Long Island Rail Road - a painful experience
I love traveling into New York City to meet friends, go out for dinner, visit museums and especially to go to concerts or to see New York theater. It is insane to drive into Manhattan what with the cost of gasoline, tunnel and bridge tolls and the exorbitant parking fees. The train and Subway is the only sane solution. But I am sick of the Long Island Railroad. The rail cars are filthy. Sticky floors, littered and sticky seats. Are the cars ever cleaned? If there are rules about bringing drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) or food onboard the train those rules are not enforced. If there are rules about litter and noise - those rules are also not enforced. The 1-hour 15-minute commute from Ronkonkoma to Pennsylvania Station is a horrible experience. The view from the dirty railcar windows is one of 50 miles of litter strewn along the tracks. Why don't they clean their own tracks? The Ronkonkoma line, ...