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Exciting news! If Amtrak is only doing three round trips a day that isn't a lot, but if these trips ran at times when there are no busses running, I think that would make the train rather appealing. If the train gets more frequencies, it will be competitive with Martz Trailways. It will be...

Great pics! Makes me miss CUS.

Update in case anyone was curious: I ended up having to cancel my trip to Milwaukee. At least I have travel credit for both Southwest and Amtrak now. Hoping I can use the travel credit next year.

As someone who does not drive, I would not like it if every train was like the auto train. With the current auto train, you can only ride it if you have a car or are riding with someone who does.

Thanks everyone for your input. I had considered making my own thread, but then I remembered this one, so I figured I would just ask my question here, sorry if that was not the right thing to do. Some forums prefer resurrecting an old thread if you're question is similar and others don't. The...

Out of curiosity, has anyone been to this station recently? Is it a safe place to wait for the westbound LSL at night?

Thanks for telling me about this. I used the bus tracker last night and the bus was about 45 minutes late departing Scranton and about an hour late arriving at SYR. Not bad though, given that it was still an hour before the LSL's scheduled arrival. The LSL was running late too, arriving 36...

Flix does and I looked into them to see if they would work for me, but the Scranton stop is not in a convenient location for me and the current schedules don’t really work for me either.

Great report! Glad to hear that they enjoyed the trip.

That's the kind of thing I am afraid of and why I may end up going through NYP again next time I ride the LSL. Still the idea of connecting at SYR appeals to me for the reasons I mentioned earlier, so that's why I still bother to consider it. Haven't compared the two, though I'm not...

Yea, the only way of getting out of the W-B/Scranton area without a car is bus or plane, so it is a bit of a transit desert. No passenger trains here anymore, unfortunately. I caught the LSL in New York before using Martz Trailways and it was fine, but the bus and train tickets were more...

So, I've often considered catching the westbound LSL to CHI at SYR instead of NYP to reduce costs, but the only way for me to get there is Greyhound from Scranton. There is only one bus a day that goes directly to SYR from Scranton and it arrives about 2 hours before 49/449. I've seen plenty...

Great trip report! Nice pictures. I'll have to look for that cheesesteak place next time I'm in Philly.

Yes, I think I will do WAS if I am going to DCA. After panicking and changing plans yesterday (I know I should not have panicked, but I got nervous about schedules messing me up), I currently have my Monday flight as MDW to PHL, but if Southwest has a sale again between now and October, I may go...

Had I known flying Southwest would be so convoluted, I would have flown American Airlines to/from AVP instead (I don’t like using United because they charge you $40 to upgrade to Economy if you want to bring a carry on bag). If I had the money I would be doing this trip on Amtrak in sleeper...

Wow didn’t know that. I guess I should have done overnight coach in Amtrak again. At least I know what their schedules should actually be (or at least I hope so anyway). Even the tri-weekly one would have worked out for me.

Yes, I’m going the way I am because I wanted to fly on Southwest.

I chose DCA over BWI because Southwest's AM DCA run isn't as early in the morning as their AM BWI run from Milwaukee. I previously was going to fly at night from MDW to BWI, stay at a hotel near BWI, then get on Amtrak the next morning, but I decided to save money and cancel those plans by...

So, I've been planning a trip to Milwaukee in October and I plan on getting back home to PA by flying into DCA and then taking Metro plus Amtrak plus Martz trailways bus home. My choices for Amtrak stations near DCA are ALX and WAS. ALX is closer (11 minutes by Metro according to Google Maps)...

Great to see the Rail Pass is back. If I wasn't doing my October convention trip this year, I would probably do a Rail Pass journey. Would be great for a trip around the Northeast. A bargain if going cross country, if you don't mind many nights in coach. Not being able to upgrade is a bummer.