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Originally Posted by villagetinker
...the least expensive way we found was the autotrain, vehicle is around $200 to $300, your fare is around the same if you do not need a bed. Only down side is you have to drive to Lorton, VA. If you decide to try this do NOT use 95, go out to Harrisburg, PA, take 15 south and if a remember 270 to 95 for around 10 miles to Lorton. We also brought one car down towed behind a U-Haul truck, and would not do that again, even with three drivers this was a miserable trip.
Hopes this helps.
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We've taken the Autotrain twice. First time was one-way in April 2011 going north and it was $901 with a Chevy Lumina and 2 seniors. Second time was round-trip in August 2013, that was $750 total with a Mazda. So you can see the rates vary with the seasonal months.
I just did a sample, 2 seniors, one way southbound, with a standard size car on Wednesday Nov 15, and it was $528. That was for 2 seats, which is what we've done, but you can get a small sleeper for about $300 more, it's really not a compartment but curtains you pull around your seat which will lay flat. The trains leave out at 4pm everyday, one from Lorton, VA and the other from Sanford, FL. Sanford is about a 75 minute drive east of TV using US 441 and CR 46.
Lorton is on I-95 about one exit south of the DC beltway. The trains will pull into the stations about 9:30 the next morning at each end. You'll get dinner and breakfast on the train. The arrival time is sometimes skewd, my last trip down the train hit two people on the tracks in Palatka, FL (an hour before Sanford) and then we didn't arrive until about 1:00, 3-1/2 hours late.
https://tickets.amtrak.com/itd/amtrak
