Mass Transit In New York City

• Amtrak provides long-distance commuter rail connections via Pennsylvania Station and the Northeast Corridor to Boston, New England, Upstate New York, Washington, DC and the Midwest. For trips of less than 500 miles, Amtrak is often cheaper and easier than air travel, though not always as fast.

• New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) provides extensive commuter rail service from many parts of Northern and Central New Jersey to Hoboken Terminal in New Jersey and Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan. Here is a breakdown of the New Jersey Transit network.

• New Jersey Transit also provides an extensive network of bus routes radiating in and out of the Port Authority Bus Terminal.

• The Northeast Corridor Line provides electric rail service between Pennsylvania Station and Trenton. At Trenton, riders can connect to SEPTA and Amtrak.

• The North Jersey Coast Line provides electric rail service between Pennsylvania Station and Long Branch. Diesel service is provided between Long Branch and Bay Head or Hoboken and Bay Head.

• The Raritan Valley Line provides diesel rail service between Raritan and Newark Penn Station.

• The Pascack Valley Line provides diesel rail service between Spring Valley, NY and Hoboken Terminal.

• The Bergen, Main and Port Jervis Lines provides diesel rail service between Port Jervis, NY and Hoboken. NJ Transit has a partnership with Metro North Railroad in which they provide the facilities necessary for stations within the state of New York.

• The Montclair-Boonton Line provides electric rail service between Hacketsttown and Hoboken or Pennsylvania Station. Trains designated MidTOWN DIRECT are the ones that will terminate at Pennsylvania Station.

• The Morris and Essex Lines provide electric rail service between Hackettstown and Hoboken or Pennsylvania Station and also between Gladstone and Hoboken or Pennsylvania Station. Trains designated MidTOWN DIRECT are the ones that will terminate at Pennsylvania Station.

• The Secaucus Junction station allows passengers on the Port Jervis, Pascack Valley, Bergen and Main Lines to make a swift connection on selective Pennsylvania Station bound trains for an easier commute into New York City.

• At Pennsylvania Station in New York, connections are available to Amtrak, the Long Island Railroad, and the New York City Subway system.

• At New Jersey Transit's Hoboken Terminal, transfers can be made to PATH trains between Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, and Midtown Manhattan; to Manhattan-bound ferry service; and to NJ Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail System. At Newark Penn Station, connections to Amtrak, PATH and NJ Transit's Newark City Subway are available. PATH can be used to connect with NJ TRANSIT's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.

• A person traveling on selective New Jersey Transit Northeast Corridor Line or North Jersey Coast Line, and Amtrak trains can access Newark Liberty International Airport by getting off at the Newark Liberty International Airport Rail Station. From here, the AirTrain monorail links the station with the airport's terminals and parking garages. It is a 20 minute ride from Pennsylvania Station and the first airport in the New York Metropolitan Area to have such a station/link on a mainline railway.

• The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a New York State public benefit corporation tasked with providing mass transit in the New York City metropolitan area through its various subsidiary agencies.

• MTA Metro-North Railroad provides commuter service from The Bronx, Westchester County and southern Connecticut into Grand Central Terminal. Three main lines terminate in Poughkeepsie, Wassaic, and New Haven. The lattermost line has connecting branches to New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury in Connecticut. In partnership with New Jersey Transit, it also provides commuter services into Hoboken, New Jersey from Port Jervis and Spring Valley.

• MTA Long Island Rail Road provides extensive commuter service to most of Long Island, with destinations in Queens, Nassau and Suffolk via two trunk lines and six subsidiary branches.

• MTA New York City Transit provides extensive fixed-fare subway and bus service throughout the five boroughs of New York City. The subway system is one of the largest in the world, with over 720 miles of track and more than 400 stations. The Staten Island Railway, part of this system, provides north-south commuter service the entire length of Staten Island.

• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey provides PATH trains connecting Manhattan to New Jersey, as well as AirTrain service to two major airports. The Port Authority also owns and operates the three major airports in the New York City area (see below.) Regional bus service to New Jersey, upstate New York, Canada and the midwest travels from the Port Authority Bus Terminal near Times Square and the smaller George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal.

• Other transit in the city includes:

• The Roosevelt Island Tramway, an overhead connection to Roosevelt Island.

• The Staten Island Ferry, a free city-run ferry connecting the Staten Island Railway's Staten Island terminal to South Ferry in Manhattan.

• AirTrain, a connection from the Subway and to JFK Airport.

External link

• NYC-area transit map

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