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I would recommend taking the train to Newark Penn Station and spending the night at a hotel downtown. There is a vibrant area called the Ironbound immediately east of the station along Ferry Street where you have very nice dinner and drinks options. Then in the morning you can cab it to the...

Also look at traveling NYP-ALX on your westbound leg; that will open up some long-distance trains, no business class but sometimes a roomette can be had for about the same cost as Acela. When the train arrives in WAS, you get off there.

The Crescent is better than any Regional, basically because of the dining car. Regional coach is better than LD coach, where people have more stuff, spread out with pillows and blankets, and talk. Business Class prices on the Regional ($120 low bucket NYP-WAS) are actually about competitive with...

I've had good luck staying in Alexandria VA; you've got Alexandria Union Station for arriving and departing Amtrak trains, and the King Street-Old Town station of the Washington Metro for local travel into DC. I think it's slightly nicer and less frenetic than staying in the capital itself...

Thanks for the clarification on that; I just "stumbled" here after seeing 78 on the status maps: http://72.148.42.113...th=03&selday=30

I've taken bicycles aboard Amtrak before; bikes ride in boxes in baggage cars. Until now, I'd always dropped the bike off early or picked it up late. The mission was to go from Newark NJ to Washington DC, do some riding around the capital, and then head home; and bringing the bike with me in...

There's one train a day that takes bags, but passengers on all trains may check bags. If you're not riding in the same train as your baggage, you'll either drop it off early (up to 48 hours prior to your departure at no charge) or pick it up late (same 48 hour rule). It is possible to move...

The extra tool that consumes length at least is the pedal wrench, this service would take that out of the equation. The Vermonter schedule would open it up to corridor daytrippers vacationing east and returning home west, in other words I could leave DC in the morning with my bike, spend the...

Boarded at CVS at 2:58pm; for this second dinner on board the Cardinal, the first, last and only call is at 4:30. The crew wants the diner vacated (and cleaned) for the 6:06 arrival into Washington.

If I had done a search ("discharge receive" alone produces a good start), I would have seen that (a) this has been discussed here before, and (b) there is a long and varied history of sleeper car use on the corridor. So what started as finding a way to travel the corridor on trains with a...

What is the dinner schedule for the second night of the eastbound Cardinal? I'm ticketed next month MSS-NWK, scheduled departure 4:46pm.

For two people traveling from Newark NJ to Washington DC, in business class in the low bucket, it's about $240. Acela Express, about $300.   For two people traveling from Newark NJ to Alexandria VA, in first class, in a roomette in the low bucket, it's $232.   So I can understand not opening...

Try http://www.airbnb.com/

Taxi fare is in the $25-40 neighborhood. You have the option of hailing a cab at Newark Penn or calling ahead to a Secaucus-based company for a pickup. (New Jersey) Transit trains run almost around the clock from Newark Penn to Secaucus Junction, where you're about three miles from the Plaza...

New Jersey Transit's Departure Vision for New York Penn Station lists track numbers and status for westbound Amtrak departures: http://dv.njtransit....ile.aspx?sid=NY

With nearly three hours at your disposal, I would recommend leaving Penn Station. Either do something like take the subway to Chinatown, or walk down the west side to Chelsea Market (16th and 9th) which is a fun place to kill time and eat, and a lot nicer than Penn Station. Also, on Seventh and...

Yes, I would definitely ride out to ALX rather than taking the Metro, although it does cut into the time I'd rather spend back in D.C. The more I think about this, the more I'm inclined to take the Regional and wait on the bike at Newark. That the Carolinian provides outbound access (with...