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Mar 17, 2025 | 10:18 pm

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Originally Posted by lisangmoh

Thanks for your reply. I am not sure I can cope with multiple changes with baggage after a long flight. Maybe a taxi to Alexandria then Amtrak is easier?
I could fly into NYC but I don't think that is much easier! I would have to overnight in NYC also which is inconvenient and expensive.
No international flights fly into RIC.
I am also curious about the Amtrak train. Surely I can take on baggage? Even if it costs a bit.
I am very tempted to just take an Uber! Around $255 but no changes and I could potentially even sleep a bit.
Do you use Uber there or something else??
Thanks for all your replies guys. It is very enlightening.

The drive from IAD to the Alexandria Amtrak station is ~ 33 miles. A taxi, Uber, or Lyft is certainly a possibility.

Amtrak's carry-on policy here:

https://www.amtrak.com/onboard/bagga...n-baggage.html

In addition, some (not all) of the Amtrak trains which run from Alexandria to Richmond Staples Mills Road station also offer free checked baggage. (Richmond has a second Amtrak station: Richmond Main Street; checked-baggage service is not offered to that station.)

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