crescent-zephyr
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So here's a new one! Was in New York City and flying out of Newark NJ - I booked a Northeast Regional Train from NYC to Newark Airport. Boarded the train, sat in the quiet car which was the second car on the train, the 1st car being Business Class. Departed on time, and everything was going great. Train pulled into Newark Airport and I proceeded to grab my luggage and head into the vestibule, a few passengers followed me, they were international travelers and had very large suitcases. The doors didn't open - at first I thought the train may have missed it's "spot" and was going to move forward but then I saw passengers entering from the other end of the car - we all tried to get to the open door but of course, with passengers boarding and heading into the car and the passengers with large suitcases in front of me, it was hard to get through and we missed our stop. There were 4 of us altogether, the other man was from the business class car, so we went to the Conductors at the Cafe car, who of course insisted that all the doors opened.
We all got off the train at the next stop and transferred to a northbound New Jersey Transit train but of course that took much longer because it made more stops.
The good news... I was able to rebook and still make it home last night. The bad news... the rebooked flight cost $120 more.
As a bonus... at least I got to do a little train watching on the platform while waiting for the NJ Transit train haha.
We all got off the train at the next stop and transferred to a northbound New Jersey Transit train but of course that took much longer because it made more stops.
The good news... I was able to rebook and still make it home last night. The bad news... the rebooked flight cost $120 more.
As a bonus... at least I got to do a little train watching on the platform while waiting for the NJ Transit train haha.