<p>I’m from Long Island. For Thanksgiving and Spring Break, I took the UMD Bus from the Student Union to Port Authority, NYC home and back. It’s like $50 round trip - a great deal. You register for it a few weeks in advance and it runs for all the breaks. One time in October I needed to get home for the weekend and I took Amtrak to NYC. I took the Metro to Union Station where I got on Amtrak. That’s a more expensive option though. It cost me like $120 just one-way (my parents drove me back). Sometimes you can get it for about $48 one-way but that’s going to be a boarding time either really early or really late. </p>
<p>I’m not sure what other train you’re referring to is, since you listed Amtrak as an alternative.</p>