NY - Penn Station Question

oldmom4896
Sun, 16 Apr 2017 22:19:43 +0000

Very late to this thread, but the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the subway, Long Island Rail Road and most of Metro North, has a really good website to plan a trip. Better for sure than Google Maps which is pretty good.

http://mta.info on a laptop, where the trip planner is on the right
http://m.mta.info on a phone, select Trip Planner.

One good thing about it is that it includes any kind of track work that affects the schedule.

I don’t have an ipad so I don’t know which works on that.

Also, every single subway station now has cell service and wifi. And even if you are on an express train going past local stations, it kicks in and out as you go by.

Also, any of you who come to NYC and are 65 or older or disabled, you can get a half-fare Metrocard. Mine fills itself from my bank account. You can purchase a 2-ride card (each of which includes a free transfer between buses or between subway and bus) by showing your ID to a token clerk (definitely a misnomer but I don’t know what to call them) in any subway station but it’s much easier to get a refillable card with your photo on it. The whole process takes less than an hour. The office is very close to the Bowling Green station on the 4/5 lines, and a short walk to any station that goes to the Staten Island Ferry, or the new Fulton St. station downtown. It’s half a block from the Museum of the American Indian which is part of the Smithsonian and FREE! You can also send in your own photos and have it mailed to you.