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- From: rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: More on Bos to Portland, Me rail service
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 23:11:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.210241.27931@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>, jadams@vixen.cc.bellcore.com (adams,john) writes:
- |> In article <lgqcmdINNgd6@news.bbn.com> rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman) writes:
- |> >
- |> >On the other hand, I recall that Amtrak DID use to run shuttle
- |> >trains between Penn and Grand Central stations in New York,
- |> >even though it's a short walk (or subway ride) between them.
- |> >Never understood why Amtrak provided that service.
- |>
- |> Ron, could you (or anyone else for that matter) elaborate on this? Unless I am
- |> totally mistaken, the closest common steel is up in Westchester county for these
- |> two points (Well maybe the Bronx 8-)!
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- All I know is that these shuttle trains appeared in Amtrak schedules
- until Amtrak left Grand Central last year. They were called
- something like "Amtrak Station-to-Station Shuttle".
-
- Presumably they did indeed run from Grand Central up the
- MetroNorth New Haven Line to Westchester, then reverse
- (or is there a wye there?) back to Penn Station over
- the Hell Gate bridge.
-
- The question is: why did they bother?
-
- --
- Ron Newman rnewman@bbn.com
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