Taking Amtrak from airport to Lancaster

Submitted by 4ever4eigner t3_yzn30i in philadelphia

Hello I need some advise I want to take the Amtrak from PHL International airport to Lancaster but the app only shows the station in the city. As I understand there’s an Amtrak station at the airport. Can I not use that route? Please let me know if anyone used this service. How did you do it? Thanks

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CookedDenimRawPizza t1_ix0vy8f wrote

There is regional rail (Septa) at the airport. You take it to 30th and then can get on Amtrak.

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sailbag36 t1_ix0vzs2 wrote

There is no Amtrak stop at the airport. You can take the regional rail to 30th street where you can catch Amtrak. There’s a drop south of the city but you’ll still have to change trains at 30th street to get to Lancaster.

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4ever4eigner OP t1_ix11o0r wrote

Ok good point on the traffic will try the train. Thanks for the tips! 👍🏻

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IvanStarokapustin t1_ix0w23k wrote

Septa has a station that the airport but Amtrak doesn’t go there. You’ll have to take Amtrak to 30th Street, then transfer to the Septa airport line.

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4ever4eigner OP t1_ix0yj4b wrote

Thanks for the replies. Taking an Uber to the Amtrak station would make this less painful?

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donttouchthirdrail t1_ix0yuvu wrote

The airport train runs every 30mins, so if it's not a tight connection, the train should be fine.

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sailbag36 t1_ix10i2u wrote

Not always. They can run every hour depending on time of day.

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OldLatinGuy t1_ix11dj3 wrote

Probably not Uber will be much more expensive and likely take longer unless you hit miracle traffic. Hop on the SEPTA train (ticket at the kiosks) get off at 30th and away you go.

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ClashMacLaver t1_ix11vzo wrote

Taking the regional rail to 30th St is the easy way. You'll be able to walk indoors from the SEPTA platform to the Amtrak concourse.

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stabbygun t1_ix16cyf wrote

cabbies might run your Uber off the road.

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RexxAppeal t1_ix11vsx wrote

Lancaster airport is a bit outside of the town where the train station is, not sure how reliable Uber is out there.

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4ever4eigner OP t1_ix1fcyi wrote

From there I got transportation. I just have to make it there somehow :)

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poundsub88 t1_ix26lfm wrote

If you can, just rent a car.

Septa socks ass and am team isn't any better

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