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There is a similar classic (much less expensive) mistake between New York Penn Station and Newark Penn Station, which are consecutive stops on the Amtrak line N
by InitialLastName 6y ago
There is a similar classic (much less expensive) mistake between New York Penn Station and Newark Penn Station, which are consecutive stops on the Amtrak line NYC.
- smabie 6y agoIt can be a more expensive mistake than you think... I would sometimes see Chinese tourists get off at Newark station and always wondered if a) they made a mistake b) they ended up okay. Newark isn't a fun place to be at night.
- InitialLastName 6y agoLuckily, there's another train to the city in 10 mins. Plus, these days the area around Newark Penn is nicer than the area around New York Penn.
- swiley 6y agoMan that sounds like something I would do. I'm born here and ride Amtrack often too.
- InitialLastName 6y agoI had a brief panic about it the first time I took the train to NYC (in high school) because all I knew was that I had to get off the train at "Penn Station" and I saw that on a sign as we were pulling out of the Newark station.
- madcaptenor 6y agoAt one point they were thinking of renaming the big station in Philadelphia, 30th Street Station, after Ben Franklin, but they didn't do it. One reason I heard because they were afraid people would call it "Ben Station" and get it confused with the New York and Newark stations. (Also, Newark, Delaware is on the same line! But not many trains stop there.)