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- Subject: Re: More on Bos to Portland, Me rail service
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- From: Aron Eisenpress <AFECU@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Date: Friday, 20 Nov 1992 15:45:35 EST
- References: <9211201725.AA26217@deepthought.cs.utexas.edu><lgqcmdINNgd6@news.bbn.com>
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- In article <lgqcmdINNgd6@news.bbn.com>, rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman) says:
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- >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.
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- Actually it was a bus, not a train. There's no easy rail connection.
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- For the passengers, it's actually a good walk, and the subway connection
- requires a change of subways, so it was probably a worthwhile service.
- Never rode it myself though.
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- -- Aron Eisenpress, City U of NY
- (AFECU@CUNYVM.BITNET, or AFECU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU on the Internet)
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