I Rode From Washington to Boston Using ONLY Public Transit!
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That commercial song was an absolute banger. You and Jackson both understand that music is power and thus you push its limits and show just what it's capable of. Music unites us all. I know we all love to say "Beacon of light, beacon of hope" whenever we see that bridge, but I think it's time to give context as to why that bridge says that: the Lower Trenton Bridge has been around for over 210 years. When it was first built, the bridge was made out of wood and cedar shingles. The bright neon lights didn't come until August 1935. In 1910, The Trenton Chamber of Commerce conducted a slogan contest for the city’s residents in hopes of devising a phrase that would spread the fame of the capital’s industrial achievements.
The contest, whose winner would receive $25 (around 800 dollars in today's money), received 1,478 entries. A local lumberyard owner at the time, S. Roy Heath, fabricated the winning slogan, which originally was backwards to how it is seen today reading, “The World Takes - Trenton Makes”. He declined the prize. The sign was actually taken down at one point before. During the Great Depression, the bridge did not have a sign for close to 10 years. The slogan refers to the fact Trenton once had a prominent manufacturing industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Trenton was most famous for its iron, steel and rubber industries!
Interesting facts brother👏👌
Kim Jong-un is always here to bring the cool facts
There is, or was, a sign in Chester PA reading "What Chester Makes Makes Chester."
@@TomHoffman-uw7pfIs it what Chester makes makes Chester what it is?
Kim what are you doing here your country needs you. But also, as a Trenton resident, thank you for the history!
Not-so-fun fact: It's cheaper to take the Northeast Regional from Providence to Boston than the Commuter Rail.
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Also not-do-fun fact: it’s also (slightly) cheaper to take an Amtrak from Boston to Springfield than it is to take two commuter rails and an orange line from Boston to Lowell.
I LOVE those $7 Boston-Providence Amtrak fares
Also love the $5 Amtrak fares between Baltimore and DC, while MARC is $9 and it takes longer!
You say that like I don’t want an excuse to through my money at Amtrak
Top tier sponsor song
the synths went hard
Thank you so much! I have to give the vast majority of the credit to Jackson, he always works his magic on these!
@@MilesinTransit your friend playing the guitar 🎸 looks like the guy on the cover of the book: Man in the Rockefeller Suit. *I'm in Wilmington Delaware 🤤🥱😴😴😴😴😴😖😩😫
Absolutely phenomenal
One of the few, if I only in video ads worth NOT skipping
man miles is the most determined youtuber in the world, no other youtuber would spend 25 hours of their life to ride this stuff. I've riden the northeast corridor from Trenton to DC all my life and not once taken a train that is not Amtrak.
That means a lot, thank you!
@@MilesinTransit You're one of my favorite youtubers, you deserve it 100%
I once took a train from New Haven to DC (not Acela) and oh, I regretted it a lot.
Cause you are not transferring bro local trips are free with Amtrak tickets
One of the wonders of the Northeast in 2023 is the ability to attend Washington Spirit games despite living in Philadelphia. I usually take a Northeast Regional to DC, enter the Metrorail system, and pop out a healthy walk from Audi Field. The return trip normally involves the last train out of DC, arriving in Philly just after midnight.
The state of American public transit - Going through the densest part of the country with the best public transit in the country, and it takes 25 hours
To be fair they took mostly local public transit routes over a very long distance. This would be like going from say Rotterdam to Berlin distance wise all on local trains. And honestly looking up that route on google maps shows taking several different trains for even an optimal route.
If I was going to take non-flight transit from DC to Boston I would just take the Acela line which is zero transfer shot from DC to Boston taking about 6 hours 45 minutes.
I guess you might not call the Acela/Amtrak "public transit"... but it is? Like what is public transport really mean? Transport taken enmasse by the public? Or does it have to be specifically owned and operated by the government? Amtrak technically has its primary share holder being the US government. I personally can't really find a good definition for "public transport" that excludes amtrak without excluding lots of other privately owned local transit companies that are often called public transport...
With that said... yes the US has atrocious public transit. But the northeast actually is like one of the few spots that does have some actual transit infrastructure. And that specific route is actually a super active zero transfer route! I'd argue it's really an achievement that there is a way to take a series of smaller shorter local transit hops along that line and actually pull it off. I could only imagine what Rotterdam to Berlin would take taking smaller route trains considering that the route google suggests includes the entire Germany section of the trip being a highspeed train line and it ends up taking 2 hours longer to travel the distance despite being comparable distances using service lines comparable to Amtrak/Acela.
The direct route takes 7 hours
it takes the very same time to get from far south-western to far north-eastern Germany by local trains as well - a bit longer distance, but still doesn't make such a big difference
O say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
You do realize that there's also a direct high-speed rail line that takes 6.5 hours, right?
It always warms my shnorplesnaff when Aleena is in your videos. She's so supportive of all your nonsense.
If I don’t hear that Manta song at my funeral I’m not dying. And, if that song was on Spotify, which it should be, it would be at the very very VERY top of my playlist. Whoever helped put that song together did an absolutely wonderful job. Bravo!!!
99% of the credit goes to Jackson! Thank you so much - we really should put these on Spotify sometime
"Um, don't get yelled at, I don't know" - Aleena Tzu, the Art of War. Shnorpleshnaff! Definitely weird to see Grand Central so empty like that and yet so cool at the same time. Some interesting stuff about GCT's ceiling: Original plans called for the ceiling to contain a skylight, but money and time ran out, so a mural was painted instead. It was conceived in 1912 by architect Warren and painter Paul César Helleu. The mural was executed in 1913 by James Monroe Hewlett and Charles Basing of Hewlett-Basing Studio. They were assisted in the design by Helleu and multiple astronomers, and in the painting by more than 50 painting assistants. Around 63 electric bulbs were installed to amplify the visual impact of the stars!
Less than two months after the terminal opened, one commuter noticed that the ceiling's design was actually backwards, west is east and east is west. Even though all the constellations are now where they should be, Orion is still reversed! He's in the correct location, the constellation itself is backwards!
Sun Tzu reference appreciated. Also what do you think of think of video idea: How the Soviets almost gave America High-Speed Rail?
One thing I noticed in this video is something that I have also seen on the West Coast: while long distance and inner urban transit systems are recovering, smaller suburban routes seem to have very sparse ridership. And it can be a quite sudden transition, like within 5 miles of a city center, the buses and trains will usually be busy, and then outside of that, it suddenly decreases to only 2 or 3 people on a lot of lines.
I'm not sure if they were ever that busy though! If I had to guess, I'd say that smaller systems have actually had better ridership recovery rates because they were always a lot more reliant on people who have no other option but to take transit, rather than middle class office workers.
@@MilesinTransit That is a good point! A lot of times it is hard to objectively remember things.
One thing I have noticed, though, is that the threshold of size and density for transit to be useful can fall off very suddenly. Portland, Oregon is famous for being transit friendly---but if you go to Vancouver, Washington, across the river, while transit is okay, it quickly drops off. But in terms of size and density, there isn't a gigantic difference. So a city of 300,000 people at 2,000 people per square mile will have maybe a tenth of the transit options of a city of 600,000 people at 4,000 people per square mile. (Numbers made up for convenience)
I don't think there is anywhere in the NEC that can't support local bus service---even "rural" Connecticut is dense enough to have many passengers. But often people's attitude towards transit drops off outside of cities. Also, in that region, since there are lots of long distance trains and buses, the local buses might not be very popular?
But I don't know, it has been a while since I have been there, I mostly know about the West Coast. Some of my Oregon videos, including my MAX speedrun video, might put some of my misconceptions into context!
It was like that in the late 70s in MD. I'd be the only passenger on a bus going right past the front gate of the University of Maryland. That's one of the largest colleges in the country.
Complements to you and Manta. Idk who pitched the idea of a quirky song, but its genius. I usually just skip through ads. The song is a quirky fun break. The ad arguably makes the video better, and actually watching the ad rather than being annoyed makes me want to buy the oroduct more.
Please continue to do ads this way. I hope companies continue to give you the freedom :)
Thank you so much! They basically just gave me free reign (I don't even know if they watch the ads honestly), and it was so much fun to put this together!
You are a mad lad. The wild part is that it's not even cheap to ride this way either. Cheaper than owing a car though, and essential for our low income demographic
That stream you went over is not the Baltimore River but Gwynns Falls, which empties into the Patapsco River. The stream was named for Richard Gwinn, who opened a trading post along it in 1669 (nice). Despite the name, it doesn't have a waterfall, but its rough, rocky nature caused John Smith (yes, THAT John Smith) to say how the stream tumbled over "felles". And the Patapsco River's name comes from Algonquian pota-psk-ut, meaning "backwater" or "tide covered with froth".
Ah yes, making people walk across the tracks of the Northeast Corridor at Martin State Airport...what could go wrong? Martin State Airport is named after the Glenn L. Martin Company which once produced tons of military aircraft there. The state ended up purchasing it in the 1970s, and it's jointly a general aviation relief airport and a base for the 175th Wing of the Maryland Air National Guard.
"Falls" is a synonym for creek or stream. But the only place you see it in that context is in and around Baltimore.
Thank you Supreme Leader
NJT is actually planning to build a line to West Trenton, diverging from the Raritan Valley Line, so there could be more ways to do this trip in the future.
Honestly I gotta give Miles props to Miles for his knowledge of public transit navigation.
the ad for Manta Sleep with Jackson and Miles is priceless. you guys can sing quite well.
Thank you!
constantly amazed by your lovely friends/girlfriend and how willing they are to just ..... meet you random places via transit. i don't know where all of your friends are located but i love the way you seem to treat the north east like it's one large city. coming from long island i felt so isolated bc it took so long to just ..... get off the island, but this is a good reminder that the northeast is a small place and friends are never far off! (but also i live in seattle now so ..... i guess i can pop down to portland and san fran but not much else) (also this comment was insane)
It truly is one large city
The song was excellent. Your channel is one of the few that I will watch the sponsorships on because I know you'll do it in a creative and fun way. I hope you get more sponsors soon too!
Thank you so much!! I've gotten a few offers but I'm being a little picky because I don't want to do stuff that isn't completely relevant to what I'm doing.
Absolutely incredible sponsored segment. This is groundbreaking. Bless you for going so hard for Manta.
Thank you so much!
That “ugly” building is the total opposite imo! Brutalist masterpiece
For me as a European its so funny to see how "bad" the Public Transportation actually is in some parts of the US. But these videos tempt me to just fly to NYC and book a Greyhound to LA :D
PS: When next Greyhound adventure with your Girlfriend? :D
I - as another European - am also a bit irritated, since I always complain about how bad public transport is in my country and especially in my area and town. But then - the next bus stop is right around the corner, only 10 meters away, the local train station is a 20 minutes walk away and from from there I can get a train to the big city three times per hour and even a few long distance trains per day.
And I am complaining!!!! 😅
He picked an inefficient and unnecessary complicated route on purpose. There are many trains every day that leave from DC and take you all way to Boston.
Both express and regional
I don't know if its the same in most of Europe but Public Transportation here usually refers to state-funded services that tend to be limited to said state. You can get direct transit between cities and multiple states but thats gonna be through train services like Amtrack or bus services like Greyhound or Flexibus.
DC to Bostons is about 450 miles (724km) which is about 8-9 hours in car.
@@TooSmalley Here in Germany, it is basically the same. We have Deutsche Bahn (in the end funded by the federal government) that operates long distance routes between cities and states and is involved in some states' public transport.
On a state level, we have mostly state funded public transport running busses and trains and sometimes also operating the busses inside the cities.
Since we have 16 states and each one of them tends to make things a little different, it would take far to long to go into detail.
But let me take as example my route to the next big city:
I can use trams and busses to get to the main station (or just walk). The busses and trams are operated and funded by my city (VBBr). From there, I could either take a long distance train to Berlin (operated and funded by Deutsche Bahn/federal gov.) or - what I usually do, since they are going three times every hour - I would take the local commuter train to Berlin operated by ODEG (50% owned by the state owned italian railway company and 50% privately owned).
And since a couple of months, we have the 49-Euro-Ticket, which is valdi for all public transport all over Germany (49 Euro per month). This makes it basically possible to travel from Freiburg im Breisgau to Flensburg for only that ammount of money, as long as one only takes public transport. Using long distance routes, the ride would take around 9 hours, by car around 10 hours and by public transport anything between 15 and 20 hours.
TH-cam recommended me this out of the blue and I already fell in love with this content. Keep ‘em coming! 🥰🥺
Amazing to hear! Thank you so much!
Oh my god, that promo-break. We were dancing to it with my wife. Which is a miracle, as I'm a disabled dude. Words can't convey my feelings...
Oh my gosh, that's amazing! Thank you so much!
You know what would be real awkward, if in your exhaustion, you mistook the West Trenton line for the Trenton line.
Oof, that would've been bad!
Best midroll commercial break of the year. Give those two a Clio! Yes, we are all DEVO.
Thank you so much!
Even though I’ve watched a lot of “going to ____ from ____ only using local transit” videos, these never dissapoint. Especially the manta interlude, why doesn’t everyone show sponsors with a song?! Anyway, i have to go do something really impor-
I'm glad this one could stand out! It's definitely a played-out genre, but I always watch them when they come onto my feed because it's always so fascinating.
The NJTransit ticket paper has not changed much since the first self-serve ticket machines were introduced around 1998. Once Secaucus and then Newark Airport (or was it the other way around) opened, they added a mag stripe for the fare gates at those stations, and then more recently they added the white box for the QR code so the conductors can scan them (which is now also what opens the fare gates at the two stations that have them). But the two different off-brand renderings of "NJ Transit" on the front and zero on-brand ones anywhere on the ticket remain constant.
UPDATE: The Manta link is working again!!!
For your next trip whenever it is kan you photograph the driver of every vehicle and introduce yourself and get their name because you will never see these people again, 😢never. ❤
I was going to comment about this since I now have the funds to get it. Oh well hope I can pick it up with the discount soon.
I swear Miles in Transit is the only channel than can pull off mixing music and transit! It's incredible! And hilarious!
Thank you so much!!
@@elijahk.7501 True! Miles has a certain vibe though.
Metuchen isn't a thing, it's a person! Metuchen is derived from Chief Matouchin of the Raritan people who first lived in the area. It's like how Wyandanch on the LIRR's Ronkonkoma Branch was named after Chief Wyandanch of the Montaukett...despite the fact the Montaukett never lived in what's now western Suffolk County as their tribal homeland is what's now Montauk. I love how many indigenous place names there are in NJ and Long Island. LI and NJ definitely have the best place names in the country! And speaking of, Mystic is another name of indigenous origin, derived from the Pequot term "missi-tuk", describing a large river whose waters are driven into waves by tides or wind!
I appreciate the wicked cool space tunnel at New Haven Union Station. It reminds me of the Star Tunnel part of the Space Mountain queue at Magic Kingdom, which coincidentally enough also goes under train tracks as the queue goes under the WDW Railroad in order to go from Tomorrowland to the actual ride. Add some Star Tunnel music from the queue to New Haven Union, and it would be perfect. Something else I love about New Haven Union is how each bench features a model train on display, such a nice touch. It's the little things that count, after all!
"MARC Train MARC Penn Line Train" - DC Union Station 2023. That MARC ticket does look legit! Whether you like the Maryland flag or not, there's no denying that the Maryland flag is unique. While other states put their shield/coat of arms in the middle of the flag, in the case of Maryland...it makes up the WHOLE flag! It's the 17th-century heraldic banner of arms of Cecil, 2nd Baron Baltimore.
The black and gold is Lord Baltimore's banner (from his father, George Calvert 1st Baron Baltimore) and is also on the flag of Baltimore (though the Baltimore flag has the Battle Monument in the middle which commemorates the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812), while the red and white is called the Crossland banner and is from his grandmother. During the Civil War, Marylanders who sided with the Confederacy affiliated with the Crossland banner while those who fought for the Union wore the Lord Baltimore banner. The flag in its present form was first flown in 1880 but wasn't officially adopted as the state flag until 1904.
I gotta give the Maryland flag points for being unique, but...I stand by the fact that it's just so butt-ugly!
11:59 The moment you have been waiting for.
Best sponsorship ad ever! First one I haven't skipped in a loooooong time!
That means a lot, thank you!
I am way too old to enjoy the promo music video in the middle - and yet I enjoyed every second of it. Thanks! A great video!
Thanks so much!
I thoroughly enjoy watching these. Thank you for sacrificing your time to show us a cool world!😊 Friends along the way how awesome you guys!
firstly, your ad song was an actual banger. it's stuck in my head now. second, you should come up to freeport, home of LL Bean and an oasis for french canadian tourists, also home of the least-used amtrak station in maine
Thanks so much! I don't know how I'm going to deal with Maine - I use 2019 numbers for my least used videos, but Maine is one of the few states where the least used station has changed since then! (OOB to Freeport)
I didn't expect to watch all of this but I did. You are super entertaining and funny. Well done.
Also I loved your rant on micro transit it sucks
Thank you so much!
Hahaha I got my mom a Manta sleep eyemask and used your code, Miles, so you should be getting a non-zero amount from them!
Ayyyy thank you so much!!!
A collaboration between Geoff Marshall and Miles would be good.
You must be prophetic!
love the content, glad to see your channel growing. I'm nostalgic for public transportation and your videos show the "funniness" of what is in the US now. Keep it up! 🚀🚀🚀🚀
Thanks so much!
Demonstrating why everyone else drives! I used to live in an Eastern suburb of Toronto. To get to a western subburb 30 km away, 3 hours by walking, bus, train, second train, bus and walking!
I'm watching this video for the 2nd time. This Manta Sleep song is so adorably 80s retro and modern pop at the same time! That keyboard is something that 8-Bit Guy would probably use, and it would take the right person back. Now I want to visit all the "Yonge and King" intersections in Ontario inspired by you... lol.
Thank you so much!!
I appreciate the effort 👏 I'd probably take the Amtrak for $35 or a $59 Spirit flight instead.
I think that'd be a valid course of action 😂
Much like "Balto", it took a trip to Cincinnati for me to learn that that city is sometimes called "Cinti" on old signs.
Ooh, that's good
Don't look now, but he's finally upgraded to a smart phone 😂
Yes! The long anticipated Ripta Wave app review! I've been riding the Wave since I was 13. I managed to avoid getting a car for the first year I moved back to Newport because you can't beat $2 to cross the entire state. Especially not in this economy.
I was going to suggest getting the Commuter rail from Wickford Junction but the schedule is NOT GREAT. You also stopped at the Stop & Shop I worked at in high school... almost 20 years ago. 😭
Yeah, if I had missed that 6 AM SEAT bus, the schedule would've worked out better to get Commuter Rail from Wickford, but the earlier trip meant I could catch a previous train that doesn't go all the way down!
I consider eating grape tomatoes on their own the most astonishing part of this video.
I LOVE eating grape tomatoes on their own. Top 3 food.
That was the best sponsor song ever done! 🤣 great job gentleman.
Thanks so much!
Thank you for doing this so that my morbid curiosity didn't ever push me to. Back in the day I did the Chinatown buses from DC to NYC and from NYC to Boston, but at this point in my life, "just take Amtrak" is my mantra.
My fiancé and I have been dating "long"-distance between DC/Baltimore (I moved) and south Jersey and I have spent more hours of my life scrutinizing that Perryville-Newark gap and staring at the Cecil County transit schedules than I care to admit. MTA is working on closing the gap, but of course by the time they manage it we'll be married and under one roof.
The Perryville MARC trip was probably only as slow as it is because it is a local train; the express trains can, I believe, reach speeds of 125 mph which matches the Northeast Regional. I've seen schedules for the Baltimore-Philly leg of the Northeast Regional as low as 69 minutes (nice).
7:10 Good to see the military announcement system from Half Life getting back at it after getting laid off by Valve.
This guy is living out my dreams
They're working on extending the MARC to Newark. That would allow a direct transfer to SEPTA. Metro North is also working on bringing trains to Penn Station, which would mean no longer needing to goto Grand Central to goto Connecticut.
Septa may also go further south as well but I think septa is more focused on getting back to West Chester and over to Lancaster first
@@jbreezy101 SEPTA can't even keep their current equipment maintained and they've been undergoing decades of downsizing. Until the State stops sabotaging their funding, I highly doubt there will be any expansions in the near future.
Yeah but Metro North is only planning to do the Hudson Line via Hells Gate, the other lines will still go to Grand Central still
@@jbreezy101 SEPTA is not going to extend trains into Maryland if Maryland doesn't cough up the funding.
@@23h109hh New Haven Line would access Penn Station via Hells Gate. Phase 2 would be to bring the Hudson Line down to Penn Station via Empire Corridor.
We NEED the full song in its own video, i got the song stuck in my head PLEASE
Not to shill, but the entire Miles in Transit music library is on Patreon! Jackson and I keep talking about how we should make a public album though, so potentially stay tuned??
@@MilesinTransit Ooh!
now that i know its on patreon i think its fine, as it does take alot of work!
Weeks later, and I keep coming back to this banger of a sponsorship song. Manta should use it!
Love the Devo-inspired ad song & the nice little call-out to City Nerd.
I like how you did the sponsor. It just blends in with the rest of the video.
It's just a song really.
Thank you!
When I realized I could take public transit between EWR and PHL when I got stuck, I sat on the Trenton line and started going over a potential way to do DC-BOS on public transit and I’ve thought about it ever since, great video
i love witnessing your crazy transit adventures, they get me inspired to do some of my own! agree with everyone else, the sponsor song is top notch
Thank you!!
At least your older trains still have somewhat comfy seats, in the UK all of our 60s-70s stuff is gone and even most of the 80s stuff is refurbished with Worse Seats...
Thats how all sponsorship segments should be like
This Manta song is genuinely the best advertisement I have seen in all of 2023
Thank you so much!
Shnorpleshnaff. Hopefully I spelt that right. This should be fun. I’ve seen a few of these recommended on my feed recently so I’m pleased to see you getting in on the act too 😎
Channelling DEVO -- with Smokey Robinson's "Going to a Go-Go"
and "The Supremes a Go-Go" as wall art! (I bought both on 12-inch vinyl when they were first issued, I hate to admit) Enjoy your music, enjoy your videos. Thanks for doing both.
Thanks so much!
Come for the transit, stay for the bop sponsored songs. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Oh my god, that commercial song was actually incredible. It sounded really good! I was really impressed, and it worked too, I genuinely might buy one…
Thank you so much!!
Dude your videos just hit my algorithm and you have some bangers! Loving all the misadventures on public transit!
Heck yeah, thank you so much!
Fun fact: it would have taken the same time to get from far south-western to far north-eastern Germany using only local / regional trains as well, roughly 530 miles distance compared to the roughly 400 miles distance from D.C. to Boston. So Germany isn't much different in that aspect, just that you'll stay more time on the train than using local bus services
Decided to take a look at Spain here and, only on local transit, you could go all the way from Madrid to the French border in a day! (767km, or 480mi)
It also involves merely two trains; the one lone regional train from Madrid to Barcelona (9h30 with no amenities other than a toilet!) Then any regional from Barcelona to the border town of Portbou, sadly no way to get to France.
One could also take one of the two Regional Madrid-San Sebastian trains and then commuter rail to the border town of Hendaye. Though that is a shorter route
I mean, I’m not sure which exact route you had in mind in Germany, but it doesn’t take a day (as in ~24h) to do a similar route like this in Germany. Since you mentioned south west Germany I picked Freiburg as my starting point and going to Hamburg (which is about 500mil, so similar to DC-> Boston) takes a little under 13h (assuming all 6 transfers are reached). Berlin is a similar story at around 14h. So it’s still slow, but it’s not 25h slow.
@@eechauch5522 actually pretty much an entire day, to be precise 20hrs51min to 22hrs21min.
Freiburg is good, but still not in the far south-west. Neither Hamburg nor Berlin are in the far north-east. From Berlin you can go another 3 hours north by train to get to Stralsund, and 1 more hour going east from Stralsund to Sassnitz.
I looked up the ride from Weil am Rhein, located far in the south-west at the border to Switzerland and France, to Sassnitz on Rugia in the far north-east. Looking it up right now at 11:10 AM I'd even have a similar departure time like he did in the video: he bought the ticket at 11:23 AM and the train departed at 12:15 PM. In my example from Germany the train would depart from Weil am Rhein at 12:02 PM and take only 20hrs51min, with 9 transfers / 10 trains being necessary to get to the other end of the country. Taking only regional services obviously:
1) 12:02 PM Regional Express Train RE7 to Karlsruhe Central Station, 18 stops, arriving 2:21 PM
2) 2:28 PM Commuter Train S9 to Mannheim Central Station, 14 stops, arriving 3:22 PM
3) 3:35 PM Regional Exrepss Train RE70 to Frankfurt (Main) Central Station, 15 stops, arriving 4:45 PM
4) 5:19 PM Regional Express Train RE30 to Kassel Central Station, 11 stops, arriving 7:34 PM
5) 7:46 PM Regional Train RB83 to Göttingen Station, 10 stops, arriving 8:45 PM
6) 9:04 PM Metronom Regional Express Train ME RE2 to Uelzen Station, 19 stops, arriving 11:47 PM
7) 11:59 PM Metronom Regional Train ME RB31 to Lüneburg Sation, 3 stops, arriving 12:25 AM
8) 12:45 AM Erixx Regional Express Train erx RB83 to Büchen Station, 3 stops, arriving 1:08 AM
9) 4:58 AM Regional Express Train RE1 to Rostock Central Station, 14 stops, arriving 6:50 AM
10) 7:00 AM Regional Express Train to Sassnitz Station, 22 stops, arriving 8:53 AM
Most of the transfer times are rather short, but you'll notice the 3h50min transfer at Büchen - a common issue when traveling regional services in the middle of the night
Somehow I got recommended this video and for some reason I watched it and I'm glad I did... it was adorable.
Same
Thank you both!!
@@MilesinTransit You’re welcome!
Strong fountains of Wayne vibe to sponsor song. Excellent.
Ooh, neat comparison! Thank you!
Another great video. I did NYC to Philly portion of this trip as the fare was so much cheaper than Amtrak last min. In LA to reach the Reagan Presidential Library by public transport I had to set off very early to catch the last of the N/B services morning train to Simi Valley then wait 30 mins for the bus that cris crossed the whole city before it reached the other end then walk several miles and then do the same returning catching about the only afternoon s/b train.
Song was an absolute BANGER
Thank you!
Miles, great job on the song during your promo! I loved the song. That was a promo worth watching! A very interesting video as well.
Thanks so much!
Manta really should be dropping more $$$ for this absolute banger of a sponsorship read
Thank you!
This video taught me it's only really worth taking public transit for intercity trips between New York and Philly. Also it would be nice if someone were to fill in those NEC gaps with commuter trains
I made the most contrived definition of public transport ever in order to avoid taking a direct 6 hour train
What would be the fun in taking a direct train?
Another great video. Jackson, Jeremy, and Jules, oh my! Plus - a song and flippy board clip. I rate this video 9/10. You lost a point because of the cruel ending. Thanks for sharing!
I work near grand central and am usually in or around it between midnight and 2am. I used to come into Penn at 1:40-1:50am. The S train is a life saver if the 7 isn't running into manhattan overnight, and actually that happens a lot. If it's not the 7, if the 1-3 lines are out near midtown, they run the S for some reason I don't understand, which happens far less often so you hit it on a lucky night. As someone who had to do that trip regularly at that time period, you'd be surprised at how often I was able to use the S. I'd say at least 25-30% of the time I was able to use it. Also that time of night, the 7 would have NOT got you to grand central on time, they run every 20 minutes after 1. This is why I walked to work on the east side every 1:45am from Penn before grand central. The 1 to 7 transfer took minimum 30-40 min total ride time, as for some reason every train is timed to get to Times Square right after the 7 leaves, as you found out. That's no joke and I don't get it. Also at that time, I guarantee you the single M42 running is going westbound. I have caught that bus only ONCE at 1:45 going eastbound. So that option is out too. So if the S wasn't running and i was actually in a hurry, either I'd walk to the BDFM, get a citibike, or at worst, get a Lyft. Citibike was guaranteed 5 min or less.
Your channel is an absolute gem, glad this was recommended to me!
Thanks so much, glad you found it!
Ok we’re gonna need the Soundcloud, Miles
Awesome Video! I just subscribed! Loved the NJT Arrow part (mainly because im from NJ and caught/filmed them on numerous occasions)!
Thank you so much!
I did a similar trip in January! But I did it over several days, and I was on a mission to visit as many National Parks Service Units and State Capital buildings as I could.
It was certainly an interesting way to tour the Northeast corridor!
Edit: Thought I'd also credit Cameron O's video as a huge influence on that trip
Aleena and I have been talking about starting a series where we try to visit as many NPS units as possible using transit! Glad to hear we're not the first ones to have thought of that.
I was getting close to 40k steps each day for 4 days. You'll certainly have your work cut out for you lol. But that'd still be super awesome! There's still plenty that I havent seen!
@@mdav97 We'd definitely need to incorporate bikes for some of the more far-flung ones. And some of the ones out west are flat-out impossible without multi-day bike rides, unfortunately!
@@MilesinTransit If you do this, you'd have to go to the Fire Island National Seashore via the Montauk Branch. There are ferries by different stations along the branch that go to the private Fire Island communities within the boundaries of the seashore. But if you want true parkland/wilderness, take the Watch Hill ferry from Patchogue.
However much they paid you and Jackson for the song wasn't enough. I've got "Manta blocks out all of the light" stuck in my head now.
Seriously ! I want a full album 😂
Thank you so much! That is something we've talked about doing...
Best ad spot in advertisement history.
Thank you!
the manta song was so amazing, i love these little musical moments
Thank you so much!
Fun entertaining, old school video. We're so close to having almost continuous commuter rail from DC to Boston.
We had a politician whose idea of "taking the train to work" involved boarding a Metroliner (Acela's predecessor) in Wilmington, DE, and popping out of Union Station DC, a few blocks from his workplace.
11:59 Best part of the video. You’re Welcome.
That song you and Jackson created is amazing and is suitable for a public transit channel! You're the man!
Thanks so much!
Best sponsor ad ever
Until I found this channel, I wasn’t sure if there are other people like me doing day-long train trips with multiple transfers just for fun 😂. If you come to the West Coast for another crazy train trip, count me in!
Soon we’ll just need SLE & MBTA to extend to Westerly, and the entire route’ll be commuter rail doable! (With MARC & MN already trying to close service gaps!)
Bad news, Ned Lamont is proposing a 44% cut to SLE service and about 12% to the New Haven line. Ridership and costs. I trust Ned, so it must be a tough situation in the outer burbs for offpeak rail. Counterproductive but it’s the news.
@@kitchin2 I hate to add to the bad news, but coming from Boston (I'm a regular commuter on the Providence Line from it's namesake city) and MBTA hasn't seen the expected gains to justify extension beyond Wickford Junction, so they've tabled any ideas about extending to Westerly for the time being. It's a shame but it makes sense because Wickford Junction, which just opened 11 years ago, nor the also new-ish TF Green/Warwick Stations (2010) have not hit the ridership targets that the T had hoped for when they were more ambitious about extending into Rhode Island. A trip to Kingston or Westerly could one day be in the cards if ridership were to improve though and with the T's plans to electrify the entire Providence Line, that would have an immense benefit for future extension plans down the line.
On the bright side, Rhode Island did gain another station on the line with the opening of Pawtucket/Central Falls, which is how I discovered Miles' channel! From one transit nerd to another, thanks for being such a cool nerd. >:3
i love seeing providence mentioned
i love providence
I liked the video just for that sponsorship song. Excellent way of advertising, that's legitimately the first time I've watched a sponsorship ad all the way through. The video was great too don't get me wrong, I'm a train enthusiast in the midwest and it's crazy how expensive train tickets get here, it was really cool seeing how much cheaper train transport is on the east coast. Great video!
Thanks so much!!
Regarding Metro North tickets, I can at least tell you the little triangle with an "o" in it signifies that it's an off-peak ticket. If it was a peak ticket it would be flipped the other way and have a "p" in it. Don't know what the 1-7 mean though.
Ooh! Good to know!
LIRR and MetroNorth share the same ticket style - I had always thought 1-7 are fare zones, but the zones go all the way to 14; perhaps they use a additive double punch system?
@@macaddct1984 It's possible. MNR goes to 21, so 7 would be all you need, but at the same time, the zone is printed right there.
If all else fails you could always form a Devo tribute band.
This sleep-mask ad is fabulous!
22:49 Truer words have never been spoken
I am from Maryland and have passed the sign for North East Maryland many times while traveling north on I-95 in a car. Not once have I even thought of stopping. But the little quick shot you gave made me think it looks like a cute town and I’ve just done some research. It looks really great for a day trip so I’m going sometime this month - but I’ll be driving my own car.
A valid mode choice given Cecil's less-than-impressive performance
There really isn't a dividing line between DC and Baltimore since they're only 40ish miles apart. Its one big amalgamation.
The best sponcer song i ever heard
Thank you!!
so happy to see my state rhode island here, could name everything you saw in mystic and westerly, you missed the scenic west marine near the olde mystic village
The areas served by MARC have a decent population. However, service is so poor that no one rides it. People who live near MARC stations often drive to one of the northern terminals of the Washington Metro and take the Metro instead of taking MARC.
2:40 The bus used by Cecil is basically a glorified school bus. SMH
6:20 Dude, you went railfanning instead of spending the night with your girlfriend. Seriously?
I really liked your music video
SLE is very scenic. Unfortunately, service is infrequent. There’s a 4 hour gap between trains on weekend afternoons, which is ridiculous.
20:40 The ugliest building ever is Met Life Stadium.