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expired Posted by serra | Staff • Mar 17, 2023

Amtrak 'Night Owl Fares' Off Peak One-Way Coach Fares to/from Select Cities

(Select Northeast Cities)

from $5

$115

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Amtrak is offering 'Night Owl Fares' Off Peak One-Way Coach Fares to/from Select Northeastern Cities on sale from $20 on select trains departing from 7pm - 5am.

Thanks Deal Hunter serra for sharing this deal

Sample One-Way Coach Fares To/From:
  • New York – Washington, DC $20
  • New York – Baltimore/BWI $15
  • New York – Philadelphia $10
  • New York – Wilmington, DE $10
  • Philadelphia – Washington, DC $10
  • Washington – Wilmington $10
  • Philadelphia – Baltimore/BWI $5
  • Washington – Baltimore/BWI $5

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • Terms and Conditions:
    • Valid for coach travel only on departures scheduled between 7:00 PM and 5:00 AM
    • Valid to/from stations between Washington Union (WAS) and New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station (NYP)Valid for coach seating only.
    • Seating is limited & may not be available on all trains at all times.
    • Fares are subject to availability.
    • Routes and schedules are subject to change without notice.
    • Once travel has begun, no changes to the itinerary are permitted.
    • Other restrictions may apply.

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Written by serra | Staff
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Amtrak is offering 'Night Owl Fares' Off Peak One-Way Coach Fares to/from Select Northeastern Cities on sale from $20 on select trains departing from 7pm - 5am.

Thanks Deal Hunter serra for sharing this deal

Sample One-Way Coach Fares To/From:
  • New York – Washington, DC $20
  • New York – Baltimore/BWI $15
  • New York – Philadelphia $10
  • New York – Wilmington, DE $10
  • Philadelphia – Washington, DC $10
  • Washington – Wilmington $10
  • Philadelphia – Baltimore/BWI $5
  • Washington – Baltimore/BWI $5

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • Terms and Conditions:
    • Valid for coach travel only on departures scheduled between 7:00 PM and 5:00 AM
    • Valid to/from stations between Washington Union (WAS) and New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station (NYP)Valid for coach seating only.
    • Seating is limited & may not be available on all trains at all times.
    • Fares are subject to availability.
    • Routes and schedules are subject to change without notice.
    • Once travel has begun, no changes to the itinerary are permitted.
    • Other restrictions may apply.

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Written by serra | Staff

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SplendidCrayon2019
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Everywhere else traveling by train is fast, efficient, inexpensive and safe. In the US it is slow, in-efficient, and very expensive.
ccsicecoke
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Amtrak should do more sleeper cars promotion. A roommate from Los Angeles to New York for $2000+ is crazy
juliapearl
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They never have any deals like this for western US destinations....

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Mar 23, 2023
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ben2h
Mar 23, 2023
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Could not get on site.....getting this:

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spamdie
Mar 23, 2023
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Quote from Dr. J :
Odd because I've been told that Amtrak does NOT own a lot of rail in the northeast and has to take a backseat to its owner which is freight. From BOS to western NY, my mother would always be HOURS late and they'd tell her they'd have to hold for the track's owner, freight.
Oh by coast I really mean coast. The line between DC and Boston. Not to western NY. That is about the only track they own.
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Mar 23, 2023
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riverhorse
Mar 23, 2023
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Last I checked was maybe a month ago or less- you could find even cheaper if willing to book weeks in advance- I forget the magic number: 3 or 4 weeks. Although overnight cheapest, couple other routes almost as cheap depending on which day of the week \ holiday \ season travel demand period.
Don't use any discount filters (senior\military\organization\disabled)- you'll only be presented full fares w\ the slight discount.
Northeast \ Mid-Atlantic yielded best results.
One example: NYC - Philly $6\7 each way while local NJTransit \ Septa= $26, or $12.15 senior\disabled. Even just instate local Newark-Trenton = $12.50 \ $5.70 senior \disabled.
Mar 23, 2023
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reiji
Mar 23, 2023
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Quote from MaroonManatee4823 :
Because the government owns Amtrak. I heard once that for every sandwich they serve, it costs taxpayers 18 bucks.
The government doesn't own Amtrak. They do receive public infrastructure funding though. You know, like roads, oil companies, airlines, airports, etc.
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Mr.Moneygrubber
Mar 23, 2023
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Quote from sachind1231 :
They're not wrong. Saw a source that said on average there are approximately 1,700 train derailments every year in the US, and that 2023 is on par with that rate. It's easy to forget how much power news media has by virtue of choosing what to report and not report on.
People need to stop throwing out derailment numbers like they're all the same thing. 3 bad track switches resulting in a wheel popping off the track counts as 3. Several chemical cars upside down and on fire counts as 1. The numbers by themselves don't mean anything. Hyper sensationalism by the news exists, but I think that trying to downplay some major safety issues by saying that they have always been this bad is probably not a great idea.
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faheyd
Mar 23, 2023
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There is something to be said for a company that needs to put language filters on its complaint box forms.
It's the 21st century and you can't take a train across the USA without being a magician (and rich AF)
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Mar 23, 2023
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StrongCorn1901
Mar 23, 2023
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Quote from SplendidCrayon2019 :
YEah not worth traveling on Amtrak, slow, long. Wish we had high speed trains in US instead of flying all over. Would be nice to go cross country in a high speed train but it is never going to happen.
US is too big! California can't even get one section done.
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jbloggs
Mar 23, 2023
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So hard to search, unless I'm doing something wrong, but I have to enter exact dates to see a price instead of a calendar for Dep & Return showing pricing
Mar 23, 2023
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grandealejito
Mar 23, 2023
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Quote from jomeyq :
By "everywhere else" do you mean parts of a couple countries in Europe and SE Asia? Because I can't think of a country with better passenger rail service in the western hemisphere, for instance.

Yeah, the US could certainly do better, but we're not a huge embarrassing outlier compared to every other first world country like we are with imprisonment, gun deaths, maternal mortality rates, executions, etc etc.
Parts of a couple of countries in Europe? I think you mean just about ALL of the countries in Europe. You have a point in the end, but starting with that was WAY off. I have traveled from London to Sofia and north Sweden to Calabria by train, for example, and other places.
Mar 23, 2023
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Manonfire387
Mar 23, 2023
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Interestingly enough, I couldn't find any acela line trains for sale at all. They only had business or first class tickets listed. Would've used it for a DC to Boston for maybe labor day weekend but it wasn't meant to be. Oh well NYC for $40 on a holiday weekend is still worth it.
Mar 24, 2023
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crmsnpirate
Mar 24, 2023
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Quote from thedowg2 :
This is a common misconception. In most of the rest of the world (Europe), flying is far cheaper and quicker.

Source: Last year I took my 2 kids to Western Europe. We flew to 5 distinct locations within Europe (Europe to Europe). Our HIGHEST ticket price was $39/each. Most of the time we were paying ~$25. Train tickets were generally priced at $75 to $100 each. Buying a rail pass for our trips was going to cost $1200. We flew instead, which was much quicker, and paid a total of $425.
a few years ago I went from London to Manchester by rail for around $120, then after heading up to Inverness, flew down from there to London for only $40...

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kmsimpson
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Quote from MerryCrown7505 :
last time i wanted to take amtrak somewhere it was the same price as a plane ticket, and then 2 years later they shut down the station i would have used
no reason to take a passenger train unless it's $10
Last time I tried, it was massively MORE expensive than a plane ticket and unbelievably slow.

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