But after hearing of the limited service NJ Transit is thinking about providing, some wonder whether many will want to bother taking a train to the plane. Just three trains are supposed to stop every hour in each direction from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays; just one per hour on weekends. Fares are pretty high, too. Though less than a cab, the fares include up to $7 in surcharges beyond what you normally pay for a one-way ticket.


"If the mission is to truly avoid congestion at that airport, then you've got to give people convenience and price to encourage that," said Len Resto, president of the NJ Association of Railroad Passengers. "You're not giving them that."


Janine Bauer, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign transit advocacy group, noted three trains an hour is even less than the bus service NJ Transit already runs between the airport and Newark Penn Station.


"You've got to beat the bus, and you've got to beat the cab," she said.


But unless things change, it's likely the bus will beat the train -- even in traffic.

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