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USRJ S3 Episode 41 Boston

BOSTON –  US RAIL JOURNEYS SERIES 3 EPISODE 41 In ‘Boston’ I spend the final day of my holiday taking a look at the famous city of Boston. 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Whilst I’m at the station I see the construction team erecting a tower crane. This is something that I’ve never see before and it is fascinating to watch. WHY DO SO MANY PLACES PANDER TO CHEAP TOURISM? I now reach the water. This is the area of town that celebrates the Boston Tea Party [https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/]. It is such a pity that the ‘museum’ here is so tacky. I do find a plaque on a wall that commemorates the event. At least the fishermen seem to be happy as they prepare for their expedition. As I walk further I see a fake Mississippi stern wheel paddle steamer and then reach the Aquarium [https://www.neaq.org/]. What an amazingly ugly late 1960’s building. It is completely devoid of any merit! DUCK TOURS: It is a summer Sunday and I’d expected to see lots of harbour tours. Not one until I find a company offering trips in their amphibious DUCKs [https://bostonducktours.com/]. As I continue my walk through the city I keep coming across the DUCK tours. NORTH STATION: I didn’t know that this station existed. Apparently it is the start of a train called the Downeaster [https://amtrakdowneaster.com/]. I’ll have to come back and travel on it another time. My journey through Boston takes me past increasingly ugly buildings before I reach the historic heart of Boston. It is such a pity that the buildings from the 1960s and 1970s are so ugly. Listen to the podcast to hear about my day in ‘Boston’. This podcast is also available through Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/1998721a-0f85-4bc0-b9db-a6a59bb26fef/the-mrt-podcast-studio],  Apple Podcasts [https://www.apple.com/uk/apple-podcasts/],  Castbox [https://castbox.fm/podcasts/US-Rail-Journeys-Archives---The-MrT-Podcast-Studio?country=gb], Deezer [https://www.deezer.com/en/], Podchaser [https://www.podchaser.com/], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4JQzwbgIrTld3DkQaUXPXT], You Tube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f7Q4pmPeSnt4QN-Vjm-Ug] and others. 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USRJ S3 Ep40 New Haven to Boston South

NEW HAVEN TO BOSTON SOUTH –  US RAIL JOURNEYS SERIES 3 EPISODE 40 In ‘New  Haven to Boston South’ I travel on the final rail section of my tour of the United States, this time using the high speed Acela service. 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It is the third station in the city of New Haven. Opening in 1920, it is in the beaux-arts [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture]  style. The 1961 bankruptcy of the New Haven Railroad led to a transfer to the Penn Central Transportation Company [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Central_Transportation_Company] on January 1, 1969. The next year Penn Central undergoes bankruptcy, and the station building closes in 1973 to cut costs. Reopening after extensive renovation in early 1985, it is now the most important transport hub in New Haven. Today it is the busiest railway station in Connecticut. I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE! It is a beautiful afternoon as our route travels along the coast. I can see many people on the beaches enjoying the seaside. There are many boats in the marinas as well as on the water. PROVIDENCE STATION: Providence station serves Amtrak and MBTA Commuter Rail [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBTA_Commuter_Rail]. It is the 11th busiest Amtrak station in the country, and the second-busiest on the MBTA Commuter Rail system outside Boston. The station dates from 1986 and is in the brutalist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist] style, with a large square clocktower. It has been positively received by critics, receiving a citation in the 1983 Progressive Architecture Awards. ONWARDS: We then travel through the curiously named Route 128 station. Even more strangely, the conductor announces it as Route and not Rout. We then stop at Boston’s Back Bay station before our arrival into Boston South station. Listen to the podcast to hear about my journey north from ‘New Haven to Boston South’. This podcast is also available through Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/1998721a-0f85-4bc0-b9db-a6a59bb26fef/the-mrt-podcast-studio],  Apple Podcasts [https://www.apple.com/uk/apple-podcasts/],  Castbox [https://castbox.fm/podcasts/US-Rail-Journeys-Archives---The-MrT-Podcast-Studio?country=gb], Deezer [https://www.deezer.com/en/], Podchaser [https://www.podchaser.com/], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4JQzwbgIrTld3DkQaUXPXT], Vurbl [https://vurbl.com/] , You Tube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f7Q4pmPeSnt4QN-Vjm-Ug] and others. [https://www.themrt.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Apple_Podcasts_Listen_Badge.jpg] MUSIC: AKM Music [https://www.akmmusic.co.uk/] licenses Steam Railway for use in this podcast. The post USRJ S3 Ep40 New Haven to Boston South [https://www.themrt.studio/us-rail-journeys/usrj-s3-ep40-new-haven-to-boston-south/] appeared first on The MrT Podcast Studio [https://www.themrt.studio].

USRJ S3 Episode 39 New York to New Haven

NEW YORK TO NEW HAVEN –  US RAIL JOURNEYS SERIES 3 EPISODE 39 In ‘New York to New Haven’ I travel from New York’s Moynihan Train Hall on the high speed Acela service. 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They are the fastest in the Americas, reaching 150 miles per hour. Sadly the trains only reach 150 mph for 49.9 miles of the 457-mile route. Acela is busy with over 2.9 million passengers in 2023. It is only beaten by the slower and less expensive Northea [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Regional]st [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Regional] Regional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Regional] service with over 9 million passengers. It accounts for around 25% of Amtrak’s total revenue. The fastest speed is on tracks between Mansfield, Massachusetts [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield,_Massachusetts], and Richmond, Rhode Island [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Rhode_Island], and South Brunswick and Trenton, New Jersey. Acela uses active tilting [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilting_train] technology, allowing the train to travel at higher speeds on the sharply curved North East Corridor. Most of the high-speed operation is on the 226-mile route from in New York to Union Station in Washington with a fastest scheduled time of 2 hours and 45 minutes and an average speed of 82 miles per hour including stops. PENN STATION – MOYNIHAN TRAIN HALL: I leave from Penn Station for the last time in this series of journeys on the 2.10 pm Acela service to Boston South Station. It is the main intercity station in New York and claimed to be the busiest transport facility in the Western Hemisphere, with, in 2019, more than 600,000 passengers each weekday. There are 21 tracks fed by seven tunnels. Amtrak owns the station and commuter rail services are operated by the Long Island Rail Road [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road] and NJ Transit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NJ_Transit_Rail_Operations]. STAMFORD STATION: Stamford station, officially known as the Stewart B. McKinney [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_McKinney_(politician)] Transportation Center, serves passengers traveling on Metro-North Railroad [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-North_Railroad]‘s New Haven Line [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven_Line], Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, and CTrail [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTrail]‘s Shore Line East [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore_Line_East]. It also hosts Greyhound, Peter Pan, and CTtransit buses. United Airlines [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines] codeshares with Amtrak to provide a service from Stamford station to the station at Newark Liberty International Airport [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark_Liberty_International_Airport] – United’s Northeast hub. NEW HAVEN: Union Station, also known as New Haven Railroad Station, also has, like Stamford, an IATA [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IATA_airport_code] code. Today’s station is the third one in New Haven. Listen to the podcast to hear about the rest of my journey north from ‘New York to New Haven’. This podcast is also available through Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/1998721a-0f85-4bc0-b9db-a6a59bb26fef/the-mrt-podcast-studio],  Apple Podcasts [https://www.apple.com/uk/apple-podcasts/],  Castbox [https://castbox.fm/podcasts/US-Rail-Journeys-Archives---The-MrT-Podcast-Studio?country=gb], Deezer [https://www.deezer.com/en/], Podchaser [https://www.podchaser.com/], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4JQzwbgIrTld3DkQaUXPXT], Vurbl [https://vurbl.com/] , You Tube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f7Q4pmPeSnt4QN-Vjm-Ug] and others. [https://www.themrt.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Apple_Podcasts_Listen_Badge.jpg] MUSIC: AKM Music [https://www.akmmusic.co.uk/] licenses Steam Railway and In Lightening for use in this podcast. 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USRJ S3 Ep38 On to New York

ON TO NEW YORK –  US RAIL JOURNEYS SERIES 3 EPISODE 38 In ‘On to New York’ I travel the rest of the way to New York on the Lakeshore Limited. 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The front portion heads off to Boston South Station and the rear goes on to New York’s Penn Station and the Moynihan train hall. The timing here is generous with a scheduled arrival of 2.53 pm. The departure for Boston is at 3.27 pm and New York at 4.10 pm. I am on the New York portion and so have longer to explore the station. The station is actually in Rensselaer located about 1 1/2 miles from downtown Albany [https://www.albany.org/] which is across the Hudson River. The station hosts Amtrak’s Empire Corridor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Corridor] routes – Adirondack [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_(train)], Berkshire Flyer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire_Flyer], Empire Service [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Service], Ethan Allen Express [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Allen_Express], Lake Shore Limited [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Shore_Limited], and Maple Leaf [https://www.amtrak.com/maple-leaf-train]. The first Berkshire Flyer service is running on the day I pass through the station! RHINECLIFF STATION: Rhinecliff station is in the Rhinecliff [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinecliff,_New_York] hamlet of Rhinebeck. The original Rhinebeck station opened with the Hudson River Railroad [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_Railroad] in 1851 and  relocated south a year later to resolve a dispute with the Rhinecliff–Kingston ferry. Nearly 204,000 Amtrak passengers used the station in 2023. POUGHKEEPSIE STATION: Poughkeepsie station serves the Metro-North Railroad [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-North_Railroad] and Amtrak being the northern terminus of Metro-North’s Hudson Line [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Line_(Metro-North)]. The station dates from 1918. The main building is meant to be a much smaller version of New York’s Grand Central Terminal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal]. CROTON–HARMON: Croton–Harmon station  serves the Metro-North Railroad’s Hudson Line and the Amtrak lines running along the Empire Corridor. This makes it the main transfer point between the Hudson Line’s local and express service. It also marks the northern end of third-rail electrification [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrification_(railway)] on the route. MOYNIHAN TRAIN HALL: We arrive in to Penn Station on time and I collect my ‘checked baggage’ from Moynihan Train Hall before walking to my hotel for the night. I’ll be back in the next episode for my journey to Boston. Listen to the podcast to hear about my journey along the Hudson and ‘On to New York’. 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USRJ S3 Ep 37 From west of Syracuse to Albany

FROM WEST OF SYRACUSE TO ALBANY –  US RAIL JOURNEYS SERIES 3 EPISODE 37 In ‘From west of Syracuse to Albany’ I travel another 150 miles on my journey to New York on the Lakeshore Limited. 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Walsh Regional Transportation Center is an intermodal  station serving Syracuse [https://www.visitsyracuse.com/] and the surrounding area. It also hosts Greyhound Lines [https://www.greyhound.com/], Megabus [https://www.megabus.com/], and Trailways [https://trailways.com/]. In addition there are local and regional busses and taxis. William F. Walsh [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Walsh] is a former mayor of Syracuse and representative in the U.S. Congress. Syracuse station  is served by the daily round trip of the Lake Shore Limited, two daily Empire Service [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Service] round trips, and the daily Maple Leaf [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_Leaf_(train)] round trip. UTICA STATION: The Boehlert Transportation Center at Union Station is served by Amtrak and the Adirondack Railroad [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_Railroad]. Sherwood Boehlert [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_Boehlert] is a retired U.S. Representative. The station is in the Italianate style with a rusticated granite first story and buff brick above. There are thirteen bays across the façade and fifteen on the side elevations. With a brick parapet crowning the building and a large clock flanked by eagle sculptures over the main entrance it is most impressive. Inside there is a restaurant and a barber shop. There are twelve large benches, with heating by steam pipes. Eight Amtrak trains use the station daily: two on the Lake Shore Limited, four on the Empire Service, and two on the Maple Leaf. The Adirondack Railroad operates a heritage railway with a seasonal service terminating in Tupper Lake. SCHENECTADY: Schenectady station dates from in 2018 and hosts five Amtrak routes. The Lake Shore Limited, the Empire Service, the Maple Leaf,  the Ethan Allen Express [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Allen_Express] between New York City and Burlington, Vermont and the Adirondack [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_(train)] between New York City and Montreal. ALBANY–RENSSELAER: Albany–Rensselaer station, formally the Joseph L. Bruno Rail Station, is in  Rensselaer [https://www.britannica.com/place/Rensselaer-New-York], about 1 1/2 miles from downtown Albany [https://www.albanyny.gov/] across the Hudson River [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River]. Amtrak’s Empire Corridor routes use the station  – the Adirondack, Berkshire Flyer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire_Flyer], Empire Service, Ethan Allen Express, Lake Shore Limited, and Maple Leaf. Listen to the podcast to hear about my journey from East of Syracuse to Albany.. This podcast is also available through Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/1998721a-0f85-4bc0-b9db-a6a59bb26fef/the-mrt-podcast-studio],  Apple Podcasts [https://www.apple.com/uk/apple-podcasts/],  Castbox [https://castbox.fm/podcasts/US-Rail-Journeys-Archives---The-MrT-Podcast-Studio?country=gb], Deezer [https://www.deezer.com/en/], Podchaser [https://www.podchaser.com/], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4JQzwbgIrTld3DkQaUXPXT], Vurbl [https://vurbl.com/] , You Tube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f7Q4pmPeSnt4QN-Vjm-Ug] and others. [https://www.themrt.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Apple_Podcasts_Listen_Badge.jpg] MUSIC: AKM Music [https://www.akmmusic.co.uk/] licenses Steam Railway and Lousy Thief for use in this podcast. The post USRJ S3 Ep 37 From west of Syracuse to Albany [https://www.themrt.studio/us-rail-journeys/usrj-s3-ep-37-from-west-of-syracuse-to-albany/] appeared first on The MrT Podcast Studio [https://www.themrt.studio].