Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Wed, 5 Jun 91 12:01:15 EDT From: Carl Moore (VLD/VMB) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: N.Y. Metro North Commuter Railroad Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 430, Message 7 of 12 Lines: 21 The New York MetroNorth commuter railroad has lines which run from Manhattan (New York City) into the northern suburbs. The New York MetroNorth commuter railroad has a toll-free number which accepts input consisting of the first four letters of your destination! I ended up using that system on Sunday, May 5 of this year. I had originally planned to go from Tarrytown to Grand Central Station, so I called 800-METRO-INFO (800-638-7646) and when asked for the station I was going from, I punched in TARR (8277). But then I planned to check into a hotel in Chappaqua, and on my way up the Saw Mill River Parkway enroute there, I saw a station I'd seen before, at Chappaqua, so I was able to call 800-METRO-INFO again and this time punch in CHAP (2427) and then go on the train from there. Note: PORT (7678) requires further prompted input to distinguish between Port Jervis and Port Chester. Also, the toll-free number worked from Maryland when I was making the original plan to go from Tarrytown.