You're right. It is implied he is referring to connecting travel so is he planning on flying out of MSP? If so, I would recommend planning for an overnight or at the very least a late departure because a different carrier would not have guaranteed connections. The same applies if the connecting travel is a bus.v v stated that he is only going from Seattle to Minneapolis. So an overnight in Chicago wouldn't apply!
Only two trains a day stop there and they both are scheduled to be there within that range so there is no reason to keep the station open the rest of the day. This situation is relatively common on LD routes.ps: Is it normal for a rail station to open at 12 midnight and close at 7am as at Fargo, are they vampires up there?
For example, Indianapolis station is open overnight, but closed during the day, due to train schedules, as arrivals and departures are scheduled to be in range between 10pm and 7am. Also, the Klamath Falls depot (my current home station) is open between 7:30 and 11am and again between 8:30 and 10pm, due to the scheduling of the trains and buses, so that there is no reason to have it open mid-day or overnight.Only two trains a day stop there and they both are scheduled to be there within that range so there is no reason to keep the station open the rest of the day. This situation is relatively common on LD routes.ps: Is it normal for a rail station to open at 12 midnight and close at 7am as at Fargo, are they vampires up there?
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The Fargo Amtrak station is the former Great Northern freight depot. The former Great Northern passenger depot is next door (just west) and is a nice bicycle shop, called Great Northern Bicycle Company. Its logo is a bicycle on a mountain, essentially the former Great Northern Railway's logo with the mountain goat replaced by a bicycle. (The Great Northern Railway was the empire built by James J Hill, the empire builder for whom its train was named, and the source of the name of Amtrak's train through Fargo.) Sad to say, it is closed at night, so even though it has found a day use, it isn't available when the trains are scheduled to call.On a more serious note it's a pity that these buildings can't find other uses during the day, like Kansas City has done on a grand scale.
For example, Indianapolis station is open overnight, but closed during the day, due to train schedules, as arrivals and departures are scheduled to be in range between 10pm and 7am. Also, the Klamath Falls depot (my current home station) is open between 7:30 and 11am and again between 8:30 and 10pm, due to the scheduling of the trains and buses, so that there is no reason to have it open mid-day or overnight.
Amtrak shows Indie open 24 hrs Believe it is a bus facility too.
The Indianapolis station building is open 24 hours, but the Amtrak ticket office is only open 11:00 P.M. to 12:30 P.M. the next day (except on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, when it's only open until 6:30 A.M. -- I think you can see which are the weekend days for one particular agent shift!).Amtrak shows Indie open 24 hrs Believe it is a bus facility too.
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