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Pittsburgh train station
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Charlie on 10/3/2015 12:50:08 PM:
Planning to talk train from DC to Pitts. Will arrive in Pitts. at midnight. Can I stay in the station until it is light enough to bike?
 
Peter Sheridan from Santa Rosa, CA on 10/3/2015 5:46:09 PM:
It's a creepy station. Small and dingy. You may be able to pull it off but why not get a reasonable hotel on the south side a short cab ride away and then your on the trail fresh in the morning. The hotels near the station are all to expensive and not worth the money. Get a hotel by the hot metal bridge.
 
Charlie on 10/3/2015 7:22:45 PM:
That might work, but means biking through a city I don't know at night. I'll take a look at it. Thanks
 
Rick from Grafton, Va. on 10/10/2015 5:30:39 AM:
Charlie,
My wife and I are planning to use the roll on train service soon. I've biked from Pittsburg 5 times. THe first year we got a 3pm start in late Oct. and only rode the 10 miles or so to Homestead. Saved close to $100 on lodging. Only drop off time in Pittsburg is 11:45/12:00 am so yes you might want to just doze there with one eye open. I wanted to bike to Homestead but my wife doesn't want any part of riding the 10 plus miles in the dark. I think we'd be okay. The start of the trail along Blvd of the Allies would be well lit after that there are a few stretches that would be a bit "spooky." You really need to pay attention exiting Blvd of the Allies and getting onto Grant St. hading toward the Mon River and on eastward to Hot Metal, etc.
 
Tom Mather from raleigh NC on 10/10/2015 8:27:08 AM:
I would call the Amtrak station and ask them if it's OK to stay there until daylight. Personally, I wouldn't want to do it. Both times that I rode the GAP-C&O we stayed at a hotel on the southside, directly on the GAP trail at Hot Metal Bridge. It was about a 3.5 mile ride from the train station. We rode there on streets rather than bike trails on the advice of local cyclists. Lights are necessary but you should have them for the tunnels anyway.
 
Paul from Quincy, IL on 10/13/2015 7:17:10 AM:
"It's a creepy station. Small and dingy."

It's true California stations are a lot nicer, but to call PGH creepy or dingy suggests the poster doesn't get out much. Yes is is small, but then it only servers 2 trains each way per day and is perfectly adequate.

To answer the original question, check the station page at amtrak.com for its hours. If it is open when you want to be there, then yes, do it. Your ticket entitles you to be be there, and besides it's not the kind of place where officious, paranoid security would hassle you.

We've arrived there from the west 4 times, and against all odds, the train was on time at 5:03AM and had to wait around almost two hours until dawn to head for the trail.
 
Peter Sheridan from Santa Rosa, CA on 10/13/2015 5:08:48 PM:
The original poster was asking about spending the night at the station not a few hours. It is small creepy and dinghy compared to a lot of stations I have spent many hours in. I would sleep in Union station in D.C. but not
Pittsburgh. Waiting for daylight from 12PM is a long time.
 
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