Amtrak out of Hermann

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Tania from Marion, IA on 4/5/2013 9:50:10 AM:

Hi all,
Looking for some feedback from anyone who has specifically caught the Amtrak out of the Hermann MO (nearby) station. Wanting to put on two passengers with our road bikes, and one collapsible trailer. Just looking for someone to describe their process and experience. This is really the only part of our trip that I am concerned about. Amtrak is completely automated in their reservation system, and that always makes me nervous that things will work out right. Planning to catch the 5:30 train out of Hermann heading back to Sedalia (me) and Independence (my riding partner). Thanks everyone!

Trek on 4/5/2013 10:26:44 AM:

It would be best to contact Amtrak about the trailer. To my knowledge they do not allow trailers. Collaped though as you say, it may need to go as cargo. They may have specs on how that has to go. If it needs to be boxed you'll have to then plan accordingly.

Hank from New Haven on 4/5/2013 9:22:47 PM:

Yes, call Amtrak. Don't take anybody's word here for it. You have to book specifically for bikes and like Trek I don't know about trailers. If you have a bike booking, no problem. If you don't, you won't get on. The trailer might be a problem.

grunt9th from manchester on 4/8/2013 7:24:55 PM:

You can get a human on the phone at AMTRAK. Call the 800-number and follow the prompts. It takes a minute or two to get through the queue, but it works. I had good luck with making my reservations.

Tania from Marion, IA on 4/10/2013 3:43:27 PM:

Hi all, thank you for your responses. I wanted to mention that my "trailer" is a Burly Travoy. It weighs 9 pounds and folds up into a bag that is about 21" x 18" x 8". They won't even know it's a trailer. It's barely bigger than a back pack. So it will be considered a carry on. I will keep trying to get a human on the phone at Amtrak. Thanks!

El Toro on 4/10/2013 9:42:14 PM:

In my experience, if you have a roll-on ticket for your bikes you'll have not problems whatsoever.
I hope your experience is the same.

kevin from Jeff City on 4/11/2013 12:38:20 PM:

If you can carry on the trailer as overhead luggage, it shouldn't be a problem. Like Hank said, just make sure you have a ticket for your bicycle!

Kim from Independence, MO on 4/18/2013 10:45:53 AM:

We booked 2 tickets and 2 bike spots from Hermann to Sedalia a few years ago. We had a Burley trailer in a carry on bag. The trailer was no problem, however our reserved bike spots had been given to some guys who got on earlier without reservations. Since there are only 4 bike allowances for each train, and they already had 5, we were told they would strap the bikes on the back outside platform. We refused to allow this and ended up having to use our own bungee cords to strap them to the handicap bathroom door. So, you need to be aware that Amtrak does not necessarily hold the reserved bike ticket spots. Complaints to Amtrak resulted in them saying they were sending us a refund of the bike tickets... what we got was a ticket voucher for $20 that expired in a year. Amtrak is not exactly great at customer service.

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