Getting around by train New York (Manhattan)

Today it is New York's main railway station. It welcomes trains from or departing from most cities in the country. If you go to Long Island, that's where you'll start from since the Long Island Rail Road comes here. The same applies to New Jersey Transit and, above all, to the trains of Amtrak, the national railway company. It goes without saying that with all this, Penn Station is an important platform where many travellers pass through!

Grand Central is one of the oldest stations in the United States still in operation (built between 1903 and 1913), in the heart of Midtown. Mythical, it is worth a visit on its own and it floats an old-fashioned air not without charm. It was almost destroyed, however, and it took Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' full weight to guard and renovate this station. Today, it serves the northern suburbs (MetroNorth), northeastern New York State and Connecticut. During rush hour, there is incredible excitement!

New Jersey Transit is a network of buses and trains to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. If you are planning a getaway out of New York, you will probably use it. It serves the cities of Princeton, Atlantic City, Cape May and Ocean City in New Jersey, and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. Comfort is similar to that of suburban trains and Greyhound buses. It is also the New Jersey Transit that you will use to get to Newark Airport from Penn Station.

Connects New York to Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island. This line will take you to Citi Field (New York Mets Baseball Team Stadium) or Hamptons, Montauk and Jones Beach. The LIRR also serves JFK airport. The trip is more expensive than taking the subway from the airport, but the advantage is that you will arrive at Penn Station, in the heart of the city, without having to make any changes.

The train to take if you want to see the Yankees baseball team play and you don't live in Harlem or the Bronx. On match days, the wagons are full of fans, the atmosphere is good... especially when they leave the stadium when the Yankees won! Metro North makes several stops in Harlem and the Bronx, for example, you can use it if you go to the New York Botanical Garden. This suburban train will also allow you to reach many cities in Upstate New York.

From Montreal, if you take the Amtrak Adirondack line to New York, you will arrive at Penn Station. The train makes about 20 stops, almost all in New York State. The journey takes between 10 and 12 hours, depending on the time it takes to pass through customs at the border (American customs officers board the train to check the papers of all passengers). It's long but economical and the vineyard scenery of the Hudson Valley and the eastern Adirondack Mountains is pleasant.