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Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds |
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Posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Oct 30 13:19:26 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 12:40:37 2014. Cause unlike you my family works very hard and we can afford it.??????? What does this have to do with me? Anyhow, I assume you meant to say that you LIVE in Lower Manhattan. Is that true? Well let's see. Getting to JFK by AirTrain costs $7.50 total and at least the AirTrain there is fast and I'm at the terminal in 10 minutes. Going to EWR I pay the PATH fare plus NJT plus AirTrain access which is obviously much more than the JFK option. If PATH goes to EWR I'll pay the base PATH fare plus AirTrain and it will all probably cost the same as a ride to JFK as long as the PATH fares are in line with NYCT. It will probably take less time too considering PATH right now takes just 20 minutes to get to Newark Penn from WTC and the A from Fulton to Howard Beach is a good 30-40 minute ride. It's just the POS AirTrain that would make it a very close call between EWR and JFK but I could still see EWR winning easy since the A sucks so much (not only is the ride long but you have to wait for a Far Rockaway train).From Lower Manhattan: If you're a business traveler and traffic isn't an issue, take a taxi/car service and expense it. If you're going on a family trip with luggage and several people then take a taxi/car service because it will be a lot easier, faster, and not much more expensive, if at all. If you're a single person going on a non-business trip, then I'd avoid, on principle, paying $5 to cross an imaginary line if at all possible. But ultimately it would come down to which airport offers me a better flight. |
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