Newsgroup: it.hobby.viaggi
Titolo: USA East Coast

Ciao,
riprendo una mio vecchio messaggio, per avere delle
informazioni che non ho trovato nelle agenzie di viaggio:
1) Dovendo fare quattro tappe
   New York -> Chicago -> New Orleans -> Orlando -> New York
   E' meglio usare il treno o l'aereo, in termini di costi/tempo :
   a) qualcuno sa qualcosa dell'Amtrak Pass Rail ?
   b) Esiste qualcosa del genere per i voli ?
2) Mi indichereste un sito internet dove posso trovare costi
   e orari dei voli sopra elencati ?
Ciao e grazie,
Giskard
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 Giskard
Posso dirti che fatta in treno č lunga, io sono partito da Miami e sono
arrivato a San Francisco quini ne ho cambiati di treni:)
E' un modo diverso di vedere gli USA, se hai tempo allora usa il treno cosě
puoi anche decidere di fermarti in una stazione intermedia e "vivere" gli
states.
Ti consiglio anche di usare i motel (io mi trovo bene con i Motel 6) a parte
New York
Per quanto riguarda le stazioni:
New York č sotto il Madison Square Garden (centro che piů centro non si puň)
Chicago č a 3 blocchi dal centro ma c'č solo un autonoleggio e ti avvisano
che trovi benzina solo in periferia e che non riuscirai a riportare l'auto
con il pieno. Io ho staccato l'aria condizionata e ci sono riuscito. Dovevi
vedere le facce!!!!
New Orleans Non sň dove si trova la stazione (sorry)
Orlando č abbastanza in centro (io ci sono solo passato) ma credo che gli
autonoleggi siano tutti in aereoporto o nei grandi alberghi.
Spero di esserti stato utile, se servono altre notizie sono qui.
Ciao
CA (ovvero anche gli angeli girano il mondo)

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I know very little Italian, but I think you are interested in information
about Amtrak train schedules between New York City, Orlando, New Orleans,
Chicago, and back to New York. (Or in the reverse direction.)  If necessary,
I hope you will be able to find someone to translate this for you.
Between New York City and Orlando, there are two daily trains, the SILVER STAR
and the SILVER METEOR.
The SILVER STAR leaves New York City at 11:50am and arrives in Orlando at
11:22am the following day.  The SILVER METEOR leaves New York City at 7:05pm
and arrives in Orlando at 4:05pm the following day.
Northbound, the SILVER METEOR leaves Orlando at 12:53pm and arrives in New
York City at 9:45am the following day.	The SILVER STAR leaves Orlando at
4:34pm and arrives in New York City at 4:13pm the following day.
Detailed schedules in a traditional railroad format are available on the web
at:
Northbound:  
http://www.msc.com/~dsdawdy/Amtrak/e_f._n.html
Southbound:  
http://www.msc.com/~dsdawdy/Amtrak/e_f._s.html
Between Orlando and New Orleans, there is only one train, the SUNSET LIMITED,
which operates only three days a week.
It leaves Orlando at 6:50pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and arrives
in New Orleans at 1:15pm the following day.
Eastbound, it leaves New Orleans at 8:15pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Sundays, and arrives in Orlando at 3:20pm the following day.
A detailed schedule for the SUNSET LIMITED is on the web at:
http://www.msc.com/~dsdawdy/Amtrak/w_sunset.html
Between New Orleans and Chicago, the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS train operates daily.
It leaves New Orleans at 2:10pm and arrives in Chicago at 9:35am the following
day.  Southbound, it leaves Chicago at 9:00pm and arrives in New Orleans at
4:45pm the following day.
A detailed schedule for the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS is on the web at:
http://www.msc.com/~dsdawdy/Amtrak/w_cno.html
There are several trains, on different routes, between Chicago and New York
City.
There are two direct trains, without transfer:
The LAKE SHORE LIMITED runs via Buffalo, and the THREE RIVERS runs via
Pittsburgh.  The LAKE SHORE LIMITED is a much better train, and has a
sleeping car and better dining car.  The THREE RIVERS does not have any
sleeping cars and is slower.  I would recommend the LAKE SHORE LIMITED over
the THREE RIVERS.
The LAKE SHORE LIMITED leaves Chicago at 8:15pm, and arrive in New York at
3:41pm the following day.  The THREE RIVERS leaves Chicago at 9:20pm and
arrives in New York at 7:25pm the following day.
Eastbound, the LAKE SHORE LIMITED leaves New York at 6:30pm and arrives in
Chicago at 12:10pm the following day.  The THREE RIVERS leaves New York at
12:45pm and arrives in Chicago at 8:50am the following day.
There are two other more scenic routes between Chicago and the East, but they
both go to or from Washinbgton D.C., where you would have to transfer to
another train to or from New York City.  There is frequent, fast, train
service between Washington D.C. and New York City.  The travel time between
Washington and New York is about three to four hours.
The CAPITOL LIMITED leaves Chicago at 7:20pm daily, and arrives in Washington
D.C. at 2:20pm the next day.  Eastbound, the train leaves Washington at 4:05pm
and arrives in Chicago at 9:20am the next day.
Another alternative is the CARDINAL, which is operates three days a week via
a very scenic but longer, slower route.  It leaves Chicago at 7:40pm on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and arrives in Washington D.C. at 8:10pm
the following day.  Eastbound, it leaves Washington at 11:30am on Sundays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays, and arrives in Chicago at 10:15am the following day.
Web sites for detailed schedules are:
LAKE SHORE LIMITED:  
http://www.msc.com/~dsdawdy/Amtrak/e_lake.html
THREE RIVERS:  
http://www.msc.com/~dsdawdy/Amtrak/e_broad.html
CAPITOL LIMITED:  
http://www.msc.com/~dsdawdy/Amtrak/e_capit.html
CARDINAL:  
http://www.msc.com/~dsdawdy/Amtrak/e_card.html
Any or all of these schedules can change before you make your trip, but I
think the changes would be minor ones.	Schedules usually change in the
Spring and in the Fall.
I hope you will enjoy your trip to the United States as much as I have enjoyed
my several trips to Italy, including many miles on your fascinating trains.
Chiao,
Roberto
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 Roberto
Hi Roberto,
sorry for my not good english ^__^
Thank you a lot for those many information about train schedule !!
Just another question : what's about sleep-wagon, how much
does it cost ? It's difficult to find a place whitout reservetion ?
Ok, bye bye
Giskard
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