Originally Posted by
steveholt
I will say that I've dealt with broken-down SkyTrains at JFK (and witnessed violent behavior) before and haven't had those issues at EWR, so my experience may be different. It is true that the E line is an alternative, but that's 75 minutes through Queens.
Well anyone can look at the NJT schedule between EWR and Penn (which I believe someone else has already posted upthread) — the long gaps between trains are in the schedule and not really based on any one person's experience, and fact of the matter is if you arrive at the wrong time you'll be looking at a long wait on the platform.
Also the E isn't that slow — looking on Google Maps it's 31 minutes and 7 stops from Sutphin Blvd to Lex/53, but let's round that up to 75...