Thursday, March 20, 2014

Tri-State RHS - Trip to NY Transit Museum - March 29, 2014

Received the following via email. 

Tri-State Railway Historical Society

Spring Rail Trip to the

New York Transit Museum

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Trip Highlights:

. Travel in NJ Transit and NYC Subway

. Lunch at place of your choosing

. 2+ hours to explore the NY Transit Museum

Approximate transportation cost: Adults $36, Seniors $22

Those who show go - - -

The New York Transit Museum, one of the city's leading cultural institutions is the largest museum in the United States devoted to urban public transportation history, and one of the premier institutions of its kind in the world. The Museum explores the development of the greater New York Metropolitan region through the presentations of exhibitions, tours, educational programs, and workshops dealing with the cultural, social, and technological history of public transportation. Since its inception over a quarter century ago, the Museum, housed in a historic 1936 IND subway station in Brooklyn Heights, has grown in scope and popularity. As custodian and interpreter of the region's extensive public transportation networks, the Museum strives to share, through its public programs, this rich and vibrant history with local, regional, and international audiences. (*from NY Transit Museum web site: web.mta.info/mta/museum/

General Admission: Adults $7, Seniors (62+) $5. Saturday hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Proposed itinerary: 9:27A depart Convent Station NJT train 6916
Midtown Direct arr NY Penn 10:39.

2/3 train to Boro Hall, Brooklyn. Arrive approx. 11:30A.

Lunch at local eateries before

12:30P Enter Transit Museum (No food is served inside museum).

Tour museum and gift shop approx. 2+ hours

3:00P rendezvous in lobby for return trip:

A/C train from Jay St/MetroTech to Penn Station arrive 3:30pm.

4:11P depart NY Penn NJT train 6931. Arrive Convent Station 5:24.