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Archive -- RIARP Spring Meeting
Date
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Location
Dinner Train 2 Alexander Road Portsmouth RI 02871
This location will serve as a meeting venue only. No food is involved, so make other arrangements prior to or following the meeting. The train will be stationary.
Directions (Driving): (Use the address '2 Alexander Road, Portsmouth' for GPS maps). From West Main Road (Rt.114) in Portsmouth, the entrance to the "Melville Marine District" (big sign) is directly across from the Dunkin' Donuts on West Main Road. Follow Stringham Road all the way to the bottom, cross the tracks, and bear right into the lot. There is ample parking.
For those who use public transit, it might be preferable to get a ride with someone who's driving. RIPTA's 60-bus does travel on West Main Road, but at half the schedule where there's a bus once an hour daytime, and at night that becomes a bus every two hours. Also, from the West Main Road / Stringham Road intersection, the distance to the Melville Depot is one mile.
Directions (Driving): (Use the address '2 Alexander Road, Portsmouth' for GPS maps). From West Main Road (Rt.114) in Portsmouth, the entrance to the "Melville Marine District" (big sign) is directly across from the Dunkin' Donuts on West Main Road. Follow Stringham Road all the way to the bottom, cross the tracks, and bear right into the lot. There is ample parking.
For those who use public transit, it might be preferable to get a ride with someone who's driving. RIPTA's 60-bus does travel on West Main Road, but at half the schedule where there's a bus once an hour daytime, and at night that becomes a bus every two hours. Also, from the West Main Road / Stringham Road intersection, the distance to the Melville Depot is one mile.
"Saving the Pennsylvanian (New York-Pittsburgh train) was a local effort but it was tremendously useful to have a national organization [NARP] to call upon for information and support. It was the combination of the local and national groups that made this happen."
Michael Alexander, NARP Council Member
April 6, 2013, at the Harrisburg PA membership meeting of NARP