Off to FA: United 2019
6 years ago
General
The usual travelogue guys. I'LL add more as my trip progresses. Today's trip will be via Amtrak train #125, departing NY Penn Station at 11:35am
--10:10a dp. Home.
NYC TRANSIT :
--10:13a: Ar. Local bus stop
--10:22a: Dp. Local bus stop
--10:28a: Ar. Gun Hill Road subway station
--10 33a: Dp. Gun Hill Road subway station
--11:21a: Ar. 34th Street Penn Station subway station
AMTRAK:
--11:26a: Ar. Amtrak concourse, NY Penn Station
--11:27a: Boarding call for Train 125 announced (14E)
--11:29a: Boarded Train 125, coach no. 82813
--11:37a: Dp. NY Penn Station
--11:50a: Ar. Newark, NJ
--11:52a: Dp. Newark, NJ
--12:04p: Ar. Metropark, NJ
--12:06p: Dp. Metropark, NJ
-- 12:28p: Ar. Trenton, NJ
--12:30p: Dp. Newark, NJ
--01:06p: Dp. Philadelphia, PA
--01:25p: Ar. Wilmington, DE
--01:28p: Dp. Wilmington, DE (est)
--02:36p: Dp. Baltimore, MD
--02:42p: Ar. BWI Airport
--02:45p: Dp. BWI Airport
--02:58p: Ar. New Carrolton, MD
--02:59p: Dp. New Carrolton, MD
--03:10p: Ar. Washington, DC (est--took awhile to get my stuff together. Good thing this is a locomotive change point 9_9
DC METRO
--03:31p: Ar. Union Station Metro station
--03:33p: Dp. Union Station Metro station, Shady Grove bound Red Line
--03:38p: Ar. Metro Center Metro station
--Escalator is busted, have to wait for an elevator (remember my 95 pounds of double -trailer suitcases). Fortunately the next arriving train is an Orange line. Hot on its heels is a Silver Line train.
--03:46p: Dp. Metro Center Metro station, Wiehle-Reston bound Silver line
--04:15p Dp. Tysons Corner (not detailing times for these intermediate stations since they're close together)
--04:27p: Ar. Wiehle-Reston Metro station
FAIRFAX CONNECTOR
--04:35p Ar. Wiehle-Reston bus stop, Rte 924/926/929
--04:49p: Dp. Wiehle-Reston East bus stop, Route 929
--05:00p: Stuck in rush-hour traffic. Standstill traffic, like Cities Skylines traffic jam. Biffa Plays Indie Games would call it "chockablock"
--05:14p: Ar Herndon-Monroe Park/Ride, which has been relocated to a strip of asphalt hastily pasted alongside Sayward Boulevard due to construction. The aforementioned rush-hour traffic jam cost me a quick transfer to the 927, which pulled out just before I got there. Half hour wait for the next one.
--05:41p: Dp. Herndon-Monroe park-and-ride, Route 927
--05:56p: Ar. Sunrise Valley Dr and Sayward Boulevard bus stop
--06:04p: Ar. Hotel
--06:11p: checked in and In-room
--
--10:10a dp. Home.
NYC TRANSIT :
--10:13a: Ar. Local bus stop
--10:22a: Dp. Local bus stop
--10:28a: Ar. Gun Hill Road subway station
--10 33a: Dp. Gun Hill Road subway station
--11:21a: Ar. 34th Street Penn Station subway station
AMTRAK:
--11:26a: Ar. Amtrak concourse, NY Penn Station
--11:27a: Boarding call for Train 125 announced (14E)
--11:29a: Boarded Train 125, coach no. 82813
--11:37a: Dp. NY Penn Station
--11:50a: Ar. Newark, NJ
--11:52a: Dp. Newark, NJ
--12:04p: Ar. Metropark, NJ
--12:06p: Dp. Metropark, NJ
-- 12:28p: Ar. Trenton, NJ
--12:30p: Dp. Newark, NJ
--01:06p: Dp. Philadelphia, PA
--01:25p: Ar. Wilmington, DE
--01:28p: Dp. Wilmington, DE (est)
--02:36p: Dp. Baltimore, MD
--02:42p: Ar. BWI Airport
--02:45p: Dp. BWI Airport
--02:58p: Ar. New Carrolton, MD
--02:59p: Dp. New Carrolton, MD
--03:10p: Ar. Washington, DC (est--took awhile to get my stuff together. Good thing this is a locomotive change point 9_9
DC METRO
--03:31p: Ar. Union Station Metro station
--03:33p: Dp. Union Station Metro station, Shady Grove bound Red Line
--03:38p: Ar. Metro Center Metro station
--Escalator is busted, have to wait for an elevator (remember my 95 pounds of double -trailer suitcases). Fortunately the next arriving train is an Orange line. Hot on its heels is a Silver Line train.
--03:46p: Dp. Metro Center Metro station, Wiehle-Reston bound Silver line
--04:15p Dp. Tysons Corner (not detailing times for these intermediate stations since they're close together)
--04:27p: Ar. Wiehle-Reston Metro station
FAIRFAX CONNECTOR
--04:35p Ar. Wiehle-Reston bus stop, Rte 924/926/929
--04:49p: Dp. Wiehle-Reston East bus stop, Route 929
--05:00p: Stuck in rush-hour traffic. Standstill traffic, like Cities Skylines traffic jam. Biffa Plays Indie Games would call it "chockablock"
--05:14p: Ar Herndon-Monroe Park/Ride, which has been relocated to a strip of asphalt hastily pasted alongside Sayward Boulevard due to construction. The aforementioned rush-hour traffic jam cost me a quick transfer to the 927, which pulled out just before I got there. Half hour wait for the next one.
--05:41p: Dp. Herndon-Monroe park-and-ride, Route 927
--05:56p: Ar. Sunrise Valley Dr and Sayward Boulevard bus stop
--06:04p: Ar. Hotel
--06:11p: checked in and In-room
--
Whoa have a ton of fun!
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