The Arctic station has such a lovely structural design and lights up at night. Quite easy to spot from the distance! It's located right across from the Honda Center. This station is fairly clean and parking is easy to navigate and spacious. Few options of places to grab a snack inside the station. Parking is free but just make sure to fill out the overnight document online if you'll be leaving your car. The Amtrak trains are clean, especially the newer trains and have comfortable seats with trays. When going to SD love taking the train to relax or get some work done. Another bonus is that I get to skip over the traffic! I have encountered time changes and delays on a few trips so be sure to check on the app. read more

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This ARCTIC train station is very nice, well built architecture. Parking in the lot is free. Very easy to navigate. As for the Amtrak itself, the service is so inconsistent. Despite booking business class, there could be trash left over, the tables are dirty, and sometimes you get the snack box sometimes you don't. It depends on whether the attendant remembers. Also, they took orders for our drinks, but never gave them to us. Let's not forget that the train NEVER arrives on time. Always additional 5-10 mins. Longest ive ever had to wait, was an hour extra. read more

Travel from hell. From Chicago to Los Angeles 43 hour was delayed 8 hours. County jail has better food than this train . We paid $2000.00 for privet cabin with its own shower and toilet. I have traveled every where in Europe amazing rides. Amtrak rides are so bouncy and horrible. It felt like you are in a ride in magic mountain, up dawn , let, right... all night could not sleep at all. For the amount of money they charge you can fly first class for 5 hours top. Never again. read more

Amtrak - Trains Near Me - Anaheim, California

I absolutely love taking the train and find it to be a far more relaxing experience than driving and dealing with traffic! Cars are clean and air conditioning is usually running strong! Decent selection at cafe car and seats are comfortable enough for hours long rides. The jump to business class isn't too much more so if you're traveling more than an hour I personally recommend the upgrade. Business class comes with water/soda and a snack by my last trip to and from I didn't have an attendant come by so this was disappointing. Also wish attendants would address children that were running up and down aisles but other than that, I had a good experience. Power outlets available at each seat but not USB/USC so make sure to bring your base for cables. Curtains available to block out light and headrests have disposable paper sheets for sanitation read more

Amtrak - Front entrance near Dawn - Trains Near Me - Anaheim, California

Terrible time. Our train was delayed with no time estimate on when it would be arriving. It started pouring so I went inside but the outlets weren't working to charge my phone and it was freezing. After 4 hours and no attendants to help and no one on the phone to help, we finally left. Only to discover our train arrived 15 minutes later. Terrible terrible terrible. read more

Why even bother? Booked last week and was emailed yesterday evening that there was an EVENT happening so screw the disabled people and make them lug around luggage over wires, cords, curbs, gravel, dirt, boulders to the other side so paying customers don't disturb a party. Absolutely no AMTRAK employee available but plenty of EVENT security. Sad and what an embarrassment for Anaheim. I can see why AMTRAK is losing money. Clueless employees, no announcements, lacking in ADA reasonable accommodations if there is a party at the station. read more

Amtrak - More security for this event - OC VIBE than for Trump. - Trains Near Me - Anaheim, California

The train station is nice, the train itself is fast and convenient. I wish the staff of Amtrak was on the same page. I called Amtrak to modify a ticket. Miss Tee of Amtrak services says I need the last 3 card number to modify my ticket but however all you need to do is go on their webpage and put in your confirmation number and your last name and you can change your ticket. Why is it online I can change without inputting my card numbers , but over the phone.. there's so many security options...? Moral of story. You can modify your ticket on Amtrak webpage without calling them and being put on hold and promised a call back but never did. The Artic itself is a nice place! read more

Clean station, clean bathrooms, good parking, looks cool from outside trains were on time for the most part and cafe on the train was nice and had affordable prices train staff not the friendliest but were helpful when we had questions read more

Amtrak - Pacific Surfliner took us from Anaheim to San Clemente - 41 minute ride - Trains Near Me - Anaheim, California

The station is clean and easy to navigate, but the lack of working outlets is frustrating. It feels like they purposely make sure none of them work so you'll have to pay to rent a charger. On top of that, my train was delayed by 2 hours. Not cool, especially for people relying on their phones. Definitely something Amtrak needs to fix. read more

They canceled the train without telling me. It's surprising how terrible my experience was with this. I booked tickets to get down to San Diego back in July. Come to the week of thanksgiving, on the day we leave I get an automated call that says "there are changes that affect your upcoming trip. Press 1 to talk to an operator." I pressed one and waited on hold to have the call disconnected after an hour of terrible music. I called back but opted to have them call me since the wait time was 90 mins. They called back but I still had to wait on hold for 20 minutes on hold just to be disconnected again. By that time we had to head to the station where we waited. There was no signage with train status, no one at the ticket counter, no notice whatsoever. I looked on the app for the train status and it said nothing about it being delayed or cancelled. We had time constraints so we had my sister drive us to Oceanside where we met halfway with friends that took us the rest of the way to San Diego. After all this, I couldn't get a refund online because "the trip has passed" and every time I call I have over an hour of wait times. I think I'm just going to have AMEX take care of it. Amtrak, communicate better with your customers! Auto rebook me next time so I know for sure what's going on. Just do better with stuff like this. read more

No one ever calls back I have been on hold like 2 hours Was transferred once and could hear someone pick up the phone and put me back on hold NO HELP WHATSOEVER!! This is horrible Really need to speak to a live person read more

Thank You for such a safe experience. This station was clean and the environment around felt safe enough to leave our car over night. When on the train internet did not work for me and the bathrooms were not the best. Overall it was a decent experience. read more

The Lady conductor CJ on the 579 northbound train to Los Angeles was lovely and funny! She was so upbeat and made the ride enjoyable Awesome employees this evening so give those necessary workers a raise read more

Riding Pacific Surfliner down to San Diego on Christmas Eve. Very crowded in coach class. Conductor was rude and holding seats for families with kids that didn't exist. Made our family split up to four individual seats when there were open group seats with tables. It should be first come first served. I would have given up the seats for a young family if needed but to have them remain empty is ridiculous. Poor customer service service. read more

My wife and I have had the pleasure & honor to have traveled on the Amtrak's Coast Starlight Los Angeles to Seattle to Los Angeles, we flew back to catch the Empire Builder Seattle to Chicago and then the Southwest Chief Chicago to Los Angeles , all this during the current year and we're not done. I'm retired a former airline employee and I can assure you that after 42 years flying over our beautiful country I never imagined not even in my wildest dreams that there was so much beauty in scenery and people on the land below, specially serving the many routs of Amtrak, I'm so proud of the beautiful people who work for Amtrak, I've taken trains in Europe, Asia, Canada & even South America who have more modern equipment and better non-shared rails as we do here where rails are owned and prioritized by the freighter trains, but we have the BEST people on earth serving our very dear Amtrak, we need congress to support Amtrak in this "Infrastructure Bill" and set aside funds to renovate Amtrak and make new exclusive rails for passenger trains and modernize, bring our Amtrak to international standards, we already have the most important, THE PEOPLE, GOD BlESS everyone of them for making our travels so incredibly memorable and unforgettable. Love Amtrak, it's the MOST romantic journey you will ever take and learn to LOVE this beautiful land and it's amazing people and please don't forget to tip those who serve you. God Bless Amtrak & God Bless America I love you more than ever....... Off on another Amtrak now Los Angeles to New Orleans with intermediate stop in places where's theirs more beautiful people to meet. read more

Wow! This station's so clean and bright, so refreshing and relaxing! It makes me kind of want to hop on the train, take a little trip. A shoreline run down to San Diego and back--without the traffic headache, for example--would be great! We'd bring along our beach cruisers, traverse the Ocean Beach and the Mission Bay Bike Paths, enjoy the sunshine. At some point, grab a beer and a burger from one of my Yelp bookmarks: I've been dying to try Hodad's! Or maybe we'd head up to Santa Barbara to the Julia Childs-, Cat Cora-, and Adam Richman-recommended La Super-Rica Taqueria. It's been a bookmark of mine for some time now. Again, we could bring along our bikes, ride up and down State Street, do a little shopping, hang out at the beach, or embark upon some wine tasting. I'm not driving anyway, right? Even a quick L.A. turn-around would be fun, especially if we were to stop off at Union Station and take a walk over to Philippe's, landmark home of the French Dip sandwich. This place was always one of my dear grandfather's favorites. Plus, for added fun and since it's right there, we'd visit brick-lined and tree-shaded Olvera Street, stroll around the marketplace. Of course, we could drive, I guess. (Yawn!) But trains seem more romantic. read more

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Extremely organized, clean, friendly and easy to navigate station. What a great stop on our way to LA! There are even food options, restrooms, free parking, indoor seating, safe and well organized station. Very nice stop or if this is your destination, lovely station! read more

I love going to this station! I used the Amtrak frequently to travel throughout SoCal and the trains are so convenient and nice. The staff are always nice and there's plenty of leg space for a really low price. Would definitely recommend to everybody if in need of a cheap and convenient transportation method! read more

How on Earth is a train an hour late in the middle of the night. So we just sit in 48 degree weather outside waiting for the train to eventually come? No train station open. An hour late? Ridiculous. I will never do this again. read more

This is a review for Amtrak at this location - not a review for the ARTIC station, so keep that in mind. Clean station, big signs and clear audible announcements. Go up 3 floors for the Amtrak loading area, then go back down. Restrooms on each floor. I do kinda wish the Amtrak side of the loading station had a booth or kiosk with information for first time travelers or visitors to the area though. Could also use more covered seating in the loading areas. read more

There is no excuse to turn all of the power outlets off in this station. Busy travelers who want and need to charge their devices don't deserve to be treated like the homeless people that such a decision was clearly intended to target. Please don't take simple amnenities from paying customers as part of a policy to control those who are not - do better. read more

I decided to change things up for my wife and i and book a weekend getaway to San Diego . I booked a trip "Business Class" on the Amtrak Anaheim bound to San Diego for Friday April 9 returning April 11. Today is Monday April the 5th and I received a call from Amtrak saying they were doing maintenance on the tracks on our way home on the 11th. They offered me an $8 dollar refund and told me my wife and I will be riding a bus from San Diego to Irvine than catch a train "Business Class" from Irvine to Anaheim? WTF? I called to cancel my reservation and had to deal with grief, sassy attitude from the supervisor in which I might see a refund in 10 days. I do not recommend Amtrak to anyone. Thanks. Randy. read more

Clean looking station! Didn't know there was an oyster bar or some restaurant nearby! Station came right on time. It was the first time in my entire life that I went inside a choo choo train. Cool to see that they serve alcohol inside the traiN! read more

Just got here to LA From San Diego! This location to get dropped off at from the Amtrak was good. It was clean and easy to find my way out after the train! Convenient way to travel from San Diego to LA. read more

My review is based solely off of picking someone up from the train station. The train station is located right by Angels Stadium and across from the Honda Center. There is plenty of parking. It looks like they intended to charge for parking, but they don't. You can drive right in and out. I went inside to check it out. They have ticket counters, clean restrooms, and a couple dining options. The outside is beautiful at night with the colorful lights. The design is great. read more

There have been a number of things I have learned after my recent trip using Amtrak, and all of them bad. 1) If you are disabled, and with a health condition, you better not obtain your ticket via online, for there is no place for you to indicate that you are disabled and need assistance. To reserve assistance, you must call and make your reservation and state you require assistance. if not, good luck to you. 2) If you arrive 15 minutes prior to departure from the Anaheim station, the Amtrak ticket and information area is closed, and there is no one to assist you, as there is a note stating that they are on the platform awaiting the next train. 3) Even if there is no train, there still may not be anyone in the ticket area, so you need to knock loudly on the glass to get any attention. 4) If you use a credit card to obtain insurance for your trip and you have a complaint about the train, you cannot file a claim if you used a credit card to book your travel. The insurance company servicing Amtrak DOES NOT reimburse credit cards, only debit cards. ( My question to Amtrak is why do you offer a credit card when the insurance company you use will not compensate for any issues involving Amtrak, if the ticket was purchase with a credit card????) 5) if you travel Business Class your coach is the last one on the train, and if you are disabled and on a cane, and the length of the train is longer than usual, there is a good chance the conductor on the business class car may shut the door in your face as you approach. This actually happened to me. In addition, the particular train I was supposed to be on only stopped in Anaheim for less than 5 minutes. Very little time for a disabled person to walk the length of the car, and when I did see the agent/conductor of the business class poke his head out I waved my cane at him to tell him I was on that train...it did little good. After missing my train, I had to take a much later train, which ended in LA, and then had to take a bus to Oxnard. I did not get home until 1:00 AM, when I should have arrived home at around 9:00 pm. be careful when traveling Amtrak, and if you are disabled always call to make your reservations and tell them you need assistance, and if you use a credit card and later have an issue with Amtrak, forget about getting any compensation or assistance from the insurance company. read more

Having to drive somewhere like train stations, LAX or any other busy locations to find my loved ones can be a little nerve wrecking. This location not only did offer tons of parking but also easy access to find my person, the pick up went so smooth. Don't be afraid to take the train, will try it one day for myself ! read more

Great looking train station. Beautiful to see in the evening. Friendly service. Very great and major upgrade compared to the old dinky one in from the stadium read more

Amtrak - Trains Near Me - Anaheim, California

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This is a nice station but be advised that the elevator on the track 2 side furthest from the freeway closest to the river has been getting stuck half way up. I reported it last year and someone else just got stuck on it again. He reported it on that information call box and the woman told him they were aware of it. No out of order sign or anything. read more

I need customer relations to contact me immediately. I am a part of a group of 8 people that were left stranded by your train in Anaheim tonight. We all attempted to board and were denied the first car by the conductor and told to walk two cars down to board with our tickets. We walked 2 cars down and the doors closed before our group could board. People were almost hurt by the closing doors because the conductors failed to communicate. Their failure has put 8 people in danger of being seriously hurt. Now you have 6 adults and 2 children waiting for an 11 PM train because of Amtrak negligence. I need to hear from someone. read more

Nice, newer station. Rarely crowded. But I was told by a facilities guy (who was noticeably avoiding me) that ALL of the electrical outlets were turned off. So if you need to charge your phone or plug in a computer (or anything else) you are out of luck. Side note: I knew something was up when I asked the girl at the ticket counter where I could charge my phone and she said there were outlets all over the building but she "didn't know which ones were working", which I thought was odd. Why would any of them NOT be working? Then as I plugged in my phone to almost every plug I could find, I noticed the facilities guy kept avoiding me and turning around every time I tried to catch his attention. OK. He then greeted two girls that he obviously knew. A few minutes later he couldn't avoid me anymore and said it was his first day (an obvious lie) and they turned all the outlets off that very day. I know this all sounds terribly petty, but just be aware - it's a nice station, but rotting from the inside. read more

This place is really nice that's all I can say.. Navigation with this address is very easy. It takes you right to the front of this fancy palace looking train station. I came here around 11pm so no one was there. The pickup/drop off is right in front. I just don't get why it's so fancy lol it's nice to look at though. If you're picking up- you should look inside. It's nice and clean. read more

Enjoyed my first Amtrak ride. It was more comfortable than an airplane. I will definitely ride again. read more

Amtrak - My first trip on Amtrak was nice. Very relaxing. Took 3-hour ride to Ventura. All was great, except train/ticket attendants. - Trains Near Me - Anaheim, California

I left my bag on a northbound train accidentally - starting a business trip off in the worst way. Brandan (or Brendan?) from Amtrak was EXTREMELY helpful in tracking it down and following up with me, and I got it back the next day. cannot thank you enough for taking the time to help me-- will also be sending positive feedback directly to Amtrak about this customer service. So nice that still exists some places... and I hope to take Amtrak more as a result. thank you again! read more

We had an amazing experience with Amtrak and the surf liner. I lost my wallet on the train and the conductors contacted us, and sent it back to the station so we could pick it up on arrival. The staff was so helpful and amazing, it was a very stress free process. read more

Riding the train from San Diego to Anaheim is better than driving. Sitting in the train is really soothing. Don't have to deal w/traffic. Sit back & relax & enjoy the Cali Coast Scenery through the window. read more

Delayed for several hours for the past few rides - Anaheim to/from SD. Very frustrating. The time just kept pushing back making it impossible to plan. read more

My husband and I took the train to Santa Barbara for the weekend. Great trip and even better being that we didn't drive! No traffic and no worries. The train was great! We took the business car and it was a great experience! Will take future train trips! read more

Three of the last four trips from San Diego to Anaheim have been delayed over 1.5 hours. Completely incompetent and unacceptable.

Well the Amtrak stations might be clean, but the trains are filthy. They smell like urine and poop, which makes the trip so delightful.