Re: (erielack) EXTENDED COMMUTER SERVICE

["Neil Weinberg" <laurellines_@_gmail.com>]

You guys don't get the point! The commuter trains from Scranton are proposed
for the purpose of getting daily riders QUICKLY from East Stroudsburg and
the Delaware Water Gap stations to Hoboken, Newark & NYC. Because of the
Pocono Mountain barrier, the train cannot travel fast from Scranton to East
Stroudsburg and visa versa.
Passengers from Scranton & Mt Pocono, etc would be those who travel to NYC
for shopping, theater, medical appointments, sight seeing, etc.
Scranton will provide the layover facilities to clean the coaches & fuel the
locomotives.
Even during the rush hours, the bus will be faster from Scranton to NYC!
Neil Weinberg

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Michael Connor <mjconnor_rr_@_hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> It would be well to remember that no matter how hard Martz tries, they
> still run a bus and, even a bit faster fornthe time being, busses are way
> below 2nd class travel compared to rail passenger.
> MJC
>
> > From: Njricky2_@_aol.com
> > Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:23:43 -0500
> > Subject: Re: (erielack) EXTENDED COMMUTER SERVICE
> > To: gkazin_@_yahoo.com; erielack@lists.railfan.net
> >
> > There is also a 12.25pm departure from Scranton that makes no stops and
> > arrives in New York 2 hours 20 minutes later if all goes well.  However,
> it's a
> > Greyhound that originates in Toronto and it works except for the Sunday
> after
> > Christmas when it was cancelled with no explanation leaving a crowd to
> pile on
> > the 1.05.
> >
> > I had the commute from hell on Christmas Eve.  The commute took four
> hours
> > from Manhattan to Scranton, mainly due to traffic.  People were openly
> > complaining that there is no train service and that even if it takes a
> bit longer to go
> > via rail, it's worth it.
> >
> > And here's a laugh that shows the signs of age.  Some didn't know that
> once
> > upon a time there was rail service to Scranton.  They knew about Erie
> > Lackawanna but didn't know about passenger service.  That gave this guy
> the opening to
> > talk about Pheobe Snow and the Lake Cities and how good it was.  All
> agreed
> > that NJT will sure beat the bus.
> >
> > Rick
> > New York, NY
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