scrabbler1
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At the end of June, I will be going with my ladyfriend back to her home town of Louisville, Kentucky for a 2-week stay with her family. Having realized we share a liking for a long-distance trip by train (something I have never done but have always wanted to do), we will be taking Amtrak's Cardinal train from New York to Indianapolis before using other transit means to get from there to Louisville. Connections to other means of transit are a little awkward because of the unusual arrival and departure times from Indianapolis on the Cardinal. For example, the westbound train arrives at about 5 AM while the eastbound train leaves there at about midnight.
Amtrak offers a bus connection via Greyhound but the layover time to Louisville is huge, so we will rent a car for the 2-hour drive and return it in Louisville the next day. Enterprise car rental has an office about half a mile from the Indianapolis train station which opens at 9 AM, giving us time to rest and eat after the train arrives. On the return trip, we will take the Greyhound bus which will leave us at the station about 3 hours before the eastbound train arrives, giving us time to eat.
We have not yet booked our trip but will do so in a few days. Have any of you ridden the Cardinal before? According to Wikipedia, it is a very scenic train as it passes through the mountains of West Virginia. Unfortunately, it is one of the few routes which does not offer WiFi service so I won't be able to tell you about it until I get to either destination. Furthermore, are any of you from Indianapolis or have used its train station and can offer any pointers about the area near the station?
Amtrak offers a bus connection via Greyhound but the layover time to Louisville is huge, so we will rent a car for the 2-hour drive and return it in Louisville the next day. Enterprise car rental has an office about half a mile from the Indianapolis train station which opens at 9 AM, giving us time to rest and eat after the train arrives. On the return trip, we will take the Greyhound bus which will leave us at the station about 3 hours before the eastbound train arrives, giving us time to eat.
We have not yet booked our trip but will do so in a few days. Have any of you ridden the Cardinal before? According to Wikipedia, it is a very scenic train as it passes through the mountains of West Virginia. Unfortunately, it is one of the few routes which does not offer WiFi service so I won't be able to tell you about it until I get to either destination. Furthermore, are any of you from Indianapolis or have used its train station and can offer any pointers about the area near the station?