Swarthmore Parents

Colleges & Universities Swarthmore College
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<p>In terms of flights from PHL or JFK, it is clearly more convenient to arrive and depart from PHL. The college probably has shuttles available to PHL, and in any case a shared ride from a fellow student or even a taxi is quite feasible.</p>

<p>It is possible to get from Swarthmore to JFK by public transportation, but it is a multi stage journey. One possible route would be:

  1. Take SEPTA to 30th Street Station
  2. Take Amtrak from 30th Street Station Philadelphia to New York Penn Station
  3. Take the E train from Penn Station to Jamaica
  4. Take the Skytrain from Jamaica to JFK</p>

<p>Depending on the connection times, this trip will take about 3 hours and cost about $85 (with much of that being the Amtrak fare of $73 for advance purchase regional rail). If you are willing to take a local SEPTA train to Trenton and then NJ Transit NE Corridor from Trenton to NY Penn, you can save about $60 in the fare, at the cost of an additional 1hr plus in the travel time, plus one more connection and its attendant risk of missing the connection/delays etc.</p>

<p>There are also buses from Center City Philadelphia to New York which are cheaper than Amtrak.</p>