In Sept 1940, one-way coach fares
Washington-NY $4.50
NY-Boston $4.60
Wash-Bos $10.00
Phila-NY $1.80
NY-Bos $4.60
Phila-Bos $7.30
Obvious question: unless you want to sleep thru NY, why buy a thru ticket? Did passengers do so?
It seems the 90-cent Hell Gate surcharge applied to any length of trip, so if you were traveling Stamford-Newark the thru fare would be almost double the total of Stamford-NY plus NY-Newark.
Washington-NY $4.50
NY-Boston $4.60
Wash-Bos $10.00
Phila-NY $1.80
NY-Bos $4.60
Phila-Bos $7.30
Obvious question: unless you want to sleep thru NY, why buy a thru ticket? Did passengers do so?
It seems the 90-cent Hell Gate surcharge applied to any length of trip, so if you were traveling Stamford-Newark the thru fare would be almost double the total of Stamford-NY plus NY-Newark.