Amtrak Train Station: Indianapolis

Shared indoor area with the Greyhound Bus station. Lucas Oil Stadium is the nearby identifiable large landmark. Tricky to precisely locate the entrance. A bit crowded, and a number of people looked like they might be struggling financially, but nothing disrespectful that I saw. Convenience store (hygiene, jewelry, hot food, more), ATM, phone charging station, vending machines, restrooms.

I recently took the Amtrak Cardinal train from Indianapolis to Chicago (6AM) and couldn’t find much info online, so here’s what my experience was like: • Entrance is through the Greyhound station downtown (it’s kind of tucked into a corner - see photo). • You wait in a shared seating area until about 20 mins before departure — they announce boarding over the loudspeaker. Don’t go up the stairs before they announce boarding. You’ll just go up the stairs to board the train. • When I lined up to board, they asked for my name and assigned me a seat number on the spot. • The bathrooms at the station were closed and looked like they had been for a while so go beforehand if you can. • On the train, there are bathrooms, a working outlet under the window at each seat (bring a long enough charging cord in case you have to sit in the aisle seat), plenty of overhead bin space, footrests, and reclining seats. The dining car is only open certain hours. They kept it open until we got to Dyer, IN. The station itself is bare-bones and a little confusing, but the train ride was fine. Just sharing this in case it helps anyone else plan ahead!

The Amtrak refund policy is much more consumer-friendly than most airlines, which provides great financial flexibility.

I was pleasantly surprised by how modern and clean the restrooms were kept throughout my entire long Amtrak journey.

Very sketchy, not going to sit here and lie. I would recommend to travel with at least 3 people. No amenities at this stop, one medium sized waiting area where we all migrated to. So as long as your head is on a swivel, move with a team, dont leave anything unattended, and the trains were over an hour late .... so many of us who had multiple bags couldn't check the bags due to the delayed arrival of the locomotive.

Needs work but seems safe and clean high priced vendor their selling food and items vending machine high priced and only food and drinks no lockers lack of signage few seating areas no place to charge

I've traveled fom coast to cost . on Amtrack. Indianapolis has the WORST train station I've seen.