by sextant
Having Buffalo as a home base what regions have trains that I could take in the morning and return the same day?
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sextant wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:47 pm Having Buffalo as a home base what regions have trains that I could take in the morning and return the same day?Very limited. See these 2 timetables: https://www.railpassengers.org/site/ass ... ervice.pdf and https://www.railpassengers.org/site/ass ... 031620.pdf
sextant wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:28 pm I would like to add the Carolinian —/Dod Raleigh-Durham to High Point and Charlotte and back in the same day… Bacicaly a Commuter Train that takes cash fares and walk on..except the Station in Charlotte is not Downtown and has yet to have a direct connection to the light railIt's 3.5 hours scheduled between Raleigh and Charlotte, and these services have working cafes and checked baggage service (temporarily suspended on the Carolinian). That's not "basically a commuter train".
sextant wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:47 pm Having Buffalo as a home base what regions have trains that I could take in the morning and return the same day?I used to do Portland-Seattle all the time. I've done Portland-Whitefish in a very long day (i.e. leave Friday night arrive Saturday morning, leave Saturday night arrive Sunday morning). Portland-Eugene-Portland is doable.