Re: (erielack) Scranton, was: Railroads "That Should Never..." A&GW

[bob gillis <robertgillis_@_verizon.net>]

This thread has gotten OT.

In summary Lakeland is a private bus company and ansd NJT has not taken 
it over.

Philip Martin wrote to me.:

>I don't know if you are a Transit employee or not, and it's probably more
>than a year since I've ridden Lakeland; but the way it was, I'd show them my
>pass, and they'd put my name on a sheet they were supposed to keep, to keep
>them honest; and that was it.  That law suit was some years back.  Do you
>know the outcome?
>

AFAIK, the lawsuit is still open in the courts.

 I am a senior and I get half price tickets on NJTtrains and buses, 
whether private or NJT.  the private bus lines turn in the blue senior 
coupons and get the difference back from the state.

I am not an NJT emplyee and have no pass.


and he replied to this that I wrote:

 Philip Martin wrote:

> Charles Walsh mentions Martz' worst nightmare.  When the Morristown Line
> started running into New York, it was Lakeland Bus's worst nightmare.  NJ
> Transit wound up taking over ownership of their bus lines, which they 
> still
> operate.
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> AFAIK, Lakeland is still owned and run by the same company that has 
> run it.  It is not run by NJT.  Tickets are sold at the NJT booth at 
> the PANYNJBT.
>
> Lakeland has sued NJT over the Midtown direct service and the lost 
> revenue Lakeland has had since.


> I still have to give the driver a blue senior citizen coupon  to buy a 
> ticket on the bus. 






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