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Old Jan 23, 2023 | 8:30 pm
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Originally Posted by WeekendTraveler
Now that the Long Island Rail Road will be serving Grand Central soon, a quick Grand Central (or Penn Station) trip to Jamaica on the LIRR, followed by the AirTrain to the terminal, is both cheaper and faster than a taxi. I can see doing a taxi if you have a lot of luggage; otherwise, mass transit is my preference.
The LIRR doesn’t have enough train cars available so the service initially is going to be restricted — once an hour during the AM/PM rush & 2x/hour between the rush & weekend hours between 7am -10pm with one of those trains running “express“ with one stop at Woodside.

https://new.mta.info/article/introdu...direct-service
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