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Hi, My company is sending me to Boston around Sept. 20 or so, and due to the ridiculous hotel prices in Boston I have to stay in the suburbs -- Braintree MA to be exact. I assumed I would be taking the red line to and from Braintree (I'll be at the Hynes Center), but I'm wondering if anyone...

Hi everyone, Usually when I take Amtrak, I keep my luggage with me in the overhead rack in coach so I don't miss my commuter train while waiting for my checked bags. Anyway, due to logistical reasons I'd like to check my bags on an upcoming LSL trip. Has anyone had their locks cut off via...

I'm heading to ATL next month, and I noticed there's a Hertz car rental agency listed in the station. I remember that place being quite small, or is there some kind of shuttle to a real Hertz rental location? Anyone use this? And if there is a shuttle to another Hertz location, is it open on...

[The Music City Star commuter rail project between Lebanon and Nashville got an important endorsement from the state yesterday that should almost ensure that the $39.7 million leg is built.] The Tennessean

Hi everyone, I wouldn't try doing this on a plane, but I used to use stretch cords (which have metal hooks) to tie my briefcase to the handle of my luggage so I would only have to tote around one item while taking NJT to NYP. On Tuesday I'll be taking the 3Rs, and I've got a lot to carry this...

Hi everyone, Last year I posted looking to learn the basics of scanners, and I’m happy with my selection. :) I’ve always used it by myself, simply via regular stereo headphones. I do have a splitter so more than one person can listen in, but with stereo headphones the sound only comes out of...

I saw a strange sight in an NJT consist today. I was walking out of the Dunkin Donuts :) on Rt. 53 in Denville as I heard a train behind the shopping center. I looked down the tracks and watched it travel away from me towards Morris Plains. In the center of it was a car totally painted over...

(1010 WINS) (NEWARK) A woman was critically injured Tuesday evening after the car she was driving was struck by an NJ Transit train at a crossing in between two lowered gates, the agency said. Train No. 1159 was traveling westbound on the Bergen County line, from Hoboken to Suffern, N.Y., when...

Today's New York Times ran an interesting article in its Technology section. The author rode the Amtrak's NEC from NY and Wash. with six cell phones and compared the service reliability of the major cell carriers with respect to dropped calls and roaming charges, etc...

Hi everyone, I'm just curious if anyone has made a NJTransit transfer at Secaucus yet. I saw almost no coverage of the opening on the news or in the newspaper. (I guess with the Saddam capture, it got pushed out of the news a bit.) In fact, the one news report I saw on TV only showed an Acela...

I know this topic has come up before, but on my way home today I was listening to WFUV 90.7 in NYC (cool station, BTW), and they played a song by Scott Miller & The Commonwealth called "Amtrak Crescent." It's an OK song, but I wouldn't call it an anthem like "City of New Orleans." It's kind of a...

May 12, 2003 4:13 pm US/Eastern (1010 WINS) (Jersey City, N.J.) A dump truck collided with a light-rail train Monday, sending five people to the hospital and suspending some service on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Line. No life-threatening injuries were reported. the story is here: