Train travel is picking up steam ahead of the holidays.

Many travelers at Baltimore's Penn Station say train travel is something you can set your watch to, and if you're on time to the station, it is safe and reliable.

Amtrak says it is predicting one of the busiest holiday travel seasons on record, including massive increases in ridership and even double-digit growth in early bookings.

"Always reliable, you can always trust it," said Topher Royse, a college student at Loyola traveling home to New Jersey.

To accommodate the increase in ridership, Amtrak says it is adding rail cars and service at high-demand stations in the northeast.

AAA estimates 2.5 million people will opt for other modes of transportation, including trains, which is an 8.5% increase from last year. It says train

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