5-589: [REDACTED] Look up thruway in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Thruway may refer to: Amtrak Thruway , an inter-city busing service operated by Amtrak Harbor Tunnel Thruway , a freeway in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland, United States New York State Thruway , a toll highway in New York, United States In its most generic sense, another term for controlled-access highway Topics referred to by
10-630: A service was launched in January 1973, to provide a connection between Amtrak's Inter-American in Laredo, Texas , and the Aztec Eagle train run by N de M from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico . The following year, Amtrak launched an agreement with Greyhound allowing for passengers to buy combined bus and rail tickets for connecting services run by the two companies. These services were the predecessors of Thruway Motorcoach. The first Amtrak bus service to bear
15-524: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Amtrak Thruway Amtrak Thruway is a system of through-ticketed transportation services to connect passengers with areas not served by Amtrak trains. In most cases these are dedicated motorcoach routes, but can also be non-dedicated intercity bus services , transit buses , vans, taxis , ferry boats and commuter rail trains. Train and Thruway tickets are typically purchased together from Amtrak for
20-526: The length of a passenger's journey and connections are timed for guaranteed transfers between the two services. In addition to providing connecting service to unserved areas, some Thruway services operate as redundant service along passenger rail corridors to add extra capacity. Amtrak operates the Thruway network to extend the reach of its train services, offering connections to destinations not directly served by Amtrak trains. The earliest incarnation of such
25-411: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Thruway . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thruway&oldid=1184080103 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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