engineerboy6561 Posted April 25, 2010 Share #1 Posted April 25, 2010 As of yet the date is not final; if possible I would like to do this on one of the Saturdays during or after Regents week. The total transportation cost here is $13.50 ($6.50 for one-way MNRR fare and $7 for the one-day Fun Pass, which I believe Bee-Line takes), so if you want lunch I suggest bringing a $20 bill with you. Also, if you have cameras, you should bring them because there will be some pretty good photo ops. Comments are welcome! Here is the proposed itinerary: Meet at Grand Central Terminal between 8:45 and 9:15. Board the 9:20 Hudson Line train and ride up to Yonkers Railroad Station. Board a 238 St-bound W25 at around 10:00 and ride it end-to-end to 238 St to change for a Brooklyn-bound train at 10:40-10:45 AM. Take the train to Pelham Parkway, most likely arriving at around 11:00 AM. At White Plains Rd, we would catch an eastbound SBS at around 11:05-11:10 and take it to Pelham Bay Park, probably arriving at about 11:20 AM. I figure this would be a good time to take about an hour to grab some lunch and take a few pics of the area. About 12:15-12:20 we would head over to the QBx1 stop and take the trip to Main St/Flushing, arriving there at around 1:20 PM. From there we make a quick run to the southbound Q44 and take it to Jamaica/Archer Av. If you are interested in getting some Pelham Line pics, we would get on a southbound , take it to Parkchester, and get the same Q44 run there at about 12:50 PM. Either way, we would get to Jamaica at around 2 PM. We could take time to get shots of the LIRR station there, and get a train headed toward Manhattan at around 2:30 PM, then get off at around 3:00 for some shots at Broadway Junction and a change to the headed toward Canarsie. If we take 20-25 minutes for pics at Broadway Junction we could get a B6 Limited at Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy at around 3:40 and get to Flatbush Av at 4:05 PM. From there we can just take the train at around 4:15 to Times Sq and break up there at around 5:00 PM. People who want to join us partway through could show up by 9:50 at Yonkers Railway Station, by 10:50 at Pelham Pkwy at the White Plains Rd eastbound SBS stop, by 12:15 at either the first car (facing out of the station) of the train leaving Pelham Bay Park or at the QBx1 stop, depending how things go, and at Jamaica/Parsons-Archer (J)/(Z) station at the first car (facing out of the station toward Manhattan) by 2:25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted April 25, 2010 Share #2 Posted April 25, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted April 25, 2010 Share #3 Posted April 25, 2010 Fun Pass is 8.25, buddy. Make it after Regents week on a weekend. I'm interested in this trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engineerboy6561 Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share #4 Posted April 26, 2010 Thanks for the info on the Fun Pass; I forgot about the fare hike. That said, you could still do this trip on a $20 if you don't mind spending only about $5 or so on food or souvenirs. I haven't set a date yet because things are a bit up in the air but assuming everything goes well I was planning on doing this in early to mid-July on a Saturday morning. I know that it might be a pain for everyone to get up and make it to GCT by 9 AM, but I planned the whole thing assuming Saturday schedules and ( if I do this on a Saturday then the adults (18+) as well as those with summer jobs can come. Frankly, my research project will take up 6-8 hours a day on the weekdays so I am only free then anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregorygrice Posted May 23, 2010 Share #5 Posted May 23, 2010 Im interested in the trip. Just let me know and I'll try to attend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted May 23, 2010 Share #6 Posted May 23, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engineerboy6561 Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share #7 Posted May 24, 2010 Great! As of now my parents have agreed to let me go on this trip so it will happen. Tentative date is Saturday, June 26 with a rain date of Saturday, July 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Amtrak7 Posted May 25, 2010 Share #9 Posted May 25, 2010 Saturday June 26, there will be a GO with shuttle buses replacing trains Union Tpk-Jamaica Center. Another thing you could fan. Also, the massive sign change will be going on at that time, you could get pics of that! New MNR schedules take effect 6/21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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engineerboy6561 Posted June 24, 2010 Author Share #11 Posted June 24, 2010 OK, it's confirmed: the trip is happening this Saturday, June 26. I just checked the Metro-North schedules and the 9:20 local to Croton Harmon is still running and will leave us at Yonkers Railway Station by 9:51. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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