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Amtrak Metro-North Transit Adventures

Local Trains home from Kingston, RI (making 35 out of 38 stops)

Me and my friend go out for a nice breakfast at a restaurant near the Kingston Station called the Station House Restaurant, a perfectly good breakfast place. We then headed over to the Kingston Station–(71 Photos) nice and early a little before 10:00am so I can get my full photo essay. The first thing we notice […]

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Amtrak Metro-North Transit Adventures

Up to Westerly via Mystic

I have a good friend who weekends nearly every weekend at the beaches in Rhode Island. I’ve been trying to finish the Amtrak stations on the Northeast Corridor between Philly and Boston, with just Mystic and Kingston remaining (I got off at Kingston with this same friend but in the dark). Consulting the timetables, I […]

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California

The Final Four BART Station’s Completing it!

Yes, as the title says, I finally got BART finished, after finishing CalTrain last week, 5 stops are shared with MUNI but the rest of the MUNI Metro is still a work in progress. 16th St/Mission–(11 Photos) 24th St/Mission–(25 Photos) Glen Park–(23 Photos) Balboa Park–(32 Photos)-including the MUNI Yard and terminals Enjoy! (I’ve got to […]

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California

The Market Street Subway: BART and MUNI

I finally got it together enough to write summaries and upload my photo essay of the four stations beneath Market Street in the heart of downtown San Francisco: Embarcadero–(22 Photos) Montgomery St–(43 Photos) Powell St–(63 Photos) Civic Center–(34 Photos) Enjoy!

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California

BART in San Mateo County

BART is going to be disjointed for a little bit, today I got the stops in San Mateo County, from the original Daly City Terminus to the San Francisco Airport extension: Daly City–(42 Photos) Colma–(11 Photos) South San Francisco–(20 Photos) San Bruno–(12 Photos) San Francisco International Airport–(22 Photos) Enjoy! Now its time to tackle the line […]

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California

All of Caltrain is Here!

I finally got around to finishing Caltrain all the way up into San Francisco! along with making it a snazzy homepage. Here are the 5 unblogged about stations (4 I think were publically accessible for the past few months) San Francisco (4th & King)–(20 Photos) 22nd St.–(14 Photos) Bayshore–(50 Photos) South San Francisco–(48 Photos) San […]

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Canada Pacific Northwest

Sounder to Lakewood, King Street Renovated, and More From Seattle

Over the past few days I’ve finally had time to finish writing (and uploaded all photo additions) of the first section of my Spring Break Travelogue: Spring Skiing Spring Break in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve again dated the posts (to preserve historical accuracy to the days I actually took the trips but thought a post summarizing […]

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Canada Pacific Northwest Transit Adventures

Whistler to Seattle aboard Greyhound, the Train2Main, and Amtrak Cascades Wyeing out of Vancouver

I have two excellent days of skiing at Whistler/Blackcomb and should have paid the $50 for a 50% off third day; the resort is so huge there just wasn’t time to explore all of it. To get to and from the ski area (the HI doesn’t have Ski In/Ski Out access or a free shuttle) […]

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Canada Pacific Northwest Transit Adventures

Amtrak Cascades up Puget Sound to a $1 Greyhound ride up the Sea-to-Sky Highway

The reason for coming out to the Pacific Northwest is to use up my two already paid for days of skiing on my Mountain Collective Pass at Whistler/Backcomb. The largest ski area in North America! I considered booking a through Amtrak Throughway ticket to Whistler the fares seem to very a bit. I didn’t end […]

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Pacific Northwest Transit Adventures

A Touristy Day In Seattle: Museums, the Bainbridge Island Ferry, and a Mariners Game

For my Saturday in Seattle I didn’t really ride any transit that’s website worthy, although I did take a Washington State Ferry. I spent the morning first going to the Seattle Science Center because its on my Transit Museum Membership (a member of the ASTC passport program). As an adult I wouldn’t have spent money […]