No William! Not all the way to NYC!
From Philly I have taken the train when I attended Drexel University in Philadelphia and took this route for years. You have to take three trains. The SEPTA - R6 from 30th street station to Trenton, then switch trains to the NJ Transit - Northeast Corridor line to Rahway. Then take the NJ Transit - North Jersey Coast Line to Belmar. The whole trip is about 3 to 3 and 1/2 hours. Maybe more depending on schedule. The problem is that there isn't good east to west trains as seen by this map: https://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainSchedulesMapT....
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:44 PM, William Dudley via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I'd say, from NYC, "NJ Transit to Bradley Beach" followed by "Lyft" or "Uber" to get to VCF.
From Philly -- good luck. By train, you'd have to go to NYC and then take the above train south.
Bill Dudley
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On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
A European colleague of mine, wants to attend VCF-East from New York City. Their obvious question is, "what trains do I catch?" as trains are normal means for European travel. Also, frankly, the cost of car rental and tolls makes train travel a better deal for travelers.
I'm aware the nearest train station is several miles from InfoAge. I don't expect VCF to provide pickup/dropoff. But this is an old question and should have a stock answer now. Please describe the nearest train station to the event, and what likely trains from NYC (optional Phila) would be reasonable to take, and a Web link to schedules.
Again, I assume this is old information and not that hard to verify; and would be useful to other VCF-East attendees. I don't use the trains, so I don't know.
Herb Johnson
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