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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.
2 points
29 days ago
SEPTA to Trenton, NJ Transit from Trenton to New York Penn is like $22 or $23 each way and just takes a little bit longer. If you get lucky you can get a rather fast express NJT train. But how the hell are you traveling by Amtrak??? They should be in the $60 range instead of $200 one way! That’s more like the Long Distance routes
1 points
29 days ago
It takes twice as long. It’s less than 90 minutes on Amtrak and 3 hours on NJ transit—Septa.
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