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Your train arrives right at Union Station. Commuter and LD Amtrak lines converge in the same area.

I believe the easy answer is to put a little phone/buzzer communicator placed at the Philadelphia lounge elevator just like the one at the door upstairs and the one in WAS. . You press a button the lounge attendant answers and you state your business. This would be a very lost cost solution and...

Monynihan Lounge (NYC) was set up with an elevator with free access. You show your tickets at the desk when you get off. In Washington (WAS) you push a button they will open the door and again you show your tickets at the desk. in Chicago (CHI) you just walk right in and show your tickets near...

Philadelphia has been our departing stop when we leave on long distance trips. To get to the lounge from the station you must haul your baggage up a long series of steps. We usually do that but this year myself and my wife are having back issues and am looking for an easier way to get to the...

If the truth be known, train travel is FAR less polluting than air travel. Its not about miles per gallon it about how much fuel is used per passenger per mile. For instance if you have 300 people on the train and fuel consumption is only one mile per gallon, the fuel used to transport that...

Having not answered the original question , we would prefer to not have the 5 hour layover at Chicago Union Station but this is not 1960 where most trains ran on schedule. If it would be possible one hour would be plenty.

Passenger rail can certainly be improved but it will never be what it once was. At one time many small towns in NJ like Neshanic Station had rail service, Both the CNJ and Lackawanna had stations there that still exist. Same with Flemington and Lambertville. Across the river Easton and New...

The long layovers in Chicago for the Western trains are done for a purpose; to accommodate delays that happen on routes owned by the freight railroads. It increases the likelihood of making your connection and not missing your train. If we arrive on time we go over to Greektown (about a 4 block...

The term "kosher" refers to food that follows Jewish dietary law. It requires strict preparation and chosen ingredients. For instance Dairy and Meat cannot be combined in the same meal. It may or may not taste better than an ordinary "Flex" meal.

I see no reason why the Eastern trains could not offer these Shish Kabob skewers. They can be precooked, plated, refrigerated and reheated in the convection oven. The Cardinal always did stuff like this before the horrible flex meals were introduced.

Alluding to the opening post it should be noted that Amtrak checked baggage service is only available at a few select stations, mainly those in larger cities or stops where boarding is usually heavy. The Amtrak timetables used to specify where service was available but Amtrak no longer prints...

I believe logic would suggest that the CL will be going to single level equipment due to the severe shortage of Superliner sleepers. There won't be more Superliners for quite a while so Amtrak is in a difficult position.

Last time we rode SEPTA, we just scanned our credit cards to get through the turnstile. I would assume that the the senior key cards would scan the same way

I am not sure that I understand the requirement here so I will say that if you arrive at the 7th ave station (MSG/Penn) and wish to get to Moynihan Station walk to the West side. There is an escalator that will take you up to street level at 8th Ave where the station is. Cross 8th Avenue and you...

I have been highly critical of the flex menu because I believe that Amtrak can do better and offer healthier and tastier reheated dishes. Last week, my wife brought home a chicken pie from shop-rite and we just reheated it. The taste was excellent. She brought home some cooked BBQ ribs for the...

Looking at the old railroad passenger line maps, it is obvious that you could travel most anywhere in the USA without going through Chicago if it wasn't needed. For instance if you wanted to travel to Kansas City from Philadelphia, the National Ltd went directly West at Pittsburgh. If you wanted...

The Flex dining problem can be easily solved by just offering food that's actually edible.

Apologies for posting the wrong address for railforless. It is www.railforless.us and it will work on Microsoft edge but on Firefox you may get errors. What is most surprising and unpleasant is Amtraks resistance to providing good info on fares. They seem to want to punish their customers...

Sean I would venture to say that many of us here very much appreciate your efforts ( and also Riley's) in trying to build the Railforless site into something that can be a reliable useful resource for the traveling Amtrak passenger. I only used it once before Amtrak hid their fare site behind...

Bedrooms A thru E are all on the same side of the train. Bedroom E is closest to the middle of the car but has the steps right outside the front wall. Bedrooms B to D have bedrooms on both sides and a connecting door that is usually closed. A has a bedroom on only one side and a wall on the...