tickets for California routes to be sold as part of train journeys. However, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 742 on October 8, 2019, which repealed this bill.
Amtrak establishes temporary Thruway Motorcoach service when normal rail service encounters disruptions.

Thruway Motorcoach routes

Northeast


Thruway Motorcoaches are also substituted in place of an Amtrak California train on the following unnumbered segments:
Thruway Motorcoaches can also be used as an alternative to the Amtrak Downeaster on the following segments:
Thruway Motorcoach service has been replaced by through-ticketed local transit on the following California segments: