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Re: (erielack) AMTRAK F-40s for Pocono service? AEM7ACs Anyone?,

"Steven W.kay" <"stevekay_@_mtlakes.csnet.net"> wrote:
> "Inlinebob_@_aol.com" wrote:
> > Amtrak service makes no sense in Hoboken, you are right. The whole th=
ing
makes no sense without going to New York.


The 'potential ridership surveys' indicate that there is significant week=
day
(people going to work) traffic coming from the Poconos bound for Morris C=
ounty
- - Dover, Morristown, Convent (existing shuttles to companies like Exxon i=
n
Florham Park), Summit (Gladstone Branch to Murray Hill and Lucent), and N=
ewark
(walk or bus to Prudential, Blue Cross, colleges) and that over 90% of th=
ose
boarding west of Dover would be off the train before it ran east of Newar=
k.  =


Weekend service needs close connections at Dover to keep trip time down.

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

 New Jersey Transit - THE WAY TO GO!!!

 (I have no affiliation with New Jersey Transit.)

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