As an employee at the Binghamton Airport, when did we lose service? I was just up there for 11 hours today working my a** off. The only thing we really lost was Delta 2 years ago, but now that they've bought Northwest they're back. US Airways still has I think 8 round trips to Philadelphia, United has 4 round trips to Washington DC-Dulles, and Delta (Northwest Airlink) has 2 round trips to Detroit. And as an aside, so far this year between the 2 airlines I work (United and Delta), we've had over 40,000 passengers plane and deplane, which is nothing to sneeze at. That's not including US Airways, which has had more. So to say Binghamton has lost service is frankly silly, and quite wrong. Ithaca is doing even better from what I hear, and so is Elmira. You can't beat the convenience of having 5 airports within an hour and a half to 2 hours of each other connecting to Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington, Newark, JFK, Chicago, Cincinnati, and all the other major eastern hubs with a train. I'm sorry, but it won't work.
Now before I get flamed for being anti-rail and pro airline, I'd love to see passenger service. Just not dedicated service between Binghamton and Syracuse or New York, it would have to extend and link the Southern Tier like it once did. If the economy stays in the tank, and gas prices go through the roof again, maybe it would be worth it.
As far as tilt trains go, have you seen the tracks around here lately? The only reason they would tilt is because they were going over a rail joint!
Otto, can we please kill this thread dead? This horse was put out of its misery for a reason!
Now before I get flamed for being anti-rail and pro airline, I'd love to see passenger service. Just not dedicated service between Binghamton and Syracuse or New York, it would have to extend and link the Southern Tier like it once did. If the economy stays in the tank, and gas prices go through the roof again, maybe it would be worth it.
As far as tilt trains go, have you seen the tracks around here lately? The only reason they would tilt is because they were going over a rail joint!
Otto, can we please kill this thread dead? This horse was put out of its misery for a reason!