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Anyone familiar with the Elyria, OH station and surrounding area? A future trip makes getting off and on at this station a possibility and both times are around 2-2:30am.
Are there taxis and hotels nearby? What type of waiting room is there if I should be there for a few hours?
Thanks, Dave
AMTK271 Member # 1778
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The waiting room is just a room with chairs. I think you would have to call for a taxi, I've never seen them there. Not sure on hotels, though. I would be carefulof your surrondings if I were there at 2am in the morning. Hope this helps. -Paul
Amtrak288 Member # 1967
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The station in Elyria is small, not staffed and is equiped with a pay phone next to the door outside. There might be a number for a cab service on it, but if not, dial information. Hotels are nearby but not right next to the station. Use Amtrak's web site to get the address of the station, then search for a hotel with something like travelocity.com and see how far away the nearest hotel is from the station.
Dave Burden Member # 88
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Thanks for the info on this station. I think I'll end up using the Cleveland station since it's still pretty close to my ultimate destination. It's also staffed so that is a consideration with 2am arrival/departure times.
I did check out the Elyria station on mapquest and there are some hotels within a few miles. If it were not for the timing of the trains, I might have tried it...
Dave
MPALMER Member # 125
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Dave,
A quick check of whitepages.com lists a Howard Johnson at 440-323-1515. It looked too far to walk from the station to the hotel(esp. at 2am in winter?!) but they might have a shuttle service. Mapquest shows the old RR names -- Penn Central and Baltimore & Ohio -- crossing in town. The station is on the old PC.
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