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Third Annual Pokey Award Chart 7

MTA New York City Transit Bus Routes With Scheduled Afternoon Runs Slower Than Regular Afternoon Amtrak Service Between New York City and Philadelphia
(Regular Afternoon NYC-Philly Average Amtrak Run: Between 1:15 minutes - 1:25 minutes)*

# of Route	Operates Between	Begin Time	End Time	Total Time
Bx42	Throgs Neck-Morris Heights	3:28 p.m.	4:47 p.m.	1:19 minutes
B15	Bed-Stuy-JFK Airport	4:32 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	1:28 minutes
B63	Ft Hamilton-Cobble Hill	1:33 p.m.	2:58 p.m.	1:25 minutes
M1	Lower Manhattan-Harlem	12:04 p.m.	1:56 p.m.	1:52 minutes
M2 Ltd	E. Village-Washington Hts	3:07 p.m.	4:42 p.m.	1:35 minutes
M3	E. Village-Ft George	3:05 p.m.	4:59 p.m.	1:54 minutes
M4	Penn Station-Ft Tryon Pk	12:21 p.m.	2:12 p.m.	1:51 minutes
M5 Ltd	Washington Hts-Greenwich Village	2:00 p.m.	3:33 p.m.	1:33 minutes
M7	Union Sq-Harlem	1:05 p.m.	2:42 p.m.	1:37 minutes
M15	Lower Man-East Harlem	5:03 p.m.	6:34 p.m.	1:31 minutes
M15 Ltd	East Harlem-Lower Manhattan	5:09 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	1:21 minutes
M101 Ltd	Wash Hts-East Village	12:02 p.m.	1:51 p.m.	1:49 minutes
M102	East Village-Harlem	3:43 p.m.	5:19 p.m.	1:34 minutes
M103	City Hall-East Harlem	3:05 p.m.	4:40 p.m.	1:35 minutes
Q32	Jackson Heights-Penn Station	12:27 p.m.	1:52 p.m.	1:25 minutes
Q44 Ltd	Jamaica-Bronx Park South	2:38 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	1:22 minutes
Q54	Jamaica-W'burg Bridge Plaza	1:40 p.m.	2:56 p.m.	1:16 minutes
S74	Tottenville-St. George Ferry	12:40 p.m.	1:57 p.m.	1:17 minutes
S78	St. George Ferry-Tottenville	2:00 p.m.	3:16 p.m.	1:16 minutes
*Source: Current train schedules on www.amtrak.com and www.mta.info. Afternoon runs of New York City-Penn Station to Philadelphia-30th Street Station on Amtrak regular service (non-Acela, non-Metroliner) can take as little as one hour and fifteen minutes, with most scheduled times varying between one hour and twenty minutes to one hour and twenty-five minutes. "Ltd" = limited run with fewer stops than local buses.

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