We travel often by train from Charlotte to NYC. It takes exactly 12 hours
and we get off the train right in Penn Station a couple of blocks from
Times Square. By the time you add up parking charges (none at Amtrak),
getting through security, baggage fees, taxi fares to and from airports,
etc, Amtrak seems like a bargain. You have plenty of room and can get up
and walk around. The food is really very good. We take the Crescent which
goes from New Orleans to NYC and I'd love to do that whole trip sometime.
Tina
On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 11:37 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 6/6/14 21:02 : , Ken Norton wrote:
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>> Every time we think a rail trip would be fun, we look at Amtrak prices,
>>> schedules and rider reviews, we end up going a different way, and can't
>>> figure out why anyone rides it.
>>>
>> This past year, it only worked for me because it was almost a perfect
>> "red-eye" schedule and the train station was only a mile from home.
>>
>> I preferred to drive, whenever I could.
>>
>>
>> We would love to take a nice train trip somewhere. But Amtrak's prices
> are easily double the airlines', and it takes four times as long to get
> there. I realize the scenery is part of the journey. But if they want me
> to take Amtrak to NYC from Chicago, then they'd better be competitive with
> the airlines on price.
>
> And this is coming from a big rail fan.
>
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