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Public ground/rail transport in the US is not for the faint hearted. Spoken as a travel veteran in three decades of cross country trips via Greyhound and Amtr
by redsavagefiero 8y ago
Public ground/rail transport in the US is not for the
faint hearted. Spoken as a travel veteran in three decades
of cross country trips via Greyhound and Amtrak.
TIPS:
* Don't cross Texas in a Greyhound.
* Don't go to New Orleans Amtrak coach from DC.
- lagadu 8y agoCan you share the why of those two tips? I'm not from the US so I have no experience with those but it sounds like you have some interesting stories about it :)
- redsavagefiero 8y agoTexas is a long, uncomfortable haul in general. The year I did this crossing was 1994. Witnessed racism, religion gone wrong and malicious violence in more than one local personality jumping on for a town to town hop. New Orleans coach was 2004. The rowdiness, smells and movement in the train gave me the only migraine I've ever had. I could barely give directions to the cab driver for my hotel and slept 16 hours.
- virusduck 8y agoI've done DC<->ATL on both coach and sleeper. Sleeper's nicer, obv, but coach is really fine. It's not super crowded, and the amount of legroom is ridiculous compared to an airplane. Even though it takes 4X as long as a plane, it's overnight, so it doesn't really seem too long at all.