My neighbor in Harpers Ferry (HFY) is from France and recently her brother visited her in the states. He took a side trip into Canada (CD) visiting Montreal, Toronto, and Niagara Falls. From Niagara he took a bus to Buffalo and another bus to Cleveland to catch the Capitol Limited to HFY.
I know this is an old thread, but I especially wanted to ask Railroad Bill about this - I've taken 3 - 4 day trips where I've left my car in the Cleveland Amtrak lot without any problems, but I'm about to leave on a two week trip via Amtrak and I don't know that I'd trust my car in their Cleveland lot for two weeks. Plus I thought the station was only open/manned from 1AM - 6AM?We use CLE for all of our Amtrak trips (just returned this morning at 2am),
The area around the station is pretty isolated from the downtown so you do not have street people, etc/ roaming around the station. The gated parking lot is pretty safe. We have left our cars there on all trips without incidents. There are always two agents on duty.
There are always cabs waiting at the station when trains arrive. The station stays open until 1pm so no problem waiting in the lobby for her ride to pick her up.
You noted she would arrive around 6am so I assume she is taking the Lake Shore instead of the Cap Ltd.
I would not be concerned about her at the CLE station.
We have left our car in the CLE parking lot for two weeks at a time without incident. They have shortened the hours the station is open but when no one is in the station the outside fence/gate is locked and access is denied. But someone is always around until all trains arrive and depart, even if they are running very late, as what happened this past summer and fall. Make sure you park under a light and do not leave anything interesting in view on your seats. Our biggest concern for our trip next week is whether the car will start when we return after leaving it in subzero temps for two weeks.I know this is an old thread, but I especially wanted to ask Railroad Bill about this - I've taken 3 - 4 day trips where I've left my car in the Cleveland Amtrak lot without any problems, but I'm about to leave on a two week trip via Amtrak and I don't know that I'd trust my car in their Cleveland lot for two weeks. Plus I thought the station was only open/manned from 1AM - 6AM?We use CLE for all of our Amtrak trips (just returned this morning at 2am),
The area around the station is pretty isolated from the downtown so you do not have street people, etc/ roaming around the station. The gated parking lot is pretty safe. We have left our cars there on all trips without incidents. There are always two agents on duty.
There are always cabs waiting at the station when trains arrive. The station stays open until 1pm so no problem waiting in the lobby for her ride to pick her up.
You noted she would arrive around 6am so I assume she is taking the Lake Shore instead of the Cap Ltd.
I would not be concerned about her at the CLE station.
Very sorry to hear this about our CLE station. Just talked to a reliable source and there were at least two cars stolen over the weekend. We have left our car there for nearly eight years without incident but looks like things are getting nasty in the Cleveland crime scene again. Car thefts are up all over town according to police records.
Not to make light of the situation, but you should probably go pick up your car.
Yes, we keep forgetting to pick it up.
But I do wish Amtrak would arrange with the city of Cleveland, who actually owns the lot, to have cameras installed and to have a better police presence there. Not sure if the cars were taken when the gates were open and agents inside or after hours, which meant they would have to break the locks on the fence to remove the cars? Either way there is very little police activity around the station. Have only seen one Cleveland police officer in the station in the early hours in all the years we have been using CLE and that time they were looking for someone specifically.
Yes, very close and across the Shoreway from Browns Stadium.
Maybe Johnny Football stole it? He gets blamed for everything bad that happens in Cleveland! LOL
