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fwiw: Cheap bus service from Hartford to Boston and NYC
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fwiw: Cheap bus service from Hartford to Boston and NYC
"K" wrote:
From today's Hartford Courant:http://www.courant.com/business/hc-m...0,971415.story Yeah, it looks like Megabus added a Hartford stop on some of their Boston-New York runs. The extra stop adds 10 minutes to the theoretical schedule -- who knows how long it actually takes. This is good to know if you were expecting an express trip. Their pricing algorithm occasionally sells Boston-New York tickets cheaper than Boston-Hartford, so you could save money by getting a full-length ticket and getting off the bus early. Lucky Star Bus sells tickets to and from their rest stop in Vernon, CT, outside Hartford. Jimmy |
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fwiw: Cheap bus service from Hartford to Boston and NYC
On Dec 10, 1:35 pm, wrote:
"K" wrote: From today's Hartford Courant:http://www.courant.com/business/hc-m...0,971415.story Yeah, it looks like Megabus added a Hartford stop on some of their Boston-New York runs. The extra stop adds 10 minutes to the theoretical schedule -- who knows how long it actually takes. This is good to know if you were expecting an express trip. Their pricing algorithm occasionally sells Boston-New York tickets cheaper than Boston-Hartford, so you could save money by getting a full-length ticket and getting off the bus early. Lucky Star Bus sells tickets to and from their rest stop in Vernon, CT, outside Hartford. That's interesting -- where does Lucky Star stop these days, and is it a consistent location? Ever since the Century Buffet closed down* I've had stops at the Roy Rogers in Manchester and the Burger King at Exit 64 in Vernon. Unless, of course, I'm mistaken and one of those was Fung Wah, but LS is my default so I assume it was them. * How a restaurant with busloads of customers delivered to its door fails is beyond me, unless a) it was so bad that even a captive audience wouldn't eat there, or b) whatever deal they had cut with Lucky Star fell through and their lifeline went away. I just miss having the adjacent Big Y where I could at least get something reasonably healthy and/or cheap to eat. |
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fwiw: Cheap bus service from Hartford to Boston and NYC
Pete from Boston wrote:
wrote: Lucky Star Bus sells tickets to and from their rest stop in Vernon, CT, outside Hartford. That's interesting -- where does Lucky Star stop these days, and is it a consistent location? Ever since the Century Buffet closed down* I've had stops at the Roy Rogers in Manchester and the Burger King at Exit 64 in Vernon. Unless, of course, I'm mistaken and one of those was Fung Wah, but LS is my default so I assume it was them. Lucky Star stops at the Burger King in Vernon, which has big signs on the doors advertising the Vernon bus service. It looks like their website will sell you a ticket to or from Vernon on any trip except Friday and Sunday afternoons (the busiest times of the week). This makes it easier for them to make sure passengers boarding there get a seat, but it's not convenient for weekend travellers. Fung Wah usually stops at the rest area on I-95 in Milford. Jimmy |
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fwiw: Cheap bus service from Hartford to Boston and NYC
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Pete from Boston wrote: That's interesting -- where does Lucky Star stop these days, and is it a consistent location? Ever since the Century Buffet closed down* I've had stops at the Roy Rogers in Manchester and the Burger King at Exit 64 in Vernon. Lucky Star stops at the Burger King in Vernon, which has big signs on the doors advertising the Vernon bus service. I was mistaken -- Lucky Star stops at the Burger King at exit 67 in Rockville. Lucky Star and Fung Wah now both have ticket counters in the South Station Bus Terminal. I liked the previous setup where they sold the tickets right at the gate -- you could see if the bus was there and how long the line was before you chose which company's ticket to buy. In New York, Fung Wah's buses now load on Chrystie Street, right behind Lucky Star's spot. Fung Wah's ticket booth remains at the corner of Canal and the Bowery, in the Buddhist temple building. I hope the city isn't giving them trouble. Jimmy |
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On Dec 29, 1:44*pm, wrote:
In New York, Fung Wah's buses now load on Chrystie Street, right behind Lucky Star's spot. *Fung Wah's ticket booth remains at the corner of Canal and the Bowery, in the Buddhist temple building. *I hope the city isn't giving them trouble. There was an accident at the Canal/Bowery load-spot last year involving a dump truck careening into a Fung Wah bus. There was a fatality. So relocation might have been due to safety concerns. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...town-accident/ Matt |
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fwiw: Cheap bus service from Hartford to Boston and NYC
wyeknot wrote:
wrote: In New York, Fung Wah's buses now load on Chrystie Street, right behind Lucky Star's spot. Fung Wah's ticket booth remains at the corner of Canal and the Bowery, in the Buddhist temple building. I hope the city isn't giving them trouble. There was an accident at the Canal/Bowery load-spot last year involving a dump truck careening into a Fung Wah bus. There was a fatality. So relocation might have been due to safety concerns. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...chinatown-acci... Well, Chrystie Street is also at the bottom of an off-ramp from the bridge. (That's what makes both locations so convenient -- there's almost no city streets between the highway and the bus stop.) And if an out-of-control truck barrels onto Manhattan streets, there's going to be an accident whether a bus is parked in its path or not. Jimmy |
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fwiw: Cheap bus service from Hartford to Boston and NYC
K wrote:
From today's Hartford Courant: http://www.courant.com/business/hc-m...0,971415.story There was a similar article in Money Magazine. There's "http://boltbus.com" and "http://megabus.com" and "http://www.xedohoang.com/english.html". I guess we'll all be back on buses soon with the airlines cutting back so much on flights and raising prices. |
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fwiw: Cheap bus service from Hartford to Boston and NYC
On Dec 29 2008, 1:44*pm, wrote:
wrote: Pete from Boston wrote: That's interesting -- where does Lucky Star stop these days, and is it a consistent location? *Ever since the Century Buffet closed down* I've had stops at the Roy Rogers in Manchester and the Burger King at Exit 64 in Vernon. Lucky Star stops at the Burger King in Vernon, which has big signs on the doors advertising the Vernon bus service. I was mistaken -- Lucky Star stops at the Burger King at exit 67 in Rockville. Lucky Star and Fung Wah now both have ticket counters in the South Station Bus Terminal. *I liked the previous setup where they sold the tickets right at the gate -- you could see if the bus was there and how long the line was before you chose which company's ticket to buy. Rockville and Vernon are actually collectively the town of Vernon- Rockville, so technically you're correct either way, but yeah, that's not the one I meant. Driving past on Wednesday evening I saw that the tall sign for the Roy's in Manchester is gone, and the restaurant was dark. The latter could have been just for the holiday, but it got me wondering if they just went under. It's never very busy unless the bus is there, and it's always a mess after the bus leaves (and infrequently cleaned up). The North Haven Roy's couldn't live on Fung Wah alone. I wonder if the same holds true for the Manchester one. |
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fwiw: Cheap bus service from Hartford to Boston and NYC
Pete from Boston wrote:
Driving past on Wednesday evening I saw that the tall sign for the Roy's in Manchester is gone, and the restaurant was dark. The latter could have been just for the holiday, but it got me wondering if they just went under. It's never very busy unless the bus is there, and it's always a mess after the bus leaves (and infrequently cleaned up). The North Haven Roy's couldn't live on Fung Wah alone. I wonder if the same holds true for the Manchester one. Well, http://www.royrogersrestaurants.com has a store locator which still lists the Manchester one, and also says a Roy's is *opening* this month at a truck stop along I-95 in North Stonington (near the RI border). The chain is barely hanging on. Most of its locations are in toll road service plazas -- maybe they have contracts that don't allow them to close or rebrand them. Jimmy |
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