Planning trip Sept 8-10, Hartford (HFD) to Washington (WAS). On Sat Aug 5 - more than a month out - I checked out availabilities and noted Saver fare on #141 HFD to WAS on the 8 Sep for approx $28 (after senior discount) and return on #140 from WAS to HFD on the 10 Sep ditto approx $28 Saver...
I notice the Vermonter, #55 southbound has been running an hour and a half to an hour and 45 minutes late the last couple of nights into New York Penn. Amtrak posts a notice attributing delays to speed restrictions, apparently in Vermont -- presumably resulting from recent flooding. Anybody here...
bratkinson: Thanks for the information that the hike from the SEPTA Route 101 light rail terminus in Media, Pa., to the SEPTA Media regional rail station is downhill. I've wondered about that. :)
To be clear, "SEPTA Regional Rail" is a commuter rail system; it's not the "subway." You get to SEPTA Regional Rail (and the free transfer to either of two stations in Center City Philadelphia) by going up a ramp from a corner of the Amtrak 30th Street Station concourse. Alternatively, you can...
Did it. Made the free transfer from Amtrak to SEPTA Regional Rail at 30th Street Station, one stop to Suburban Station. Here is how it actually works: You go to the accessible fare gate (i.e., the wheelchair-accessible one), which is the only gate with scanner for Amtrak (or New Jersey Transit)...
Thanks very much for this link. Not sure I understand it all as yet, given the references both to "activating" and "validating" a ticket. I suppose I will be able to figure it out and get through the gate. The challenge will be doing so with aplomb. :)
Is there still a free transfer for Amtrak passengers at 30th Street Station, does anyone know?
Here is the way it used to be (from a 2015 Amtrak timetable):
“Amtrak tickets to and from Philadelphia are honored for a transfer between 30th Street Station (Upper Level platforms) and either Penn...