Mon 29 Jun 2009
The Larchmont-to-Giants Stadium Train
Posted by TJ under Larchmont, Metro North, Rye
Come fall, Metro-North will experiment with a train that goes from Westchester to Giants Stadium in time for Jets and Giants games.
Metro-North and New Jersey Transit are calling it “direct service,” according to Journal News, but boy, is it a circuitous route. The football trains stop in Rye and Larchmont, then venture through the Bronx, down the Hell Gate Bridge into Queens, and west into Penn Station. From there, NJ Transit takes over, guiding the trains to Secaucus, where another train provides a 10-minute hop to Giants Stadium.
The round-trip looks to be about $22.25.
Metro-North will try the football trains for the handful of 1 p.m. Jets and Giants home kickoffs. The railroad calls it a “huge experiment.” It doesn’t say how long the trip will take, but hopefully it’ll be less than the 1 hour, 45 minute drive we experienced from Hawthorne to Citi Field Friday night, all of 24 miles away.
[image: NY Daily News]