From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 3:14:55 PM UTC-4, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 6:51:50 PM UTC-4, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
      
   > > > Would you know what railroad offered passenger service, and what   
   > > > kind of service was offered (e.g. frequency)?   
   > > To Ithaca? Lehigh Valley Railroad, AIUI.   
   >   
   > It appears in 1954 very limited services were offered   
   > by bus connections to the Lehigh Valley and Lackawanna.   
   > Ithaca was on a branch.   
   >   
   > Sometimes railroads offered extra service to college towns   
   > for football and opening/closing, but otherwise students   
   > had to make do with limited service.   
      
   I think the bus from NYC was sometimes Trailways, sometimes Short Line.   
      
   > > Two primary factors, in my guess.   
   > >   
   > > I think people know that taking a bus long-distance truly sucks --   
   > > simple as that.   
   >   
   > Another Greyhound ad:   
   > https://books.google.com/books?id=BE0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA127&dq=li   
   e%20greyhound&pg=PA127#v=onepage&q&f=false   
   >   
   > Here is a photo essay on the life of a Greyhound driver:   
   > https://books.google.com/books?id=0kkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA82&dq=lif   
   %20greyhound%20bus&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false   
   >   
   > Two page ad on the scenicruiser luxury   
   > https://books.google.com/books?id=RVYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA56&dq=lif   
   %20scenicruiser&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false   
   >   
   > > > As an aside, Amtrak uses buses a great deal as official feeder   
   > > > routes to its trains, and provides connections to other buses.   
   > > Amtrak used to offer a shuttle bus service between GCT and Penn station,   
   > > before the West Side Line's restoration.   
   > > I believe that they also ferry passengers to downtown San Francisco from   
   > > the Zephyr's terminal at Oakland.   
   >   
   > The Amtrak "thruway" connections can be hundreds of miles long,   
   > such as between Indianapolis and Pittsburgh, or Salt Lake City   
   > and Portland.   
   >   
   > https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/pub   
   ic/documents/Maps/Amtrak-System-Map-1018.pdf   
      
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