Newark Airport

Bolwerk wrote:
> What's the fastest way to get to Newark Airport via public transit? Does
> the PATH connect directly to the AirTrain anywhere?
>
> Thanks!

You do not say where you are orginating from.
The PATH trains connect to NJ Transit at Newark-Penn Station.
But you can get on NJ Tansit at NY-Penn Station.

You get the Airtrain at the Newark Airport Station one station south of
Newark-Penn Station. You have to have a special ticket to access the
gates at the Newark Airport Station

Take PATH to Newark Penn Station and connect to NJT bus #62.

psa188 wrote:
> Take PATH to Newark Penn Station and connect to NJT bus #62.



You are joking aren't you? The 62 makes every bus stop on Broad Street
then it stops at terms A, B, and C.

Allow at least 30-40 minutes after leaving Newark-Penn Station
to get to Newark Airport if you take the 62.

Good grief, pay the money and take the NJ Transit train to Airtrain.

Bolwerk wrote:
> pigsty1953m wrote:
> > Bolwerk wrote:
> >
> >>What's the fastest way to get to Newark Airport via public transit? Does
> >>the PATH connect directly to the AirTrain anywhere?
> >>
> >>Thanks!

PATH from WTC to Newark, NJT Northeast Corridor Line or North Jersey
Coast line one stop to Newark liberty International Airport station,
then the Airtrain to the airport terminal. A NJT ticket to the airport
station includes the use of the Airtrain. I think it was $6.80 whne I
last did it, in April. It's a pity PATH wasn't extended to the airport
station, to directly connect with the Airtrain.

It's a pity PATH wasn't extended to the airport
> station, to directly connect with the Airtrain.

I know this is OT for this thread but here goes.
Extending the PATH was and is not realistic. It would cost billions.

Given what already existed they did the most logical thing.

The long term plan already under construction is to extend the Newark
City Subway as light rail parallel to the NE corridor then behind the
Airport connecting with the existing Jersey Central Elizabethport
elevated railroad.

>From Elizabethport it would utilize the existing Jersey Central tracks
through Elizabeth to Union.

The NJ Transit website has more on this.

Take care,
Randy, Fanwood, NJ

Michael Finfer wrote:
>
> I did it once when I was stuck (and I wanted to do it once anyway).
>
> Let me tell you, it's a pain to have to change trains twice with luggage
> (once at Newark from the Raritan Line and once at the airport station),
> especially when the trains have no provision for the luggage you have to
> carry for a long trip. It's simply not worth the effort, and I would
> not do it on a regular basis.
>
> For those who are going to the airport from Newark and NY and who can do
> so, it's less expensive to buy an off peak round trip to Elizabeth and
> to pay for the monorail separately. From the Northeast Corridor and the
> Coast Line, the same applies; buy an off peak round trip to Newark and
> pay for the monorail separately. At least you can beat the rail fare
> surcharge that way.
>
> Michael Finfer
> Bridgewater, NJ
>

All the signs along the various RVL stations that lack vending machines
say to buy a ticket from a TVM upon arriving Newark, which is not
necessary. You can buy a North Elizabeth ticket on the train, and pay $5
when you get off. They also raised the $5 surcharge to $5.50 with the
fare increase, and from $7 to $9 for NYP passengers. They are merely
collecting a $5 fee for the Port Authority. Those transferring to
Airtrain at Jamaica or Howard Beach still pay $5. There is also no round
trip excursion fare to the airport. It is al unethical behavior by NJT
to do this, and with the state office of Inspector General
re-established, I intend to file a complaint about NJT about their
unethical pricing policies.

The CHEAPEST way from downtown to Newark Airport is the Robert Treat Hotel
Shuttle Van -- direct and free (you might have to look like you're a hotel
patron, but that's easy).

<g>.

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie

I'd have trouble keeping a straight face, but I once got a HoJo van to
take me from their downtown hotel to Amtrak depot 1.5 miles away In Salt
Lake City.

J.R.Guthrie wrote:
> The CHEAPEST way from downtown to Newark Airport is the Robert Treat Hotel
> Shuttle Van -- direct and free (you might have to look like you're a hotel
> patron, but that's easy).
>
> <g>.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
>
>