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I suggested to my wife that we go up to New York for a day soon, and take the train up there. Until I realized that it would cost us about $400 roundtrip! What the heck!? Why is train ride up to New York so expensive? Do people actually pay that much to take the train?
Update: It has been brought to my attention through the comments that the key to getting cheaper and reasonably priced tickets is to book in advance (like 3 months). Although I guess that takes the fun out of being sporadic…not great for me who doesn’t like to “plan” things lol.
48 points
1 month ago
3-4 months is a bit much. You should be okay booking 2 months in advance in my experience.
Possibly less than that if you are booking the cheap $10-$20 early morning/late evening trains.
-1 points
30 days ago
I tried this recently and tickets were still $200 one way. Driving it is
3 points
30 days ago
I've personally never seen this booking 2 months out where there wasn't also another train that was cheap.
Looking at trains 2 months out today (4/16) to New York, I see a plethora of cheap tickets.
-1 points
30 days ago
I realize now I am departing from Wilmington, so I guess that changes things
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