Train info from DC to NY

callen
callen Posts: 6,388
edited June 2008 in The Porch
Traveling from DC to NY.....checked out Amtrak...not cheap...what are my alternatives? If I do take train...should I pre-purchase tickets or just buy at station when I get there.

Thanks
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  • JP2026766
    JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    try checking out bus schedules. but the earlier you buy train tix, the cheaper they will be.

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  • PJ2k3
    PJ2k3 Posts: 218
    A buddy of mine just took a bus from DC to NY (lets you off in Chinatown I think) to meet me for a Mets game. It was like $30 round trip or something crazy low like that. Sorry I don't have more details, but there should be some info available via the web on bus schedules to NYC.
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  • indifferentman
    indifferentman Goshen, IN Posts: 731
    check out megabus.com and boltbus.com They are like $10-$20 if you leave earlier in the day. I'm taking the bolt bus mon. morning with my friend from DC. Bolt is supposedly run by Greyhound and is supposed to be clean and has wifi even.
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  • Panic821
    Panic821 Posts: 106
    also check out gotobus.com. $10 one way! 'Chinese' buses are the way to go.
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  • stickboy
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    chinatown busses..its how I do boston and dc shows...like 30 bucks. Im actually headed to dc tomorrow with chinatown bus to catch greyhound to savannah and then road trip it to wpb and tampa show with other people
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  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,046
    OK.. boltbus.com I got my ticket for 7$ each way...its as cheap as 1$ each way if you get it way in advance...

    DC2NY is a great non-chinatown bus thats 35$ roundtrip with wireless internet

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  • TransplantedNewf
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    callen wrote:
    Traveling from DC to NY.....checked out Amtrak...not cheap...what are my alternatives? If I do take train...should I pre-purchase tickets or just buy at station when I get there.

    Thanks

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  • High Fidelity 2000
    High Fidelity 2000 New Mexico USA Posts: 4,439
    Definitely gotta take the bus. I went from DC to NY in '03 for the MSG shows and remember taking the bus. I don't remember the company or how much, something like $25-30.
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  • andrew the legend
    andrew the legend Posts: 210
    Not cheap I paid 69 bucks up and 69 back?
    Gas over 4 dollars a gallon and you dont have any worries you are dropped off in the city.
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    andrew the legend wrote:
    Not cheap I paid 69 bucks up and 69 back?
    Gas over 4 dollars a gallon and you dont have any worries you are dropped off in the city.
    I checked it too. That's not bad, not bad at all.
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  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    im going from union station in DC to penn station in new york for 70 i think? amtrak. pretty decent. its fast, not stuck on a bus and they have a snack cart. and you get to see lots of stuff. i did amtrak from boston to philly to dc in 06 too. its worth it.
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  • washedinblack91
    washedinblack91 Posts: 3,079
    im going to DC from NY using megabus.com. the prices are so cheap i thought it was a scam, but it says it's run by coach buses? and im guessing those who have suggested it have used that site before so hopefully it really isnt fake
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  • andrew the legend
    andrew the legend Posts: 210
    I am leaving out of new Carrollton its easier for me to get to than downtown DC. I am in the MD burbs. 69 up and 69 back I will use for ny from now on. thats really nice and the train is so much fun. Can drink or do whatever. I am going up the monday night before at 3 pm

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