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RE: (erielack) EXTENDED COMMUTER SERVICE

Hey, Gary,
 
 That's great to hear that there's stil motels near PATH, BUUTTT I can't get on at Hoboken & be in Scranton  3 hours later nor can I use my pass on NJT (which will only get me to Dover (for the forseeable future).
 
Walt Smith> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 15:26:43 -0800> From: gkazin_@_yahoo.com> Subject: RE: (erielack) EXTENDED COMMUTER SERVICE> To: erielack@lists.railfan.net> > --- 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 !
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rt 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> > > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List> http://EL-List.railfan.net/> To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html
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