by Traingeek3629
Yesterday, I went down to NYC to meet up with some family friends for an afternoon/evening. Although the city was a mobscene and getting around took twice as much time as normal (darn tourists) getting down there was bizarrely pain free.
NH Line 1565, departing at 1:21 PM and scheduled to arrive at 3:22 PM. left right on time and despite significant slowdowns in the vicinity of Fairfield and Greenwich, we arrived at 3:13, 9 minutes ahead of schedule even after sitting outside of GCT for 3-4 minutes while we waited for our track to open up.
Going back, NH Line 1572, departing at 6:48 PM and scheduled to arrive at 8:42 PM, left the obligatory 1 minute late and after a prolonged stop at Harlem (Pinstripe Bowl fans coming in right as we were about to leave) we were full speed ahead all the way to S. Norwalk. Between every stop except Bridgeport and Stratford, we got up to a good clip and progressively got more and more early. Finally, we arrived in New Haven at...8:26?! 16 minutes early!
I'm not a regular rider as I work from home, but I find it odd how early we were. Is this a regular thing? Today might be slightly faster on the way home because of lower dwell times, but the way there was busier then normal. The question is, how much schedule padding is too much?
NH Line 1565, departing at 1:21 PM and scheduled to arrive at 3:22 PM. left right on time and despite significant slowdowns in the vicinity of Fairfield and Greenwich, we arrived at 3:13, 9 minutes ahead of schedule even after sitting outside of GCT for 3-4 minutes while we waited for our track to open up.
Going back, NH Line 1572, departing at 6:48 PM and scheduled to arrive at 8:42 PM, left the obligatory 1 minute late and after a prolonged stop at Harlem (Pinstripe Bowl fans coming in right as we were about to leave) we were full speed ahead all the way to S. Norwalk. Between every stop except Bridgeport and Stratford, we got up to a good clip and progressively got more and more early. Finally, we arrived in New Haven at...8:26?! 16 minutes early!
I'm not a regular rider as I work from home, but I find it odd how early we were. Is this a regular thing? Today might be slightly faster on the way home because of lower dwell times, but the way there was busier then normal. The question is, how much schedule padding is too much?
TRAIN(geek) APPROACHING, PLEASE REMAIN BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE