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Re: (erielack) GL/Boonton Trains on Great Notch Hill
Bruce,
I think your plan will work. The Station Restaurant is very good, although
a little pricey (figure $15 for lunch). It used to be called the Phoebe
Snow and was really a bargain. As Paul said you will be 50 feet away when
you get off the train. If you have time to kill after lunch there is a
Lionel dealer across Midvale Road from the station.
Sadly the neat little station at Great Notch is gone, all that is left is a
5 person plastic bus shelter. The Boonton station is intact but the inside
has been, ah let's just say modified. Your view from the train will
probably be best.
Tim
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Bruce Ipe <bruceipe_@_gmail.com> wrote:
> Tim: Thank you so much for the information. I have a plan. My wife and I
> plan to take Metronorth from S. Norwalk to Grand Central Terminal on a
> weekday and stay overnight in a hotel near Penn Station. The next morning I
> will take the 9:39 train to Mountain Lakes. Ruth will stay in NYC. I am
> not
> sure how many transfers this will take, but I am supposed to arrive at
> 11:16. I will then lunch at The Station Restaurant, hopefully it is near
> the
> NJT station. I will then return to NYC via the last train out of Mountain
> Lakes, the 1:03 PM and some transfers to Penn Station.
>
> What do you think? Admittedly I will only see Great Notch and Boonton
> (Bootn) out of the train window, but thats not bad. I will then pick up my
> wife and back to CT that evening.
>
> Bruce
>
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Gary R. Kazin <gkazin_@_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > --- On Fri, 8/1/08, Tim Stuy <njmidland_@_verizon.net> wrote:
> > > You can take a train directly from Penn Station as far as Montclair
> > > State College.
> >
> > It has been UNIVERSITY for quite some time, Tim.
> >
> > > At that point you will make an across the platform transfer to a
> > > connecting diesel train that will go through Great Notch, Boonton and
> > > Mountain Lakes.
> >
> > Great Notch is a bit of a problem: only two trains stop westbound, at
> 5:52
> > and 6:23 pm, and one eastbound, at 8:42 am. If you want to visit by
> train
> > only, you'll be there all day and you'll have to come via Denville, as
> most
> > service is still peak-hour oriented: east in the morning, west in the
> > afternoon and evening.
> >
> > It is possible to walk between Great Notch and Montclair State along US
> 46
> > and Notch Road, but there are no sidewalks. I would expect it to take
> less
> > than a half hour - do NOT walk along the railroad.
> >
> > NJT bus service is also available at Great Notch, routes 191, 195, 705
> > between the Port Authority Bus terminal and Wayne and Stockholm, with
> some
> > service on the 11 and 28 routes to Willowbrook Mall. The 705 goes
> between
> > Passaic and Willowbrook also. Train tickets are NOT accepted on buses.
> >
> > > Several midday trains have bus substitutes over the last few months for
> > > trackwork. The notices say this was to last until early August. I
> know
> > > NJT is about to issue new timetables so perhaps the midday service will
> > > be back. The current one implies that midday service resumes on August
> > > 4th.
> >
> > New timetables, effective August 3 (SUNDAY), are available at:
> > http://www.njtransit.com
> >
> > The off-peak track work (concrete ties and rail replacement between
> > Denville and Montclair State) is complete; regular train service will
> resume
> > Monday - there is no weekend service.
> >
> > > Tim
> >
> > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Bruce Ipe <bruceipe_@_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Is it possible to take a passenger train from Penn Station to Great
> > > > Notch, Boonton and Mountain Lake. New Jersey Transit is a bit
> > > > confusing to me. I am unable to figure out what is train and what
> > > > is bus. would like to explore this old Erie/El route and prefer doing
> > > > it by train rather than car.Thank you.
> >
> > Other than the temporary (less than three months) bustitution, service on
> > the Boonton line is always by train.
> >
> > > > Bruce Ipe
> >
> >
> >
> >
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