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Station Review #188: Metropark (Amtrak/NJT)

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Metropark is a station along the Northeast Corridor, located at the rail line's intersection with the Garden State Parkway. The line is served by Amtrak and NJ Transit trains.  Services Car #1340, an Arrow on the 1:48 PM train.   Both Amtrak and NJ Transit trains stop here.    Amtrak   Acela - This is essentially an express service that runs from Boston South Station to DC Union Station. Certain segments of it run at 160 miles per hour, making it a mixed traffic high speed rail route. Most of the time the Acela runs once an hour.  Carolinian - This train runs from New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina via DC, Richmond, and Raleigh. The Carolinan runs one round trip a day.  Crescent -  This train runs from Bew York City to New Orleans via Charlottesville, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Birmingham. Crescent trains run once a day.  Keystone Service -   This train runs from New York City to Harrisburg, PA via Philadelphia. Between Philade...

Station Review #187: Newark, DE (Amtrak/SEPTA)

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Newark is a station on the Northeast Corridor rail line located at the rail line's intersection with S College Avenue in Newark, Delaware. Newark station is the terminus for the SEPTA Wilmington-Newark Line.  History The old station building, now a museum. In 1877, the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road built the old Newark, DE station. This station served as the station for Newark service along the Northeast Corridor for over a century afterwards. Newark has been part of SEPTA's network since 1989, when the Wilmington line was restored to its past length and then extended. In 2018, the station was rebuilt, but the platforms were not. Services Newark currently has two main rail services that stop at the station. One of these is the Amtrak Northeast Regional, of which the variants 84, 87, 120, 124, 134, 152, 156, 184, 187, and 193 all stop at Newark. Despite all of these variants, Newark still usually only gets 2-4 trains per da...

Station Review #186: Inverness Drive Park and Ride (NJT)

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Inverness Drive Park and Ride is a park and ride station located at the intersection of US Route 9 and Inverness Drive in Old Bridge, New Jersey. The station is part of the Route 9 corridor.    Services   These buses go to Inverness Park and Ride: 64 - Lakewood to Lincoln Harbor via Route 9. This runs every 30 minutes, peak only. 67 - Toms River Park and Ride to Newark via Route 9 and Hooper Avenue. This bus runs every 135 minutes.  139 - Port Authority Bus Terminal to Lakewood via Route 9. This bus runs every 15 minutes or so, but at peak times can run as frequently as every 90 seconds.  Academy Bus Route 9 -  This is an Academy Bus version of the 139 that runs at peak only every 19 minutes. Tour The entire station. There really isn't all that much at Inverness Drive Park and Ride. All you get is a parking lot, shelter, and a space to pay for your parking.  The parking lot.   Usually, the parking lot at Inverness Drive is almost empty.  Park...