Anyone Else Wondering What This Guy's Doing in Harlem?

Country gent with thick drawl: I need tickets for two seniors and two adults, please.
MTA booth worker: Okay, where you goin?
Country gent with thick drawl: My son's house.
MTA booth worker: What train station?
Country gent with thick drawl: I dunno, does "Hartford" sound about right?

--Harlem 125th Street Metro North Station