Train from Newark to Manhattan
Dec 22nd, 2013, 07:00 AM
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It is all the reasons above:
For whatever reason they do not post the platform until 10 minutes before departure
You must guess which platform it may be beforehand and if you are wrong, you must head to the correct platform.
The trains are on a different level and the stairs and escalators are very narrow as are the platforms while the elevators are tiny.
The signs are horrible including no indication on the platform which is the right train and the smallest of signs which track is which. This includes a lack of station stops.
The new double decker trains do not have storage space above the seats for anything larger than a full paper bag.
All in all an awful experience.
For whatever reason they do not post the platform until 10 minutes before departure
You must guess which platform it may be beforehand and if you are wrong, you must head to the correct platform.
The trains are on a different level and the stairs and escalators are very narrow as are the platforms while the elevators are tiny.
The signs are horrible including no indication on the platform which is the right train and the smallest of signs which track is which. This includes a lack of station stops.
The new double decker trains do not have storage space above the seats for anything larger than a full paper bag.
All in all an awful experience.
Dec 22nd, 2013, 07:30 AM
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Speaking of luggage. The double deckers aren't too bad as you can sit where the bikes and handicapped passengers sit but if a single level train, luggage can be a problem. The OP is only going for a few days so I would think is not taking something bigger than 19in bag. I have gotten stuck standing in between cars (signs say don't stand there) more than once because there is no room in the cars. Luggage wasn't a problem at that point but I have seen other people struggle. Again might not be a problem and I was going in the opposite direction from NYC.
It all sounds bad but people do it every day and it does help to be prepared.
It all sounds bad but people do it every day and it does help to be prepared.
Dec 22nd, 2013, 08:04 AM
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In an otherwise mediocre movie called "Married to the mob" two hitmen kill someone on the Long Island Railroad, and as they leave the train one says to the other, "I can't beleive people do this every day."
Dec 22nd, 2013, 08:20 AM
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LOL I liked that movie but it really is true. It can be an intimidating experience at first but I'm so used to it now and have learned a few tips along the way.
My brother couldn't find the "air train" after he landed. He kept asking where it was as I guess he didn't see the signs. The airport employees kept pointing him to Air Tran not Air Train. I thought that was funny.
My brother couldn't find the "air train" after he landed. He kept asking where it was as I guess he didn't see the signs. The airport employees kept pointing him to Air Tran not Air Train. I thought that was funny.
Dec 22nd, 2013, 08:49 AM
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"The OP is only going for a few days so I would think is not taking something bigger than 19in bag."
This made me laugh! I am a recovering heavy packer. But I am getting better.
Thanks again for all the tips, they are very much appreciated.
This made me laugh! I am a recovering heavy packer. But I am getting better.
Thanks again for all the tips, they are very much appreciated.
Dec 23rd, 2013, 02:30 PM
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It is all the reasons above:
For whatever reason they do not post the platform until 10 minutes before departure
You must guess which platform it may be beforehand and if you are wrong, you must head to the correct platform.
The trains are on a different level and the stairs and escalators are very narrow as are the platforms while the elevators are tiny.
The signs are horrible including no indication on the platform which is the right train and the smallest of signs which track is which. This includes a lack of station stops.
The new double decker trains do not have storage space above the seats for anything larger than a full paper bag.
All in all an awful experience.
Yup, Penn Station is New York's equivalent of Miami International Airport or Paris' Charles De Gaulle - an immensely busy transport hub that is also a bloody hovel. Without question.
The NJ Transit trains are also old, cramped and poorly laid out (single-deckers). But getting from EWR to the city is easiest, quickest and best done by rail because the cabs are hideously expensive and the traffic sucks.
For whatever reason they do not post the platform until 10 minutes before departure
You must guess which platform it may be beforehand and if you are wrong, you must head to the correct platform.
The trains are on a different level and the stairs and escalators are very narrow as are the platforms while the elevators are tiny.
The signs are horrible including no indication on the platform which is the right train and the smallest of signs which track is which. This includes a lack of station stops.
The new double decker trains do not have storage space above the seats for anything larger than a full paper bag.
All in all an awful experience.
Yup, Penn Station is New York's equivalent of Miami International Airport or Paris' Charles De Gaulle - an immensely busy transport hub that is also a bloody hovel. Without question.
The NJ Transit trains are also old, cramped and poorly laid out (single-deckers). But getting from EWR to the city is easiest, quickest and best done by rail because the cabs are hideously expensive and the traffic sucks.
Dec 24th, 2013, 07:42 PM
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Air Trains are the best travel means as they are comfortable and cost effective as well. You can watch some beautiful scenes out side while traveling in the air train. There are many traveling from Newark to Manhattan. Every one can enjoy the rides of it.
Dec 25th, 2013, 05:25 AM
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The poster above is VERY confused and has obviously never been to NYC.
The Air Train is the transit loop AT the airport that goes from terminal to terminal and then to the nearest NJ Transit station. There you must get on a regular commuter train (nothing to do with Air Train and not modern or attractive but fairly old and worn) and take that into Manhattan.
As for scenery - there is none - you're either at the airport, riding through a very small highway/industrial area or in a tunnel. NO scenery whatsoever.
The poster above must be confused with some other airport/city.
The Air Train is the transit loop AT the airport that goes from terminal to terminal and then to the nearest NJ Transit station. There you must get on a regular commuter train (nothing to do with Air Train and not modern or attractive but fairly old and worn) and take that into Manhattan.
As for scenery - there is none - you're either at the airport, riding through a very small highway/industrial area or in a tunnel. NO scenery whatsoever.
The poster above must be confused with some other airport/city.
Dec 25th, 2013, 06:23 AM
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well, possibly the poster thinks looking at the stacks of shipping containers, or passing that big graffiti covered rock or maybe the grit of the inside of the tunnel are "beautiful scenes"?
But clearly the reference to Air Trains indicates the poster indeed does not know what he is talking about.
But clearly the reference to Air Trains indicates the poster indeed does not know what he is talking about.
Dec 25th, 2013, 06:26 PM
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I know the question was about train service, but there is very good bus service from Newark Airport to midtown Manhattan. I have taken it several times and it found it to be easy, quick and the cost is $28 round trip. It drops off/picks up on the curb in front of the Airport terminals, all easy to find. From Manhattan it drops off/picks up across from Grand Central Station, and along 42nd Street going west. http://www.coachusa.com/olympia/ss.newarkairport.asp
Dec 25th, 2013, 10:09 PM
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The poster in question posts gibberish on lots of threads - none are to be taken seriously. They are intended to make folks look at his profile and see his website. He is advertising w/o 'advertising'.
Dec 27th, 2013, 08:44 AM
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The benefit of the bus is not having to haul luggage all over hell and gone.
The potential detriment is that you can easily run into heavy traffic getting from EWR into the city - and I believe the bus only lanes are available only during rush hours - not middle of the day. So OK if not bad traffic - but if bad weather, accident or construction can take a very long time.
And which is better partly depends on the location of your hotel.
The potential detriment is that you can easily run into heavy traffic getting from EWR into the city - and I believe the bus only lanes are available only during rush hours - not middle of the day. So OK if not bad traffic - but if bad weather, accident or construction can take a very long time.
And which is better partly depends on the location of your hotel.
Dec 27th, 2013, 08:58 AM
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The poster in question posts gibberish on lots of threads - none are to be taken seriously. They are intended to make folks look at his profile
Yes, I was just won over by unreadable nonsense by a cab driver a continent away.
Yes, I was just won over by unreadable nonsense by a cab driver a continent away.
Dec 27th, 2013, 09:23 AM
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"The benefit of the bus is not having to haul luggage all over hell and gone."
You carry your luggage to the bus and you carry your luggage from the bus. Or you carry your luggage to the train and you carry your luggage from the train. At either end you must deal with your luggage regardless of the transport. One is easier than the other?
What am I missing here?
You carry your luggage to the bus and you carry your luggage from the bus. Or you carry your luggage to the train and you carry your luggage from the train. At either end you must deal with your luggage regardless of the transport. One is easier than the other?
What am I missing here?
Dec 28th, 2013, 04:26 AM
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With the train you are dealing with several transfers and trying to find escalators and/or elevators to haul luggage. The bus stops at street level in both airport and city - easier to deal with - esp if you are walking or taking a cab to the hotel at the end of the trip.
