Does anyone know if the station at Maricopa, AZ has taxi service into Phoenix or Scottsdale. I am planning a trip to Phoenix next year and would like to know if I should go through Flagstaff or Maricopa. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks.
Posted by CHIEFAN (Member # 1593) on :
Definitely go to the Maricopa station, as they have taxi service from there and I think Hertz will even pick you up there for a rental car.
Going to Phoenix via Flagstaff involves transfers to a bus takes a very long time.
Get off at Maricopa and get either a rental car or a taxi.
Posted by denver bob (Member # 1664) on :
Depends also where you are traveling from. If you are coming from Illinois, the trip is one extra day travel. I took the trip from Illinois last year to Flagstaff, and Amtrak picked up the bus fare cost from Flag to Phoenix, although it required an overnight stay in Flag at a motel.I also agree that as far as I know there is no shuttle service from Maricopa to Phoenix, only cab or rental service.
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Posted by Ken V (Member # 1466) on :
Once upon a time Amtrak had a connecting (Thruway) bus service from Maricopa to Phoenix. This was introduced when the through route into the state capital was partially abandoned by Southern Pacific and Amtrak had to re-route the Sunset over the southern main. I don't recall when and why the bus was discontinued.
As far as I know there is still a Thruway connection from Flagstaff. There were frequent stops by buses at the Amtrak depot in Flag the last time I visited there, but I wasn't paying much attention to them.
Posted by Konstantin (Member # 18) on :
I live in Phoenix. The last time I planned on taking the Sunset Limited I checked into thruway busses to Maricopa.
This seems strange to me: They had thruway busses between the Tucson station and Phoenix, but no thruway bus between the Maricopa station and Phoenix. And Maricopa is a lot closer to Phoenix than Tucson!
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Posted by irishchieftain (Member # 1473) on :
Once upon a time Amtrak had a connecting (Thruway) bus service from Maricopa to Phoenix
Once upon a time, Amtrak used to run into Phoenix, too...remember that? (They also stopped at Tempe, not too far from ASU, to boot.) Good old UP...
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Oh, and didn't everyone always think of the SP as the "evil octopus" (so named for their myriad of lines eminating from San Francisco).
Honestly, I thought SP passenger trains always got a "bum rap"; and if the sponsors of this site will beg my pardon, I have posted about my SP riding experiences over at www.railroad.net linking to Forums/Fallen Flags/Southern Pacific
Posted by Ken V (Member # 1466) on :
quote:Originally posted by irishchieftain: Once upon a time Amtrak had a connecting (Thruway) bus service from Maricopa to Phoenix
Once upon a time, Amtrak used to run into Phoenix, too...remember that? (They also stopped at Tempe, not too far from ASU, to boot.) Good old UP...
Alan,
If you read my complete post, I continued to state
quote:This was introduced when the through route into the state capital was partially abandoned by Southern Pacific and Amtrak had to re-route the Sunset over the southern main.
So, of course, I remember when Amtrak went to Phoenix.
Since I am relying on a sometimes faulty memory, I thought the abandonment of the eastern segment of the Phoenix Line occurred while it was still under SP's watch.
[This message has been edited by Ken V (edited 06-02-2002).]
