Amtrak Train Tickets
You cannot buy train tickets at the Gainesville, Texas Amtrak station. There is also not a QuickTrak at this location. They also do not have a way to check bags there. The station is only open from 11:14am to 6:45pm daily.
The Gainesville, Texas Amtrak station is the closest Amtrak station to my house. I think that if I wanted to use it, I would have to purchase my train tickets online.
The closest Amtrak station to my grandmother’s house in Pennsylvania is the station in Erie. You cannot buy train tickets at the station in Erie; you also cannot check your bags. The Amtrak station in Erie is open from midnight to 6am daily. They do have an enclosed waiting area, but the restrooms and payphones are only available during station hours.
You can buy train tickets at Penn Station in New York City for an Amtrak train trip. They also offer baggage check and their automated QuickTrak machine at Penn Station as well.
If you buy Amtrak train tickets for their Acela Express route, you will be able to go through several major cities. These major cities include Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, DC.
The Amtrak Heartland Flyer route has daily service between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City. The train tickets for this trip costs $24. That is a pretty good deal for a four hour train ride.
Chicago has Union Station and the Amtrak train tickets sold there can get you all over the Midwest United States. They have ticketing hours there and there is an enclosed waiting area and a lounge.
There are a lot of train tickets available for routes originating in Chicago. A trip from Chicago to California can cost from $168 to $331. The price of the train tickets really depends on the actual route.
