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115 Graham Rd

Ithaca, NY 14850

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Swarthout Coaches Inc. located in Ithaca, NY operates a fleet of twelve (12) Coach Buses that provide tours and charter service for the central New York area. Call or email us today to get a quote for your next trip. Swarthout Coaches, Inc. began its life as Swarthout & Ferris. In 1950 a partnership between Robert Swarthout and Spencer Ferris started. First as a Texaco gas station, then school bus service in the Fall Creek area of Ithaca, NY. Swarthout & Ferris remained in the Fall Creek area, providing school bus service, limited charter service, and a full service Texaco gas station until 1960. …

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My family and I have traveled with Swarthout for a number of years, especially including the last couple of years when my mother and I have gone down to NYC to celebrate various events. The fact that there's a NYC trip pretty consistently available is definitely a highlight of traveling with Swarthout. I think they're raising the cost of the NYC trip (from $62 per person to $64 per person), but it's very minimal - and the ticket is still very much worth the cost. Generally, the experience is very organized. The driver I think we've had for every (or almost) trip down to NYC, Chuck, is fantastic and knows exactly how to maneuver the bus through heavy NYC traffic. Drop off and pick up is also well organized. While I haven't experienced any of the other tours that Swarthout offers in quite some time, I am hoping they continue to plan for at least one Yankee game trip during the 2016 trip schedule. I won't hesitate to buy tickets for that trip if/when they offer it next. While Swarthout is pretty organized about their communications, I have noticed that people who are new to traveling with Swarthout can be confused about the bus seat numbers - even though most are clearly marked. The last trip I was on, a family got on board the bus at the first pick-up spot and looked for their seat numbers before the husband gave up and told his wife and kid to just sit down in a couple seats. They were the wrong seats, unfortunately, and when people got on the bus later in the pick-up schedule, they couldn't find their seat numbers because this family had already sit in them - also covering the seats numbers that are usually on the window space. Perhaps this is something that has been addressed recently (my last trip was in May 2015), but, if not, this is something I would advise Swarthout look into - enhancing visibility of the seat numbers (or, alternatively, get rid of them entirely). TL;DR Love these tours. Will be joining Swarthout again 2016. Seating seems to be somewhat confusing for some, though the trips are otherwise very organized - and fairly intuitive in terms of joining them, etc.

Swarthout Bus Company is extremely professional and reasonable. We hired the company for our wedding and they were responsive and easy to work with, as we decided our final schedule. Their buses are very clean and our guests were pleased!

I recently worked with Swarthout to provide bus transportation for wedding guests in the Finger Lakes. The entire Swarthout team was great! We had lots of last minute changes and some particular requests - all were well-handled. The bus driver was on time and friendly. I also like that the company is local and family owned. Highly recommended!

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Swarthout Coaches is headquartered in Ithaca, NY and we recently celebrated our 70th Anniversary! We are extremely proud of our history of service to the residents of the Southern Tier and Central New York communities and are actively looking to strengthen our support to our customers as we plan for the next 70 years of service.

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From Route 13, please exit at Triphammer Road heading north. Head (approx.) 0.5 miles until you get to Graham Road. Turn right and head (approx.) 0.5 miles...we will be on the left after the bend.

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Swarthout Bus Company is extremely professional and reasonable. We hired the company for our wedding and they were responsive and easy to work with, as we decided our final schedule. Their buses... More

My family and I have traveled with Swarthout for a number of years, especially including the last couple of years when my mother and I have gone down to NYC to celebrate various events. The fact... More

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We rented an AirBNB for a bachelorette party weekend. I spoke with John and Mark over the phone who could not have been kinder and more accommodating. The price was reasonable and the were super flexible with timing, locations, and stops. The temperature in the car on a hot 90 degree day was great! Our only complaint was wishing they had a. Enter sound system to dance to! Mark drove us around and didn’t care how loud we blasted the music, especially considering the main speaker was up at the front. We also added an extra stop at the end and Mark didn’t even bat an eye. I can’t wait to go back and call to book another day out at the wineries. We literally didn’t have to worry about a thing!

Date of experience : June 10, 2021

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• Started in 1950 by Robert Swarthout and Spencer Ferris with the name Swarthout & Ferris Bus Service.
• In 1987, Spencer Ferris retired and sold his share of the bus company to the current owner, Rob Swarthout.

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• Address: 115 Graham Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850
• Fax: 607-257-0218
• Phone: 607-257-2660 or 1-800-772-7267

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• ↑ Swarthout adds luxury touches to new MCI® D4505 , mcicoach.com, retrieved 2010-08-09
• ↑ Prevost delivers coaches from coast to coast , mcicoach.com, retrieved 2011-10-02
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Moscow Metro

Introduction of moscow subway system (metro).

Nowadays the Moscow Metro has 12 lines, light subway and monorail. All stations are unique and beautiful in their own way. Unfortunately, in order to visit them all, you need to spend many days. I invite guests to visit the ones that have the greatest cultural and historical interest from my point of view. Among them are the Revolution Square, Arbatskaya, Kievskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line № 3); Kievskaya, Belarusskaya, Novoslobodskaya, Komsomolskaya (the Ring line number 5). Let us dwell a bit on each.

Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line

Subway station "revolution square".

Most recently - in the year 2008-2010 – the Eastern lobby was renovated. Because of the terrorist attacks in the Moscow subway that took place several hours before the planned opening of the East lobby after renovation, the solemn part of the event was canceled.

Subway station Arbatskaya

Subway Arbatskaya is located on the same subway line as the station "Revolution Square." It was founded in 1953. It received the name in honor of the Arbat Street. It has one ground lobby (Western). Initially, the lobby was in a separate building, but the new building of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense started, the lobby appeared to be in its atrium. The old exits were bricked up; a new entrance was built into the building of General Staff of the street Vozdvizhenka. There is a huge frame with a missing portrait in the ground lobby - until mid-1950 there was a portrait of Stalin. According to some reports, it survived, but closed with plaster.

The lobby was restored and partially reconstructed in 2007-2008.

The depth of the station is 41 meters.

Pylons are finished with red marble at the bottom, decorated with bouquets of flowers made from ceramics. The floor is laid out with gray granite. The walls lined with glazed ceramic tiles, white top and black bottom. The station hall is illuminated by massive bronze chandeliers in the form of rings.

Subway station Kievskaya

There are several subway stations "Kievskaya" in Moscow, located on different branches. This name is quite popular. It comes from the capital of Ukraine - one of Russia's nearest neighbors - the city of Kiev. The name is fully consistent with the idea of the subway station. The interior the station devoted to Soviet Ukraine and the reunification of Ukraine and Russia. The station is decorated with a large number of paintings .Twenty four murals depicting workers of Soviet Ukraine are placed on the arch above the pylons. The wall from the side of platform also contains frescos, mainly with images of fantastic plants. Pylons are decorated with light marble and additionally decorated with colorful ceramic cornice. The butt of the station has a large mosaic, depicting festivities to celebrate the 300 anniversary of the reunification of Ukraine and Russia.

Opened in 1953, this subway station for a long time was the final (1953-2003).

The station has one lobby, combined with the station ring line and located in the building of the Kievskaya railway station. The diameter of the central hall station is 9.5 m, the diameter of side one is 8.5 m. The depth of the station is 38 meters.

= Ring Line Subway =

It opened in 1954. The station received its name after the Kiev station, and locked the Ring line. During the construction of the station many projects were proposed, but the victory in the competition won the Kiev architects who made the construction of the station. It is the only station of the Ring Line which is not located in the Central Administrative District of Moscow.

The station has a pylon structure. Eighteen pylons are decorated with mosaic panels of glazes, decorated on the theme of Ukrainian history and friendship between the Ukrainian and Russian peoples, which started in the mid-17 century.

On the front wall of the central hall of the station a large panel with molding in the form of flags and a mosaic portrait of Lenin in the center are located. There are lines of the Soviet national anthem around the portrait, and under the portrait - the words of Lenin. One of the ways out of the station was designed by French architects modeled on the Paris Subway in 2006.

At one of the mosaics – “The Struggle for Soviet power in Ukraine "- modern passengers observe a mobile phone and PDA in the hand of one of the guerrillas, and on his knees - a laptop. In fact, he uses a field telephone, which was really a heavy thing (guerrillas holds it in two hands), and thing that people see a laptop is the lid of a box with a telephone. However, these phones have begun to produce only in the second half of the 20-ies of XX century. We must assume that the mosaic depicts a foreign field telephone transmitter.

Subway station Belorusskaya

The founded of the station was in 1952. It received the name after the Belarusian railway station nearby. The station has two ground-based lobbies. The Western one goes to Tverskaya  Zastava. It is decorated with beautiful carvings. The Eastern one leads to Butyrskiy shaft and Forest Street. The Eastern lobby is known for its majolica panels.

The station Belorusskaya is located at a depth of 42.5 m below ground. The diameter of the central hall is 9.5 meters.

Pylons are faced with light marble. The walls lined with white ceramic tiles, the floor is covered with ceramic tiles, gray, white and red colors. Lamps placed on pylons, in the form of vases made of glass and marble. The theme of decoration is economy and culture of Belarus. Decorative pattern on the floor repeats the theme of traditional Belarusian embroidery. Decorations of the ceiling consist of stucco decorations and 12 mosaic panels depicting the life of the Belarusian people.

Subway station Novoslobodskaya

Built in 1952, Subway station Novoslobodskaya got its name from the eponymous street:  the station is located at the very beginning of it.

Novoslobodskaya is pylon station of deep foundation (its depth is 40 m) with three arches.

Exit to the street is through the ground lobby with column portico, located on Novoslobodskaya Street lined with gray marble. Pylons of the underground station are faced with marble from the Urals. Thirty two spectacularly illuminated stained-glasses, placed inside the pylon and bordered by steel and gilt brass are splendid decoration of the station. A remarkable mosaic "World Peace" is located at the end of the central hall. The picture depicts a happy mother with a baby in her arms; it was the face of Stalin at the picture: the child gave a hand to him. But in times of Khrushchev the face of the former leader of USSR was removed from the panel. The walls are lined with bright marble; floor is covered with white and black granite slabs, placed in a checkerboard pattern.

Subway station Komsomolskaya

The station was built in 1952 and named in honor of the Komsomolskaya Square, which is situated nearby.

This subway station is the station of the deep bedding. Its depth is 37 meters. The station has column and three- arched design. Cast iron decoration is used in the construction, monolithic slab used as a tray for a collapsible finishing. The length of the boarding hall is 190 meters; width of it is 10 meters. There are 68 octagonal columns at station.

The main theme of the interior of the station is the fighting of the Russian people for their independence. The ceiling is decorated with eight station mosaic mural made from glazes and precious stones. Six of them represent the Alexander Nevsky, Dmitry Donskoy, Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky, Alexander Suvorov and Mikhail Kutuzov, the Soviet soldiers and officers at the walls of the Reichstag.

 Two other panels, depicting Stalin ("Victory Parade" and "Presentation of the Guards Banner"), were replaced after the dethronement of Stalin's personality cult in 1963. New panels depict Lenin's speech in front of the Red Guards and the Motherland on the background of the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower.

The yellow ceiling is decorated with mosaic and moldings. The hall is illuminated by massive chandeliers hanging between the panels; platforms are illuminated with smaller chandeliers. The columns are decorated with marble capitals and trimmed with light marble, as well as the wall station. The floor is laid with pink granite. There is a bust of Lenin at the end of the hall. At the opposite end of the escalator is a large Florentine mosaic of the Order of Victory with red banners on the background. The ground lobby of the station is decorated with bas-reliefs.

In conclusion...

Each of the stations of the Moscow subway is attractive and interesting in its own way. Each has its own long and fascinating history and is beautifully decorated. The Moscow subway is a whole world, which can be talking about for hours. I suggest you short - no more than one hour and a half - and a fascinating journey through the world of the Moscow subway. The pleasure is guaranteed!

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• The Best Redesign of Moscow Metropolitan Map 2013 Russia's leading internet and graphic design agency has won an online vote for the best redesign of the Moscow Metro map. Art. Lebedev Studio is a design company in Russia, founded in 1995 by Artemy Lebedev. They redrew the Moscow Metro map for a second time in three years, with even cleaner graphics and a raft of new details and won more than 50% of the online vote.

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Will it be easy to find my way in the Moscow Metro? It is a question many visitors ask themselves before hitting the streets of the Russian capital. As metro is the main means of transport in Moscow – fast, reliable and safe – having some skills in using it will help make your visit more successful and smooth. On top of this, it is the most beautiful metro in the world !

. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

RATES AND TICKETS

Paper ticket A fee is fixed and does not depend on how far you go. There are tickets for a number of trips: 1, 2 or 60 trips; or for a number of days: 1, 3 days or a month. Your trips are recorded on a paper ticket. Ifyou buy a ticket for several trips you can share it with your traveling partner passing it from one to the other at the turnstile.

On every station there is cashier and machines (you can switch it to English). Cards and cash are accepted. 1 trip - 55 RUB 2 trips - 110 RUB

Tickets for 60 trips and day passes are available only at the cashier's.

60 rides - 1900 RUB

1 day - 230 RUB 3 days - 438 RUB 30 days - 2170 RUB.

The cheapest way to travel is buying Troyka card . It is a plastic card you can top up for any amount at the machine or at the ticket office. With it every trip costs 38 RUB in the metro and 21 RUB in a bus. You can get the card in any ticket office. Be prepared to leave a deposit of 50 RUB. You can get it back returning the card to the cashier.

SamsungPay, ApplePay and PayPass cards.

One turnstile at every station accept PayPass and payments with phones. It has a sticker with the logos and located next to the security's cabin.

GETTING ORIENTED

At the platfrom you will see one of these signs.

It indicates the line you are at now (line 6), shows the direction train run and the final stations. Numbers below there are of those lines you can change from this line.

In trains, stations are announced in Russian and English. In newer trains there are also visual indication of there you are on the line.

To change lines look for these signs. This one shows the way to line 2.

There are also signs on the platfrom. They will help you to havigate yourself. (To the lines 3 and 5 in this case).