# Pittsburgh Amtrak station
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**Created:** [January 4, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-amtrak-station/194556 "2008-01-04T18:28:17Z")
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### Author:  [@German\_with\_a\_Bowtie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/German_with_a_Bowtie)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-amtrak-station/194556/1 "2008-01-04T18:28:17Z")
My kids want to ride a train. Thinking about taking the Amtrak from Greensburg to Pittsburgh and spending a night downtown then coming back the next day.
Anybody know what kind of neighborhood the train station is in?
There’s a Marriot Courtyard 2 ro 3 blocks from it.
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### Author:  [@fah\_quad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fah_quad)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-amtrak-station/194556/2 "2008-01-04T19:08:31Z")
The train station is actually the bottom floor of the converted “Pennsylvanian” apartment/condo complex. Nice building. The general area isn’t too bad since the Greyhound station moved, but the walk to the Marriott is not that close. Take a cab. It’s all uphill and it’s not a direct route walk.
I took the train on a couple busines trips last year just to do it. The train is cool. the best thing to do is take a long trip so you can get a sleeper car. But even the short ride from G-burg in the regular car should be fun for the kids.
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### Author:  [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-amtrak-station/194556/3 "2008-01-04T19:09:53Z")
wouldn’t be that fun on amtrak.
I took this ride years ago.
Learn some history and it’s not far away
[http://octrr.clarion.edu/](http://octrr.clarion.edu/)