In an earlier post a few weeks back I received a lot of very helpful information and advice for a BOS-PHL-HAR round trip
which I did take earlier this month - Thank you for all your help!
However, there was one very negative incident which occurred and I'd like to raise this issue with the locals and those most knowledgeable about the Harrisburg region.
What - if anything - is being done to provide adequate daily or short-term parking at or near the Harrisburg Transportation Center ?
On the day in question, a friend of mine had a reservation for a mid-day Keystone train to ride from HAR to PHL where she was supposed to meet me & then ride back to HAR with me on another Keystone train. She - along with 4 or 5 other passengers who had reservations or tickets for that one train - had to cancel all their reservations because there was no place to park their cars. She and the others asked at the Amtrak ticket window where they could park but there was nothing available there or any where near by. There were at least two public parking garages within a block or two of the HTC but they both had their entrances blocked with placards stating they were 'full' unless you had a Weekly or Monthly pre-paid parking Pass.
My friend is not local to Harrisburg and the Amtrak personnel told everyone there was nothing they could do to help any of them except direct them to the public parking garages. A Park-and-Ride near by - if they could find it ?
Amtrak owns the HTC.
There is a lot of talk about expanding something called CorridorOne ( and eventually a CorridorTwo ) regional rail expansion out of HAR.
The Harrisburg airport just announced the cancellation of non-stop flights to NYC in part because of increased Amtrak ridership.
Yet there is no parking available at or near the HTC for all these targeted travellers ??
As the owner of the HTC, Amtrak should be spearheading a movement to provide parking & access. They lost at least 5 fares on a single train [ multiplied by how many trains a day, by how many days ? ] because there was no place to park while taking the trains.
Is Amtrak or PennDOT or the city of Harrisburg doing anything about the lack of parking situation ?
Thanks!
SPF
which I did take earlier this month - Thank you for all your help!
However, there was one very negative incident which occurred and I'd like to raise this issue with the locals and those most knowledgeable about the Harrisburg region.
What - if anything - is being done to provide adequate daily or short-term parking at or near the Harrisburg Transportation Center ?
On the day in question, a friend of mine had a reservation for a mid-day Keystone train to ride from HAR to PHL where she was supposed to meet me & then ride back to HAR with me on another Keystone train. She - along with 4 or 5 other passengers who had reservations or tickets for that one train - had to cancel all their reservations because there was no place to park their cars. She and the others asked at the Amtrak ticket window where they could park but there was nothing available there or any where near by. There were at least two public parking garages within a block or two of the HTC but they both had their entrances blocked with placards stating they were 'full' unless you had a Weekly or Monthly pre-paid parking Pass.
My friend is not local to Harrisburg and the Amtrak personnel told everyone there was nothing they could do to help any of them except direct them to the public parking garages. A Park-and-Ride near by - if they could find it ?
Amtrak owns the HTC.
There is a lot of talk about expanding something called CorridorOne ( and eventually a CorridorTwo ) regional rail expansion out of HAR.
The Harrisburg airport just announced the cancellation of non-stop flights to NYC in part because of increased Amtrak ridership.
Yet there is no parking available at or near the HTC for all these targeted travellers ??
As the owner of the HTC, Amtrak should be spearheading a movement to provide parking & access. They lost at least 5 fares on a single train [ multiplied by how many trains a day, by how many days ? ] because there was no place to park while taking the trains.
Is Amtrak or PennDOT or the city of Harrisburg doing anything about the lack of parking situation ?
Thanks!
SPF