Hate to sound Like a Lawyer and say it Depends, :giggle: but each Station has their Own Procedures! Generally you Check your Luggage with the Agent when you Check in at the Agents Counter but Large Stations have Separate Luggage Check-In/Pick up Rooms or Counters!(Chicago Union Stations Claim Room is Llike an Airport Luggage Claim Kiosk)Also should have asked how does checked baggage work? Do they take it off you at the station you are boarding at & bring it off again when you reach your destination same as an airport? Does it come off on a carousel?
If you are staying at a hotel, check with that hotel. I'm not saying that specific one does or does not, but some hotels offer free transportation to/from the stations or may reimburse you for the cab fare!I'm going to a hotel & then to Vegas the next day by bus.
All one trip with just the 4ish hour layover in CHI? If so, you can check your bags from NYP to SLC.Well at this stage I have 2 journeys planned - NYP to CHI & CHI to SLC. Can you tell me the check-in & luggage claiming arrangements in these 3 cities? Thanks again.
Remember about the Red Caps, Good way to De-Tarain and Board in Chicago!! And the Luggage Room for Your Carry-Ons in the Metro Lounge which you get to use as a Sleeping Car Passenger! the_traveler already covered the Luggage procedures for new York, Chicago and Salt Lake City!AmtrakBlue, I am staying in Chicago for 2 nights between the 2 journeys
The answer to this question is best answered by going to http://amtrakdelays.onlineschedulingsoftware.com/cgi-bin/train.cgi. In the last 4 weeks, #5 was significantly late 4 times, and pretty much on on time the rest.Also I have read that quite often the train is late, is that accurate?
Trax does run on Sunday, but only a limited schedule (every 20 minutes). Frontrunner still does not run.Salt Lake City has an Intermodel Station that is served by Amtrak (the California Zephyr), AmBuses,Greyhound,the Front Runner Commuter Rail System and the Blue Line of Traxx, Salt Lakes Light Rail System that will get you to the Airport!They Stop Running Fairly Early(like 11PM) and Don't Run on Sunday (Utah is strongly Mormon)So Wont Be Of Use To You!
The Zephyr is usually Late but Unless Something happens not Terribly So! There will be Taxis @ the Station as this is a Busy Place but in Case they get Snagged by others the amtrak Agent will Call One for you in the Amtrak Shack! (Each Means of Transportation have their own Building!) The train stops in Front of the Amtrak Station but you have to get Off on the Far Side of the Train and walk a Couple of Hundred Yards on the Platform to the Engine where you will Cross the Tracks to where Amtrak is Located! Since there is Checked Baggage, the Agent has to Load/Unload it and this is also a Crew Change and Service Stop so the train is Scheduled for a 30 Minute Stop!
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