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You are correct. A ride to Station Square is outside the free zone and will cost $2.75. There used to be a much more confusing zone structure with longer rides costing more, but PRT eliminated that structure several years ago.. All rides on all buses and any ride on the T going south of First...

Some kind of PGH-CLE service that does not involve middle of the night departures or arrivals would also be great while we are dreaming. Maybe the second west of Harrisburg train could be CLE-PGH-HAR to supplement the current PGH-HAR-PHL-NYP service?

I noticed this on a recent BBY-PGH trip my family and I took. We were in coach on the NER, so there was no question of our assigned seats being bought by someone else, but the conductor did not scan tickets until we were almost to Kingston RI. I am just thankful it did not show up as a no show...

Priority unload means you will be one of the first twenty vehicles unloaded from the train. There is a fee for this, and you must reserve this when you buy your ticket. If you pay for priority unloading you will be one of the first twenty vehicles unloaded regardless of when you check in (just...

The Senate vote is finished- 80-15 to pass. It just needs President Biden’s signature to take effect. I can’t imagine he will veto it

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/01/politics/senate-rail-vote/index.html Looks like the Senate has reached a deal to vote on the legislation to avert a strike. It still is not clear when they will vote. It is also not clear whether the sick leave provision will be part of the legislation that the...

To be fair comparisons of pre-Amtrak sleeper fares with ones today are not direct comparisons. The sleeper fares then generally did not include meal service as they now do.

If you travel on a weekday you have two options. One involves the bus connection from Tampa to Orlando to catch the Meteor. That is about a 2 hour bus trip. You then have about 15 hours to Richmond and a 5 hour layover there. Another two hour ride on a train to Newport News, and finally a bus...

We weee on the Pennsylvanian and we stopped in the middle of nowhere west of Harrisburg (headed to Pittsburgh). My son got an alert on his phone about a tornado warning. It got very dark out and we basically just waited about 30 minutes. Crew did announce that there was a tornado warning for the...

OP, I would just use the Amtrak train status tool (available on the Amtrak app or website) and check the estimated arrival time for your train. Then jus make sure you are on the platform ready to board at least a few minutes prior to that time. The train might leave if you try to wait inside the...

You can certainly take any food you want and any non alcoholic beverages to consume at your seat. I have never ridden the CONO but I am pretty sure it has a cafe car that coach passengers can access. You should be able to purchase food and beverages there (including alcoholic ones), although as...

While it’s a bit of a different animal, the Autotrain is another eastern LD train that uses Superliners. It also has traditional dining

As long as there is availability on the train you want, you can book just about any time. You do risk having your train sell out and probably will pay a higher fare with a last minute booking. Amtrak fares change over time, but the consensus on here seems to be booking about five months out will...

I’m with you. I never would even have thought about booking the H bedroom because of my CPAP. It really isn’t a big deal to use it a roomette, and I would feel like I had taken the H room away from someone who truly needs it when I really do not.

I have used a CPAP in both Superliners and Viewliners. I just take an extension cord (which also helps with charging electronics as well). The roomette is small enough for the extension to reach the outlet from anywhere in the room. Usually I just set it up on the steps, although my son is...

Honestly with kids that age you probably would be better off and more comfortable booking two roomettes rather than the family bedroom. Neither option is cheap, but the price difference is typically small, and on many trips I have taken, the two roomettes are cheaper than a family room.

For the record: I have been on many Keystones. They have no food service, not even a cafe car. They also are partially unreserved. Any trip involving Harrisburg, Philadelphia or any of the stations between those two is unreserved. Any trip to stations beyond Philadelphia is reserved (on those...

If you have an iPhone you can use the maps app to do something similar (although it doesn’t show speed). The app tracks your location real time, and if you select “transit” on the settings it will show all Amtrak routes (in addition to local subway/rail). You can at least then track your...

I can’t imagine why it would be an issue. I am not sure how exactly this works though. If it is designed to wwedhge between the seat you are in and the back of the seat in front of you, that might cause an issue since that distance on Amtrak is much greater than in any plane.

Look at the diagram on the link I posted earlier. The deluxe sleeper contains ten bedrooms upstairs (A-E and J-N) and four roomettes, numbered 11-14. a family bedroom (15) and the handicapped bedroom (H) downstairs. Roomettes 1 through 10 simply do not exist on the deluxe sleeper. Roomette 14...