<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Factotum:
The only legitimate issue with the transfer is the narrow set of stairs leading to and from the LIRR platforms at Jamaica. (Those in the habit of traveling with more than they can carry have a legitimate beef.) Sure, it's not as nice as AMS where you can take an escalator from the arrivals hall to an NS train bound for anywhere in Holland, but it's a lot better than anything that was there before.
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I was changing trains at Jamaica Station last week, and had a few minutes to explore the Airtrain connection. At the eastern end of every LIRR platform there is an elevator that will take you from the LIRR platform to the overpass that connects to Airtrain. No schlepping up or down stairs, narrow or otherwise. And the elevator was actually working on the day I was there.
