Recent content by NY Penn

Interesting that NYG is shown as having a Quick Trak machine. That's probably a typo though...

To chime in regarding food - NY Pizza Suprema (8th Av/31st St, across the street from Penn Station) is a good place to get New York-style pizza if you want something less than a full three-course meal.

The quickest of looks at the subway map would have answered your question. Queens Plaza is on the right, Lexington Av/53 St is two stops west of there. Penn Station is five more stops west of there on the E train.

This is probably the advisory you're talking about. Since you are neither getting off nor on at Lexington Av/53 St, it's pretty obvious that this doesn't apply to you.

If taking the M or R, then yes, getting off at Herald Square and walking a block and a half is easier than transferring at Times Square. However, the E goes straight from Queens Plaza to Penn, so that's the easiest option.

Here's the official site of the NYC subway, with a trip planner on the homepage. Just type in your origin and destination and configure as appropriate. http://www.mta.info/ The subway map. http://web.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf The 7 train station at 33rd is not wheelchair accessible, but...

Amtrak has been catering to the "afraid / really don't want to fly" crowd for a while now, and their inability to profit suggests that that's not working very well for them. On the other hand, there is a significant group of people who don't enjoy the hassle of security, getting to the airport...

In 1994 there was the once-weekly Niagara Rainbow, Friday nights leaving NYP and Sunday nights leaving Toronto. It didn't appear to last long. http://www.timetables.org/full.php?group=19941030n&item=0010

Once the routes become longer with the ideal overnight becoming just a portion of the run, costs dramatically increase because a dining car will likely be justified. OTP will obviously decrease, hurting ridership. Businesspeople especially care about punctuality. That leaves the majority of...

Currently, basically none of the Amtrak LD routes are suitable for a quick overnight run between endpoints. The westbound CL comes close, leaving WAS around 4pm and arriving at CHI before 9am, but aside from that the present LD network doesn't fit this travel market. Some routes have convenient...

For everyone thinking that the $29 billion capital program is justified, it's worth mentioning that new subway construction in NYC costs about 10 times what it does elsewhere in the world. NYC capital projects have gone incredibly late and over budget in recent years, with little visible...

Why does a train via Detroit/Dearborn need to run to/from Chicago? Suppose, for instance, the Pennsylvanian were extended to Detroit via Toledo. We'll use the 1985 and 2000 timetables for timing and mileage. (http://www.timetables.org/full.php?group=19850428&item=0041 ...

Why is Amtrak taking so long to even admit that Sandy will affect it? At this point it should be obvious that it will have to shut the NEC down.

IMHO what's needed on the longer day trains is an expanded cafe car, not a diner. Having a diner would drastically increase OBS costs while bringing little to no income. An enhanced cafe car, on the other hand, would still be cheap while providing actually appealing meals. IIRC Amtrak is...

Welcome to the forums. Although there are rare occasions when the Northeast Corridor is disrupted, 99.9% of the time it runs with very minor delays, if any at all. Thus, three hours is more than enough time. That's not a problem though - there's lots to see in Washington.