by Red Wing
If it's so easy to widen highways and building bypasses and the like in Western Mass, why isn't there an exit on the Pike between Lee and Westfield yet?
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Safetee wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 8:49 am and how many happy berkshire warriors dismounted in pittsfield yesterday?The counts have held steady at right around fifty since it began running. I have no idea on Sunday for the return trip as the crew to NYP signs up a little earlier than I do.
cle wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:27 am Chatham is mentioned in the Connect plan, and presumably the Lake Shore could stop there too. Could be a good railhead for the area (isn't that train also the only non-stop at Hudson?) heading in each direction - it's a popular part of the world to visit and for second homes. Covers Southern Berkshires, and other places like Hillsdale, the 'fancy' new Catamount... can see it being well used.It is the Lake Shore Limited, after all. Personally I've wondered why it stops at Schenectady outside of the school year since ALB is only 20 miles away and on the same local bus service.
markhb wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 2:46 pm It is the Lake Shore Limited, after all. Personally I've wondered why it stops at Schenectady outside of the school year since ALB is only 20 miles away and on the same local bus service.Compare bus vs train times. To go from Schenectady station to Albany central is 50 minutes by a "BRT" bus which probably has traffic, and you wait up to 40 minutes for it... or you grab the train, 24 minutes later you're on the other side of the Hudson and can grab one of two buses to get back into Albany proper, which only adds 10 minutes (with the down side of waiting for the train).
STrRedWolf wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 5:39 pmOh, not even bronze BRT,it's like the Montgomery County Flash bus.markhb wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 2:46 pm It is the Lake Shore Limited, after all. Personally I've wondered why it stops at Schenectady outside of the school year since ALB is only 20 miles away and on the same local bus service.Compare bus vs train times. To go from Schenectady station to Albany central is 50 minutes by a "BRT" bus which probably has traffic, and you wait up to 40 minutes for it... or you grab the train, 24 minutes later you're on the other side of the Hudson and can grab one of two buses to get back into Albany proper, which only adds 10 minutes (with the down side of waiting for the train).
Or, put it another way, if you're going to NYC you have to wait up to 40 minutes for a "BRT" bus and connect with one of two other buses to get to ALB from SDY... and takes you about 1h11m according to Google. Or jump on a NYC bound train and save 40-ish minutes.
Arborwayfan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:36 am Limited is a historical holdover from the days when the Lake Shore Ltd was the fastest NY-Chicago train on the NYC. Now there are planes for people in a hurry between the endpoints, and it's the only train that goes the whole way, so it's more important to serve a few more intermediates than it is to go as fast as possible.In 1954, the Lake Shore Limited was train #19. It left Grand Central at 5:15 PM, arriving in Chicago the next day at 11:00 AM. This was not a particularly fast schedule; the Commodore Vanderbilt, train #67, left Grand Central at 4:30 PM, but was scheduled to get to Chicago at 7:30 the next morning. The Tentieth Century Limited, train #25, was even faster, leaving Grand Central at 5 PM and arriving in Chicago at 7:45 AM. None of the three served Boston or the Berkshires in 1954; they were strictly NYC - Chicago trains.