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Marrah_G

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28. Pretty much the same story here

Reply to sharp_stick (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 08:42 PM

Feb 2013

I took the train home.

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US orders Fung Wah to suspend bus service [View all] alp227 Feb 2013 OP

Those guys are a sight to see on the 95 corridor jberryhill Feb 2013 #1

They pro'lly think they are competing with the Delta Shuttle out of LGA srican69 Feb 2013 #5

Except they are faster jberryhill Feb 2013 #13

On Boston TV news last night Submariner Feb 2013 #15

I took Fung Wah once sharp_stick Feb 2013 #2

I love the Amtrak ... and in fact prefer the NE corridor over the Acela ... srican69 Feb 2013 #4

Pretty much the same story here Marrah_G Feb 2013 #28

I know these guys, they're out of Chinatown.. sir pball Feb 2013 #3

Their safety record reads like Napoleon's Russian campaign jberryhill Feb 2013 #11

I remember that year! Mopar151 Feb 2013 #23

The NYC wreck and more "Fun with Fung Wah" Mopar151 Feb 2013 #34

Cited for failure to speak English? Fearless Feb 2013 #6

That can be a condition of federal transportation licensing jberryhill Feb 2013 #9

Oh no, I don't want to think about the possibility of a Fung Wah airline! Fearless Feb 2013 #10

funny you should mention that.... jberryhill Feb 2013 #12

"In a strange twist of fate..." Fearless Feb 2013 #14

All operators of commercial vehicles in this country must be able to understand basic English. Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #16

It's a safety issue. Marrah_G Feb 2013 #29

Especially when (IIRC) Mopar151 Feb 2013 #35

"Fung Wah"? Really?? n/t TygrBright Feb 2013 #7

The dreaded Chinatown bus line. geek tragedy Feb 2013 #8

Fung Wah is a continual problem. GoBus rocks: $15-$25, NYC<-->Cambridge or NYC<-->Newton MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #17

The guy in the article . . . aggiesal Feb 2013 #18

Like the people who would fly on ValuJet Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #26

Am I wrong for thinking this is sorta funny? Arkana Feb 2013 #19

Fung Wah Using Charter Buses To Get Around Federal Shutdown Order Eugene Feb 2013 #20

Then at least the buses they're driving won't be shoddily-constructed POSes. Arkana Feb 2013 #21

Those buses were fine when they were new Mopar151 Feb 2013 #24

And then lose one of the pieces Fumesucker Feb 2013 #32

Sure fits one of the stories he told me! Mopar151 Feb 2013 #33

Outsourcing strikes again... Veri1138 Feb 2013 #22

They must be terrible, the Department of Transportation almost never shuts anyone down Sunlei Feb 2013 #25

Ahhh, the ten dollar death buses!!!!!! Marrah_G Feb 2013 #27

Ah Fung Wah Euphoria Feb 2013 #30

I used to ride the chinatown bus, Boston to NYC. It was dirt cheap to ride. limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #31