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[QUOTE]Originally posted by smitty195: [QB] nittfan: Just to clarify the train thing as far as Oakland or San Francisco, Amtrak does not go to San Francisco (the train). It's a long, convoluted story that takes place throughout history---but just know that one of the main reasons is because there is a big body of water between Oakland and San Francisco (the Bay), and there are no train tracks that go over this large body of water. It's more complex than that, but that's the basic thing in order for it to make some sense. Now, Amtrak knows that people want to travel to San Francisco and not Oakland. After all, SF is one of the top travel destinations on this planet! So to make things easy, they have a dedicated bus that meets the train right there at the station, and takes you over the water (on the Bay Bridge) and into downtown SF. The neat thing about this bus is that it is a dedicated/guaranteed bus. What this means is that if your train is late, you don't need to worry---the bus *will* be there waiting (no matter how late the train is---this is a GUARANTEED connection). I hope this makes more sense now. So this is why you want to book your ticket to SF, because you will actually end up getting two tickets: 1) The train ticket, and 2) the bus ticket. Amtrak will issue both of these tickets to you---you do not have to go elsewhere to get the bus ticket. As far as when to leave LAX Airport in order to get to Union Station, in my opinion, 8AM is way too late and is really pushing it. Let me explain why. Let's say you get downstairs the lobby of the hotel at 8AM. And let's say that you JUST missed the shuttle bus to the airport. Now you will have to wait at least 15 to 20 minutes for the next one. By the time you and everyone else gets on the bus (and your luggage), it's going to be 8:20 to 8:25AM. Now the bus has to go over to the Four Points Hotel to make a drop off and pickup as well. The time is now 8:45AM when you leave the Four Points. When you get to the LAX Airport, it's 8:55AM (at least). The bus will make EVERY stop at EVERY terminal at LAX (I think there are six or seven terminals). You can get off at any terminal you want, because the Flyaway bus also stops at EVERY terminal at LAX. You might want to just get off at the first terminal, and wait under the "Flyaway" bus there. Now let's suppose your bus comes along at 9AM. It takes about 90 minutes in heavy, morning, rush-hour traffic to get to Union Station. Now it's 10:30AM, and you've missed your train. If it were me, I would plan on being downstairs at the hotel lobby to catch the shuttle bus at 7AM--no later. If you end up getting to Union Station early, great, you can relax and not worry about barely making your train. Also, they have a separate waiting area (the Traxx Bar) for sleeping car passengers with coffee and juice. Look for this or you'll miss it----when you walk in the main front doors of Union Station, it's almost immediately on your right near the "Information" booth. You can check-in for your train there. But i can assure you that running late for a train is a total drag--it creates a lot of stress. By the way, I'm from Broomall, PA---know where that is? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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