Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Fri, 14 Jun 91 06:15:56 EDT From: Scott Horne Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: N.Y. Metro North Commuter Railroad Message-ID: Organization: Computer "Science" Dept, Yale University 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 455, Message 4 of 14 Lines: 19 In article , is written: > The New York MetroNorth commuter railroad has a toll-free number which > accepts input consisting of the first four letters of your > destination! I don't like it. Some sort of menu might be better. (Then again, there are twenty-seven stops between New Haven, CT, and Grand Central Station, inclusive ...) I once had some trouble getting information on trains from New Haven to Grand Central: the input `NEWH' (6394) was invalid. It turned out that `UNIO' (8646), for Union Station in New Haven, was expected. Scott Horne ...!{harvard,cmcl2,decvax}!yale!horne horne@cs.Yale.edu SnailMail: Box 7196 Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520 203 624-9263 Summer residence: 25 High St, Apt 32, New Haven, CT