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Old Mar 29, 2023 | 2:44 pm
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Originally Posted by CDTraveler
What exactly do you mean here by check in?

At WAS, NYP and PHL Amtrak requires you to show your ticket on the concourse and then again on the train. For the auto train you definitely have to check in.
That's been my experience on the KC to/from Chicago route. You had to check in in the station, then get in a queue, and then walk single-file to the platform.

Boggles my mind why it has to be done this way. Why can't we have assigned seats, go directly to them with no queueing, and show a QR code to the conductor?
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