Originally Posted by
byronczimmer
On a recent trip to Atlanta (southbound), when we arrived (on a Saturday) there were long delays in getting checked baggage off the train.
Agreed: there's only one elevator between the station and the platform, and they use it first to get pax off, and then ferry up the luggage one cartload at a time, and then they allow you to reclaim. This process takes forever; I think it was the better part of an hour in my case.
I'm surprised that the station is so far from downtown in a city built around the rails-- but it's not far from Midtown, which is a livelier neighborhood anyways.