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Does anybody know Downtown Charlotte pretty well? Need help.

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I'm a college student coming from Knoxville who is trying to find a way to New Orleans via Amtrak, and I decided that the best path was to take Greyhound to Charlotte and catch the southbound Crescent. The only problem(s): the Greyhound station is about a mile or so from the Amtrak station, and the layover between the bus arrival and train departure happens to be between 12:45am and 2:45 am. I understand that the train station isn't in the best part of town, but then again my home is in Memphis so I'm used to being in the ghetto. My question is: what is the best way to get from the downtown Greyhound station to the Amtrak station on Tryon? Does the CAT bus run that late, or do I need to walk? And how can I safely kill two hours in the wee hours of the morning? Any help is appreciated.

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Taxis will be up and down Trade Street at that time.

If you insist on walking, and I don't recommend it, walk to Tryon St. (go towards the tall buildings) then turn left and walk about a mile and a half. Once you pass 11th Street, keep your head on a swivel.

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Just catch a cab from the bus station to the Midnight Diner up on Carson: http://www.midnightdinercharlotte.com/. Any decent cabbie should know how to get there. Only about a mile away from the bus station and open 24/7. A lot of people go there after the clubs close down, so there would be some good people watching and the food is actually pretty good, but I've only eaten there drunk, when I think everything is good.

The bus station is sketch, not a fun place to hang out, as is the Amtrak station, which is sketch even during the day. You don't want to be killing time in either. There are other late night restaurants at the Epicenter, but their late night hours vary based on the day of the week. The Midnight Diner is somewhere close to both stations, guaranteed to be open, and where you could stow away your luggage in your booth and not have to worry about it. At 2AM you can just hop in one of the cabs dropping off the drunken clubgoers for breakfast and get to the train station with sufficient time to check in and catch your train.

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Just catch a cab from the bus station to the Midnight Diner up on Carson: http://www.midnightdinercharlotte.com/. Any decent cabbie should know how to get there. Only about a mile away from the bus station and open 24/7. A lot of people go there after the clubs close down, so there would be some good people watching and the food is actually pretty good, but I've only eaten there drunk, when I think everything is good.

The bus station is sketch, not a fun place to hang out, as is the Amtrak station, which is sketch even during the day. You don't want to be killing time in either. There are other late night restaurants at the Epicenter, but their late night hours vary based on the day of the week. The Midnight Diner is somewhere close to both stations, guaranteed to be open, and where you could stow away your luggage in your booth and not have to worry about it. At 2AM you can just hop in one of the cabs dropping off the drunken clubgoers for breakfast and get to the train station with sufficient time to check in and catch your train.

By far the best suggestion

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