New
York City Transportation / Train
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Grand
Central Terminal
At least 1,000 trains rumble in and out of this station each day,
including Metro-North trains (four commuter lines to Connecticut and
the New York suburbs). The enormous, vaulted main room, with its
sparkly ceiling of stellar constellations, is reason enough to go.
87 E. 42nd Street (42nd Street-Grand Central subway station),
Manhattan, New York City. Phone 212-532-4900. Toll-free
800-638-7646. http://www.grandcentralterminal.com.
Penn Station
In addition to lots of commuter traffic in and out of New Jersey and
Long Island, this terminal handles the longer, commercial train
routes to other major cities. Carriers operating from Penn Station
include Amtrak (toll-free 800-872-7245), New Jersey Transit (phone
973-762-5100 or toll-free within New Jersey 800-772-2222), the Long
Island Rail Road (LIRR, phone 718-217-5477) and New Jersey PATH
(toll-free 800-234-7284). 7th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets
(34th Street-Penn Station subway station), Manhattan, New York City.
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