Its funny..just the other day, I was thinking that something like this would be announced soon, although, I expected it to be United, in an effort to boost its East Coast presence. Jim On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Roger & Amanda La France wrote: > Continental Air in code-share pact with Amtrak > Thursday January 17, 10:51 AM EST > > NEWARK, N.J., Jan 17 (Reuters) - Continental Airlines (CAL) on Thursday said > it had signed a code-sharing deal with Amtrak that allows the rail operator > and the airline to share passengers and revenue at its Newark International > Airport hub. > > Continental, the No. 5 U.S. airline, said Amtrak will provide connections > for its passengers from the airport to the rail operator's Northeast rail > service. > > The code share is scheduled to launch in mid-March and will allow travelers > to make one reservation for both air and rail services. > > Under the deal, Continental will place its code on Amtrak's Acela Regional > and Keystone trains for service to Philadelphia, Wilmington, Delaware; > Stanford, Connecticut; and New Haven, Connecticut. Newark airport opened a > rail terminal last year that also transports passengers to terminals on a > monorail system. >