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Greetings everyone, I am in the planning stages of booking a trip from New York City to New Orleans and back on the Crescent, probably sometime in July. The Crescent has, of course, been running perpetually late into NOL. My questions are, if the Crescent is running very late, will they keep...

Greetings everyone, I have some questions regarding changing a reservation on a NE Regional train, not the Acela. I am booked on train #95 on Friday,going from New York City to Washington DC. On the Amtrak site, in the ticketing section, it tells you how to change a reservation, but it...

Greetings all, I have been watching the train status of the Crescent lately and have noticed that seemingly every day it has arrived significantly late into NOLA, 1,2 and 3 hours plus late. Anyone know the reason for the constant lateness? I don't think I've seen it arrive on time since...

Greetings all, I have a couple of quick questions about the viewliner bedrooms. First, are they comfortable in terms of space for two adult males, average size? Second, how does one climb up onto the upper bunk? I viewed the virtual tour on Amtrak's site but I couldn't see any kind of steps...

Hi everyone, Me and a friend of mine are considering an Amtrak trip next year to Florida, probably Fort Lauderdale and maybe Hollywood. We will be departing from NY Penn station,and would be taking either the Silver Meteor or the Silver Star. Our plan is to spend a few days in each area. I'd...

Greetings all, I have a couple of questions regarding the Philadelphia 30th street station. I have traveled through this station many, many times but have never gotten off the train there or switched trains there. In a few weeks, I will be taking a regional train from NYC to Philly, then...

Greetings all, I have been researching a couple of trips, NYP-NOLA (on the Crescent) and NYP-FTL (on the Silver Star), and was quite surprised at the discrepancy of the prices for the same exact dates. The Crescent trip had a roomette priced at $1140.00 round trip, and the trip on the Silver...

Greetings everyone, I am planning a trip to Boston next spring and have a couple of questions regarding the 3 Amtrak stations there. This will be my first visit to Boston and my first Amtrak trip in 2016. First, is there one of the three stations that is considered to be the "main" station...

Greetings all, I will be taking some trips to Atlantic City this summer, and have decided not to take the Greyhound bus from Port Authority. Just for a change, I want to take Amtrak down to Philadelphia, then get a NJ transit train over to Atlantic City. Is this a crazy thing to do? I always...

Greetings all, I am planning a trip for this summer for myself and a friend of mine. One of the places we are considering is New Orleans. I have taken the Crescent many times by myself, but this will be the first time for my friend. I just did a search on Amtrak for the trip departing NY Penn...

Greeting everyone, I have some last questions about the Crescent. I am eagerly awaiting my trip on the Crescent, which starts on Saturday, July 2nd from NYC to NOLA. My first question is about the sleepers. Are the roomettes on this train upstairs or on the "ground level"? Second, how...

I will be travelling on the Crescent leaving New York Penn Station on July 2. A couple of days ago I received a phone call from Amtrak, and they left a message on my answering machine. It was an automated type message that started off by saying "we have important infomation about your...

In anticipation of my upcoming trip aboard the Crescent to New Orleans, I have ome questions about baggage. On this trip I will probably not be able to travel as light as I usually do, and will a few more bags than I usually do. I do not want to check my bags. I will have a roomette and will...

Greetings all, I just booked, on-line at Amtrak.com, a one-way trip abaord the Crescent from NY City to New Orleans for the 4th of July weekend. I got a pretty good fare, $132.00 for the train fare and $255.00 for a roomette, for a total of $387.00. It has been a long time since I booked...

Greetings all, I am in the beginning stages of planning my next trip aboard Amtrak. I will probably be taking the Crescent from NYC to NOL,then taking the Sunset Ltd. to Lake Charles. I will be meeting up with family, but because of the Sunset's schedule, I will have to overnight in Lake...

Hello, I have some questions regarding the food service on the City of New Orleans. On the Amtrak site, under dining options, they mention the "Cross Country Cafe", and give some sample menus and items. But I am confused by what they don't say. Is there a separate dining car on this train? If...

This is just a funny little tidbit. I recently got a Bank of America mastercard, and had to call their customer service number to ask a question about setting something up on their web-site. To my surprise, the voice on the customer service line giving all the menu options was none other than...