For the final leg of my journey back home from Biloxi, Mississippi, I had the opportunity to take Amtrak's Acela Express train in first class from Philadelphia to Trenton. Although I had read other bloggers' reviews of the Acela Express before, I was eager to experience the upgraded Amtrak service myself. The ride would only last twenty-nine minutes, but that would certainly … [Read more...]
Amtrak ClubAcela at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station Review (May 2016)
On my trip home from Biloxi, Mississippi, I had the chance to experience the ClubAcela station lounge at the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. Unlike my outbound trek, where I took the Northeast Regional Amtrak line in business class between the train stations in Trenton and Philadelphia, on my return adventure I was fortunate enough to be ticketed in first class on the … [Read more...]
Taking Amtrak and SEPTA from New Jersey to Philadelphia International Airport (May 2016)
It had been well over a year since I last rode a train heading towards the Philadelphia area. In fact, aside from the occasional train trip to Newark International Airport from my home in New Jersey, I rarely step onto trains at all these days. I do miss some of the journeys I used to have on the train, even some of the ones that I experienced when I was commuting via NJ … [Read more...]