The Ski Train is doing surprisingly well. Although, it says 2/3s of the customers have been for the Polar Express rides. I'm still guessing the numbers will drop significantly once the season picks up. Maybe it'll rock on pow days when no one wants to drive there.
Also, says different hours than I originally though. Leaves Saratoga at 7am, (get to NC around 9) and leaves NC at 6:20. Forcing People to hang out in Town. Good. And since the Tannery pub is still fucked... looks like they'll be at BarVino.
""That's how wildly successful it's been," Ellis said during a visit to the train station Thursday. "If anything, we were conservative in our business plan. The ridership has been more than expected."
Ellis had expected the train would see about 38,000 riders from its first run on July 23 through the end of 2011, he said. He expects the actual total to be nearly 60,000."
Read more:
http://poststar.com/news/local/new-rail-operator-thrilled-with-results/article_beca62ca-21e5-11e1-9631-001871e3ce6c.html#ixzz1g0dtkZat