From: grammatim@verizon.net
On Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 11:08:24 AM UTC-4, John Levine wrote:
> In article <09b172dc-8173-47b2-ac0f-43fc9a2dbc5d@googlegroups.com>,
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> >> I've certainly travelled from New York to Philadelphia and back in a
> >> day, as well as down to DC and back.
> >You're a railfan. It seems unlikely you had business in any of the cities.
> >30th St. Station isn't convenient to either downtown or the university!
>
> Well, yeah, and Penn Station isn't close to Wall St, NYU, or Columbia,
> either.
But it _is_ convenient to lots of places people want to go to.
> With an Amtrak ticket you get a free transfer from 30th St on any
> SEPTA train to the two center city stations, or you can use the
> Market-Frankford subway. To UPenn you take the trolley to 37th st.
I haven't heard of those free transfers.
> In DC, Union Station is walking distance from most of the federal
> buildings, and a few stops on the red line to Dupont Circle.
FSVO "walking distance."
> >I've been to Philadelphia for the day at least three times -- always
> >by car.
>
> Ugh. I've seen enough of the NJ Turnpike for several lifetimes.
The Turnpike doesn't go there.
> >Incidentally, Amtrak charged a huge amount for my ticket -- possibly
> >because I made the reservation less than a month before, but possibly
> >because for some reason I was booked southbound on the through train
> >to Miami (or some such) rather than a regular NEC train
>
> According to the schedule, the Florida trains don't allow local
> traffic between NY and DC. Maybe it was the Carolinean. Either way,
> the fares are the same as for any other non-Acela, but the cheap tix
> tend to sell out early.
And the snack bar had a passable Philly Cheese Steak on the menu (on-boarded
in Philadelphia, apparently, manufactured in a suburb), but the regular
train for the return didn't. The first snack bar guy was nice, the second
one wasn't.
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