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RE: (erielack) EXTENDED COMMUTER SERVICE

- --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Walter Smith <wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com> wrote:
> OK, try this..........
>        Even in the final days when there were only 2 trains
> - 5 &6 , 10 & 15, it still was possible to go to the
> city for a day at the theatre or sightseeing & a good meal.

Agreed: you could shop, eat, see the sights, go to a weekend or Wednesday matinee, and get home that night.  The proposed schedules WILL allow for that.  However, there are a lot of evening attractions that will require an overnight stay.

> THIS, by the way is from Binghamton - leaving at 6AM
> & returning at 7:30 PM or so with a 1155 arrival in
> Bingo. Bus commuting is all well & good until
> there's a car wreck. At that point I hope you have a
> good book to read.

A few years ago, there was one week that had a major accident on I 80 every day.  The only question was when and where.

> It used to be great leaving Hoboken as it
> was just dark & beginning to snow and getting to the
> diner for a leisurely meal. As we pulled from Newark,
> we'd watch the cars skidding all over on parallel
> hiways........knowing that we'd be in Scranton or Bingo
> ON TIME - rested and fed. Can't do that on Frank Martz
> busses but what the hey........it's all u have left.

Yep.

> Even better was leaving Bingo for a weekend with my fiancee.
> Instead of going into the city, there was a Holiday Inn
> near the Holland Tunnel exit (much cheaper than anything
> in NYC).

That hotel is still there, but it hasn't been a Holiday for ages.  I think it is now the Holland Motor Lodge, a block west of the tunnel entrance.  They offer free breakfast, wireless internet and parking; in-room refrigerator, microwave, etc.  Probably more features than the Holiday ever had.  $109-120 per night, 20% discount coupon on-line good through March 2009.

Holiday Inn has a Candlewood Suites property next to Newport Center and within walking distance of PATH and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.  Weekend rate is $135 for two, with free parking for guests.

> If we drove, it provided free parking while we rode the Hudson
> Tubes into the city. I'll bet there's still some SAFE motels
> near the Hudson Tubes & best of all, the parking is free. How
> long this happy state of affairs will last is unknown.

See above --^.

Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey


      

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