People walk to an Amtrak train within the Moynihan Train Hall on September 15, 2022 in Recent York City.
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Night owls (or extra early birds) will now pay less to ride Amtrak.
The corporate on Thursday announced a slate of $5 to $20 train fares for routes running between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. on select Northeast lines.
The cheaper routes will serve stations in its Northeast Corridor like Recent York, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and more. A late-night train from Recent York to Newark, Recent Jersey, for instance, will cost as little as $5.
The discounts are geared toward “travelers coming back from concert events, plays, sporting events or those preferring later or earlier departures,” the corporate wrote in a Thursday announcement.
The brand new late-night price tier could relieve some cost pressure on travelers who proceed to spend at the same time as inflation squeezes their wallets. Flight bookings, for instance, have stayed strong as consumers put a premium on travel after the pandemic hiatus.
Amtrak’s Northeast route specifically has develop into costlier to ride prior to now 12 months, sometimes even outpacing airline tickets, because the corridor is popular amongst commuters and connects major cities across the region.
