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Mike from St. Louis on 10/14/2016 4:30:27 PM:
Had a couple questions.
I plan to ride from Conellsville to Pitt spend a night and take the train back in the morning.
1. I've never taken the train, don't really know how all that works with a bike, also can you take your bike in Penn station or do you have to leave it outside?
2. Are the hotels in the city bike friendly?
Thank you for your help.
 
Anonymous on 10/15/2016 7:37:21 AM:
We rode the train from DC to Pitt. We bought tickets online and added the option of bringing the bike. There are only a limited number of bikes available on each train. In DC we took our bikes in a he station and checked in at the desk and they gave us luggage tags to put on the bikes. When boarding the train we took the bikes in line and then they boarded us separately. We took the bikes to a car that had hooks to secure the bikes. You need to take of the panniers and take then with you to your seat on the train.

We stayed at the Homewood Suites in Pittsburg after we came in on the train. It is just a few blocks from the train station and the area was well lit. You can take your bikes up to your hotel room.
 
Mike from St. Louis on 10/16/2016 8:53:02 AM:
Thank you so much, helps a lot!
 
Anonymous on 10/17/2016 12:41:20 AM:
I did the trip in reverse. Same good experience. I stayed at the Holiday Inn Express on the southside of the 10th Street bridge. Pretty handy the train station as well. No problem at all with the bike in the room. Came back to the same hotel when I finished my 5 day ride back from DC.
 
pdean on 10/18/2016 8:31:00 AM:
How was the ride from the Pittsburgh train station to that hotel. Is that all vehicle roads or are there any bike lanes or trails that can be done. What route did you take. I am going to be riding into Pittsburgh and then out the next day but sometime want to to Pitt to DC.

In the spring I road the train with my bike from DC to Cumberland after cycling the towpath and loved the train ride and had never ridden from one town to another and it was quite interesting and and a lot of it was a different view of the towpath.
 
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