Chicago Metropolitan Lounge Question

[nora_roan]

I will be traveling on the Capitol Limited from Cumberland MD in a roomette and arriving at Union Station in Chicago for a long layover after which I will be on the Southwest Chief in coach seating for the short remainder of my trip to Fort Madison Iowa. (Reverse for return trip home.) Since I'll only be riding in a roomette for the longer parts of my journey will I still be able to enter the Metropolitain lounge in Chicago? I have heard mixed reports on other sites, some say you have to be a sleeper passenger on both trains. Others say as long as you have a sleeping compartment on one train or the other of your trip then you can enter the lounge. Any insight here is appreciated. Have never taken a train trip before, will be traveling alone, and the idea of wandering Union Station for hours horrifies me. I want to be in the lounge...

Thanks!

 

[AG1]

Yes, you may use the lounge if you have a same day ticket for a sleeper.

 

[Steve4031]

Yes you will be able too. Just show your ticket. When you continue on to fort Madison you will have to leave the lounge to board with coach passengers.

 

[nora_roan]

Oh good, very happy to know I can get into the lounge! Thanks for letting me know.

 

[picnic42]

Enjoy Ft. Madison... a lovely little town! I used to live there in the late 60's.

 

[oldtimer]

Enjoy Ft. Madison... a lovely little town! I used to live there in the late 60's.

Isn't all of Iowa still in the 60's!

(I'm married to an Iowa woman and go there 6 to 8 times a year)