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Metro-North Transit Adventures

Yankees – East 153rd Street (and the ferry dock) and the Entire Hudson Line is Here

It’s only fitting to make the last Hudson Line Station the newest, Yankees-East 153rd Street–(61 Photos) that opened only in 2009. Since 2005 I’ve had photos up of the temporary ‘station’ (just wooden steps up to each door) that was used for two days during the Transit Strike. This ‘previous’ Yankee Stadium station has been incorporated into […]

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Amtrak Long Island Rail Road

Finishing Riding the Long Island Railroad to Rhode Island

Merry Christmas! Well, regular life got in the way of the SubwayNut this past November and December, with a far too over committed second semester of graduate school. I finally finished yesterday. I am now starting on a month off for winter break and have a bunch of stuff I’m anxious to get up on […]

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Transit Adventures

A Cross-Sound Trip on LIRR, Metro-North and the Port Jeff-Bridgeport Ferry

This Trip was taken on October 8, a week ago The Reason for the Trip: I’m currently writing a paper for my History and Theory of Urban Planning class on Crossing Long Island Sound: The Never-Built Crossing. A trip I’ve been thinking about doing for a long time is the LIRR to Port Jefferson, the […]

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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 […]

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Pacific Northwest Transit Adventures

The Long Walk to Link Light Rail into Seattle to an Afternoon Ferry Ride Included on my ORCA Day Pass (A 2 day old Fare Product)

This post is part three of Spring Skiing Spring Break.   Introduction: Tuesday night before my trip I’m visiting the Sound Transit website and notice an alert that through September (the website says they began on April first, but when I check later the website says starting April 9th) the region is piloting an ORCA Day Pass […]

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Transit Adventures

Home From Cape Cod in High-Speed Luxury: The Provincetown IV to Acela Express First Class

Introduction: Today is my day to head home from this Downeaster to the CapeFlyer Trip in High Speed Luxury: the Bay State Ferry Company’s Provincetown High Speed Ferry leaving at 3:00pm to the last Acela Express train of the evening, leaving at 5:20 using an upgrade coupon for first class travel. The day begins with […]

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NYC Subway Superstorm Sandy

Rockaway Here We Come! (Again)

June 28, 1956: Today, for the First Time Since Sandy: As of Noon today the subway is fully an officially back with service to every station! The MTA reopened the line in style sending out the Museum train first full of dignitaries (from the MTA and FTA, no elected officials bothered to show up) from […]

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Superstorm Sandy

The Seastreak New York to the Seastreak Martha’s Vineyard to the Rockaways. Back via the H Train to the Shuttle Bus to the A Train

Today I awoke to a nice Spring Day and a presentation to work on for my internship with the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center. What a better way to do both of these things and get some more H train photos and then a $2 ride on the temporary Rockaways Ferry. I’ve ridden the ferry twice […]

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Superstorm Sandy

Riding the Last Day of Statue Cruises Free Ferries from the Battery to Liberty State Park to the HBLR Home

Today, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving was a completely free day for me. Tomorrow I leave to drive up to Syracuse with my family but I am taking the train back via Port Henry on the Adirondack to ride the VIA Rail Canada equipment that will be operating on it. My more immediate decision was on […]

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Transit Adventures

The Scenic Adirondack to the namesake and old Ferry Champlain (across its namesake lake) to Burlington

I track the Adirondack using my technology and notice it has arrived in Albany 25 minutes late. I unfortunately have no idea how long the engine change will actually take so I return to Schenectady station at about 11:17. I don’t want to wander away further since I don’t know how long the engine change […]