{"id":4771,"date":"2014-09-15T16:29:59","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T16:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/?p=4771"},"modified":"2014-09-15T16:29:59","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T16:29:59","slug":"are-trains-faster-today-than-they-were-100-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2014\/09\/15\/are-trains-faster-today-than-they-were-100-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Are trains faster today than they were 100 years ago?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2014\/09\/NYNHHRR_TIMETABLE_1914_SEPTEMBER_COVER.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2014\/09\/NYNHHRR_TIMETABLE_1914_SEPTEMBER_COVER-157x300.jpg\" alt=\"New York, New Haven &amp; Hartford Railroad timetable, September 1914\" width=\"157\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2014\/09\/NYNHHRR_TIMETABLE_1914_SEPTEMBER_COVER-157x300.jpg 157w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2014\/09\/NYNHHRR_TIMETABLE_1914_SEPTEMBER_COVER.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Was\u00a0train travel\u00a0from New Haven, Connecticut, to New York City faster 100 years ago than it is\u00a0today? \u00a0Here are two pages from the public timetable of the New York, New Haven &amp; Hartford Railroad from September 1914:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2014\/09\/NYNHHRR_timetable_1914_september_nh_to_ny_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4769\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2014\/09\/NYNHHRR_timetable_1914_september_nh_to_ny_1-283x300.jpg\" alt=\"New Haven, Connecticut, to New York stops on the New York, New Haven &amp; Hartford Railroad, September 2014\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2014\/09\/NYNHHRR_timetable_1914_september_nh_to_ny_1-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2014\/09\/NYNHHRR_timetable_1914_september_nh_to_ny_1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2014\/09\/NYNHHRR_TIMETABLE_1914_SEPTEMBER_NH_TO_NY_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4770\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2014\/09\/NYNHHRR_TIMETABLE_1914_SEPTEMBER_NH_TO_NY_2-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"New Haven, Connecticut, to New York stops on the New York, New Haven &amp; Hartford Railroad, September 2014\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2014\/09\/NYNHHRR_TIMETABLE_1914_SEPTEMBER_NH_TO_NY_2-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2014\/09\/NYNHHRR_TIMETABLE_1914_SEPTEMBER_NH_TO_NY_2.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a>If someone took the &#8220;Banker&#8217;s Express&#8221; from New Haven at 8:00a.m. he (and in that day and age it was always a &#8220;he&#8221;) would get to New York City at 9:44a.m.<\/p>\n<p>How does that compare to today?<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was\u00a0train travel\u00a0from New Haven, Connecticut, to New York City faster 100 years ago than it is\u00a0today? 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