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Spartans Take Amtrak

January 9, 2009 at 8:45 AM | by | Comment (1)

More efficient than marching: "300"'s Gerard Butler was spotted yesterday hopping off an Amtrak train at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station. Toting his own rolling bag and laptop, the actor is in town to film a thriller with Michael Gambon and Jamie Foxx called "Law Abiding Citizen."

You don't have to be a celebrity to ride Amtrak, but you may have trouble getting a seat anyway: Amtrak reported in October that nearly 3 million more people climbed aboard in fiscal year 2008, the sixth straight year when ridership went up. The fastest growing train: The Maine-to-Boston Downeaster.

While the stats didn't break down by month, we're guessing the bulk of those riders were over the summer, when soaring gas prices forced Americans to contemplate a life with less driving. Thank goodness we'll never have to worry about that again!

Related Stories:
· Annual Amtrak Ridership Sets All-Time Record; Sixth Straight Year of Increases [Amtrak.com]
· Amtrak Ridership Through the Roof: Time for Some New Ideas in US Train Travel [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Celebrity-Gossip.net]

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I had an assigned seat on Amtrak the other day! Very weird. Over the holiday Meredith from The Office was also in 30th Street Station. (We don't have many celebs here in Philly... but the ones who are here apparently love train travel.)
CaroPhila on January 9, 2009 at 1:07 PM #Permalink

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