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[quote=Anonymous]No ideas on destinations for you, but we took my mom on the train to NYC from Union Station last December. It was a good trip, but just wanted to share our Amtrak experience with a senior citizen!

My mom uses a cane, and navigating the train stations with mobility issues was definitely more challenging as she is not stable on escalators, so we had to find our way from elevator to elevator. Also discovered that at both Union Station and Penn Station the elevators are serving double duty as restrooms, so conditions were kind of gross, and Penn Station was a bit of a maze to get around from elevator to elevator. Definitely would aim for a smaller station!

And hadn’t really contemplated the amount of walking along tracks etc involved in train travel, but as we were waiting at Union Station an Amtrak “Red Cap” noticed us and drove my mom (and the rest of us) out to the train on a golf cart. We were also able to get a red cap to help us for our departure from Penn Station, but never got one for about arrivals—I assume you’d ask your conduct to see this up? It was less straightforward than arranging a wheelchair through the airline like we’ve done before.

I hope you have a great trip with your mom. [/quote]

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