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Old Apr 30, 2010 | 8:35 am
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Originally Posted by mwg25
Sorry to keep beating my dead horse of the day, but I guess I hadn't looked at exactly how much it was going to hurt to take the NJT from Princeton Junction-EWR after tomorrow...

$16.25 EACH WAY. And parking is $5/day.

I know that the system costs a lot to keep running regularly and well, and I don't presume to know anything about NJ politics or the history thereof, but I would have thought that a public transit system should offer people some incentive to get OFF the roads, not force them back on them...
It is often cheaper to buy a ticket to the next station and the AirTrain pass in 2 transactions. NYP-EWR was $15. NYP-Elizabeth + AirTrain was $11. Similarly, on the return, EWR-NYP was $15 and EWR-NWK+on-board "step-up" fee was $11.
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