Andy Cross, The Denver Post
Train passenger Morissa Goodman sips hot coffee on the Amtrak Winter Park Express ski train at Union Station before heading to Winter Park for the train’s first trip of the season Jan. 4, 2019. 
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The addition of a lounge car and abundant snow at Winter Park appear to have driven a big jump in ridership for Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train this year.
More than 19,200 tickets were sold, an increase of 7 percent over last year and 8 percent over 2017. The ski train operated on weekends from January through March, transporting skiers and boarders from Union Station to the Winter Park base.
The original Ski Train, a Colorado institution for generations, operated from 1940 through 2009. , but its train didn’t have a . The lounge car offered beer and wine, along with coffee, snacks and soft drinks.
