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JHS
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:40:01 +0000

Travel between Bryn Mawr and NYC: There are three choices for getting to Philly – AMTRAK (60 min from Newark, 80 or so from Penn Sta., runs at least hourly), NJ Transit/SEPTA hookup through Trenton (2-1/2 hours from Penn Sta., less from Newark, 60-90 minutes apart), Chinatown bus (about 2+ hours, they leave pretty frequently when people travel). Amtrak is way more expensive and nicer than the other two, Chinatown bus is cheapest but least safe and least pleasant. Once in Philadelphia, from 30th St. Sta. or Center City (if you’ve taken the Chinatown bus) you take the R5 commuter train to Bryn Mawr – it’s about 25 minutes and runs every 20-30 minutes most of the day. (It’s the old Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railway, which is why the suburbs around Bryn Mawr are called the Main Line.) I don’t know whether you would go to Penn Station or switch to PATH in Lower Manhattan and go to Newark to hook up with the train lines. Door to door, it’s not a negligible trip, but you could do it in 4 hours for $20-$30 one way, and in under three if you were willing to pay for Amtrak.

Driving on a Sunday morning without traffic could take 90 minutes. If you caught a rush hour, it could take as long as the cheaper train.