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Thank you very much Alan. This forum is fabulous. I feel like a &$^#@% travel agent with these kids in college!

Can anyone explain why these two options show up when I try to book a train from Worcester MA to Rochester NY on December 19? To me they look like the exact same trains - only one appears to show a transfer (maybe?). $84.00 449 Lake Shore Limited Departs Worcester, MA (WOR) 12:58 pm Arrives...

The train appears to be sold out from Rochester NY to Worcester MA on November 30 (the Sunday after Thanksgiving). Is there any hope of seats opening up? Thanks!!!

Once again, Thanks everybody! He's taking the 1:00 because he's getting a ride from Worcester to Albany with a friend and they'll be there around noon. He's excited about taking the train, he normally takes icky Greyhound because it's quite a bit faster (and cheaper) from Worcester than if he...

Wow! Thanks everybody! His ticket has been bought and he should be good to go.

Thank you Darien! Do you think he needs to buy this ticket in advance (he wants to travel this Friday, the 17th at 1:00 in the afternoon)? I have no feel for how busy this train might be.

So my son will be taking the train from Albany west to Rochester. (The 281 Empire Service.) He wants to buy a business class seat because he is VERY tall and he thinks it will give him more room (?). Anyway, when he goes to board the train, how does he know where the business class seats are...

I see an upgrade called the Viewliner Roomette on Amtrak Lakeshore Limited. How is this configured? Would it be awkward to share it with a stranger? Is it better than just a regular seat? (The upgrade costs $68). Thanks!

Honestly, the train I was on with all the "standees" felt like a third world nation. No one could get to the bathroom, the food was sold out (not that you could get to the snack car anyway), babies and kids were howling. At every stop more people and luggage pushed on. Yuk. It made me terrified...

Thank you Alan! Is it the Lakeshore Limited the whole way? Doesn't he change trains in Albany? I really know nothing about this. Hope I can figure it out - we've got at least 4 years of this! Ha!

He will be traveling from Worcester MA to Rochester NY. I suppose if Greyhound "overbooks" then they just don't let you on the bus? I mean, I can't imagine they can drive with people standing? Thanks everybody!

I took an Amtrak train during April holiday break several years ago from NYC to Rochester NY. The aisles were jammed with standing passengers and all their stuff. It was NOT fun, and I have not been anxious to take Amtrak since. Now my son is about to move to Worcester MA for college. I'm...