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Getting There By Rail New York City’s rail services are primarily operated by Amtrak (tel: (800) 872 7245; website: www.amtrak.com). Amtrak’s reputation and levels of service continue to grow with the introduction of new trains and high speed services on the Eastern seaboard. Increasingly, these Eastern services are becoming a viable alternative to the airlines on the sorter routes, such as to Boston and Philadelphia. The city has two main stations. Grand Central Station, 42nd Street and Park Avenue, is the terminus for Metro-North Railroad (tel: (212) 532 4900; website: www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mnr) services to upstate New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Pennsylvania Station, 34th Street and Sixth Avenue, serves both Amtrak and the Long Island Railroad (tel: (718) 217 5477; website: www.mta.ncy.ny.us/lirr). Penn and Grand Central Station both have ATMs, bars, cafés, waiting rooms, shops and taxi ranks and are very well equipped. Grand Central Station, in aesthetic terms, is a model of station regeneration and undoubtedly the city’s most impressive transport hub. Rail travel tends to be expensive, although a number of rail passes are available to visitors from overseas. There is no central rail information number and all enquires should be directed to the relevant provider. Rail services: Amtrak (tel: (215) 349 2152 or (800) 872 7245; website: www.amtrak.com) offers services to Canada – towards Philadelphia (journey time – 1 hour 10 minutes) and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; to Atlanta, Georgia and New Orleans, Louisiana; and to Baltimore, Maryland, and Florida. There are frequent shuttles to Washington DC (journey time – 3 hours) and Boston, Massachusetts (journey time – under 4 hours). Transport to the city: Both stations are centrally located on Manhattan. |
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