Tri-rail? Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach

[bigwuhead]

Upon the return of my cruise to Fort Lauderdale/Port Everglades I need to get from there to Palm Beach. I was looking into taking the tri-rail from Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach, FL. Does anyone have experience with this? Do they have a shuttle that picks you up at the port?

 

Thanks.

[shoshona2]

Hi,

 

We always stay at the Courtyard By Marriott Ft. Lauderdale Airport Cruiseport (Dania Beach) and the Tri-Rail Train stops across from the hotel all the time. I believe you will have to take a cab from the cruise ship to the station in Dania Beach (Ft. Lauderdale Airport stop). Go to http://www.tri-rail.com or call 800-874-7245 and you can get the times and any info. When I called them several months ago, they were so friendly and helpful. Seniors travel for a really inexpensive fare (I'm one). If you don't have a lot of luggage, it's a very easy way to get to Palm Beach.

 

Sheila

[Gathina]

If you are taking it from FLL you have to pick it up over by the courtyard marriott airport location which is right next door to trirail airport station. I can't speak if there is a bus or not from the port, I doubt it. There is one from the trirail station to the airport/

 

It's really a commuter train and not luggage friendly. the schedule is less predictable on weekends, runs less frequently, and if by some way there is a crowd you'll have to drag your bags to the upstairs car. If you are not in a rush it's not a bad deal, but your an easy target schlepping your bags, for someone to identify you as a tourist and then that can lead to other issues.

 

Upon the return of my cruise to Fort Lauderdale/Port Everglades I need to get from there to Palm Beach. I was looking into taking the tri-rail from Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach, FL. Does anyone have experience with this? Do they have a shuttle that picks you up at the port?

 

Thanks.

[megr1125]

It is a PITA! OK for a commuter or someone without a lot of bags, but it really is NOT for travelers...You will ahve to cab it or take a public bus to get to the airport...you come out of the west palm station and walk across the parking lot to get the bus...NOT far but, when i did it, it was SUPER hot and may as well have been 5 miles..i almost walked to my hotel (the marriott behind it) but i couldn't see an easy way around the fence and over the tracks!)

 

i would cab it from PE to FLL and get the go shuttle to PBI. will not be as cheap but sometimes cheap is not good!

 

it is OFTEN late...sometimes 5-10 minutes, sometimes an hour.....

[Gathina]

to the OP: do a thread search here..there has been a lot of discussion here about the Tri-rail

 

It's not really a PITA if you are a business commuter. It probably is if you are a tourist.

[bigwuhead]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm not really a tourist. My parents live in NPB, so I was trying to aleviate them coming down to get me.

 

Thanks! I'll go search now.