Any brehs have experience riding Amtrak?

[The BasedFather]

how long did that shyt take

2 days breh, 2 days

 

[Boogie]

@Jxey you never rode the RTA train?

The Amtrak is like that but with nice, padded seats and not stanky, no fiends, and goes a lot further.

Yea all the time. Is there K9s at the stations?

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Yea all the time. Is there K9s at the stations?

I never saw them at the Cleveland station, you good.
I used to do CLE to Roc

 

[Michael's Black Son]

never rode it out where you are, but done the NE corridor probably like 20 times. even did nyc to niagara falls a few times.

amtrak is the shyt. NONE of the hassels you get when flying. half the time ive rode my ID never even got checked. one day that'll all change. but for now, take the worst things there are about flying, remove them, and thats amtrak. shyt takes longer but its smooth, and a lot of the routes are scenic. nice rides. much easier to sleep. much easier to read, work on a laptop, whatever you need to do. they got a bar car with reasonably priced drinks, and if that doesnt do it for you, bring your own alcohol on. maybe some bud too. you never get searched (although ive heard in cali people getting randomly searched)

delays can be a bytch though, add like an hour onto the expected time at least. sometimes on big trips they'll switch the engine car and you'll have like a 30 or 60 minute layover where you can get off and walk around outside or chill in the train station. some cities stations are pitiful, others are good. the DC station is prob the best, better than NYCs penn station. i hope amtrak stays afloat because im leaning towards it more and more instead of flying or driving. IMO its probably the last peaceful, stress free method of travel we have left

Amtrak is cool but has to get its shyt together. Can be super expensive especially along the NE corridor and even more expensive than flying. The big advantage it has is being able to arrive in major city centers and the stress level of traveling via train is 2000% less than flying/airport. Would be great if they owned more tracks and had faster trains like Europe/Asia. Infrastructure needs a serious update as well.

 

[dark_magic]

I recommend business class.

 

[Tiffrock]

I rode from DC to ATL- I have more experience on the Megabus.

 

[Macallik86]

Using it to visit a woman next week. Finna be +280 miles for the price of a 10 mile Uber


If it goes well, imma try and do the scenic 44-hour ride from the midwest -> LA next year. One of those 'the journey is the destination' kinda vibes

 

[Geek Nasty]

I wan to try that midwest tour too

As usual this country fukked up on passenger rail by letting private companies make the decisions. My dad was in the military and I got to ride trains a lot in Europe. Man just imagine how much easier travel would be if you could hit all the major metros by rail, then just uber from there downtown.

 

[Harry Sax]

Do they search baggage?????

 

[mattw1313]

did ny to new Orleans, ny to Montreal, philly to Miami, Chicago to Fargo...far prefer amtrak if I can help it

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

I took the Auto train for Lorton VA to Sanford FL.. overnight train.. shyt was dope

 

[360dagod]

I can do the NY to DC ride...

But anything after 4 is a no go

 

[UberEatsDriver]

I don't know if it's just out west but Amtrak is way more than flying last time I looked. I'd like to go one day. Ended up taking the stinky greyhound Was suprised to see they got WiFi and power jacks now tho

Outside the east coast AmTrak is insanely expensive

 

[Wes Phili]

Rode from Philly to Seattle. Took 3 days. One of the most memorable trips I’ve ever done, and the scenery was breathtaking. You don’t realize how big & diverse the US really is until you travel across it by land.

Was only about $450 round trip too. Get tickets early, and they’re very cheap.

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

I grew up on Amtrak in the 90s. Good choice. Enjoy breh!