30th street station overnight stay? (Philadelphia, Lancaster: living, train, office)

[Barciur]

Hi guys
I live in Lancaster but will be spending an evening in Philadelphia.. however, the last train to Lancaster is at 10:55PM and that might be too early.. is it OK to spend couple of hours of waiting inside the station? I would assume it doesn't close? Will I get in trouble with AMTRAK police? Anyone has any experience with that? The first train is at 5:25am so I would probably spend a good 4-5 hours there..

[pman]

it's 24 hours, there's a few late night trains to/from AC and one nec train but it's otherwise pretty quiet. I don't know if the amtrak police will give you a hard time if you're sleeping on the bench though if you have a ticket they'll probably leave you alone. generally though, nothing wrong with hanging out at the station all night.

[drive carephilly]

everything inside the station will be closed but the station itself will still be open. I've gotten back from AC around 3am and from NYC around 4am . . . ugggh. it's desolate but there are always people milling/sleeping about because of layovers.

[Ms_Christina]

As long as you are a ticketed passenger you will be fine. Security might ask to see it, don't take it personally. They are just trying to keep things safe. Also, there a lot of shift changes at night so don't be cross if you get asked a couple times by multiple security officers. Sometimes they don't tell each other about everyone in the station. The poor officers get yelled at a lot. They are just trying to make a living.