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For those members of this board who have taken the LIRR, could you please tell me what attractions, or special points of interest(Non train related attractions, i.e. Beaches) that could be found at some stops along the way.
Posts: 547 | From: St. Louis, MO, USA | Registered: Nov 2002
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The LIRR runs *lots* of trains per day on many routes. If you're riding for pleasure, I'd recommend a trip to either Montauk or Greenport. These are the railroad endpoints on the South Fork and North Fork, respectively, of the island. It's 120 miles from NYP to Montauk -- farther than to Philadelphia. It is indeed a "long island".
If you go to Montauk, careful review of schedules should enable you to travel one way via the Babylon Branch and the other on the "main line" through Wyandanch.
Another possibility is to ride a Port Jefferson train to PJ, walk down the hill, take the ferry to Bridgeport, and return to NYC either on Amtrak or Metro-North.
It all depends on what kind of mood you're in...
And, no, there's really nothing much to see from LIRR except suburbs, until you get way out toward Montauk. Greenport is a nice little town, but other than that, the main thing to see is the railroad itself.
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Are there any beaches on any of the routes?
See my parents said that we'd be flying to NY and not taking the train. But to make up for not taking the train they told me we were going to take the LIRR, they have no idea what the hell it is!
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Maybe this link to the Long Island Railroad website will help. There's a great map, and they offer travel packages to six different Long Island beaches. http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/getaways/beachbrochure/ Posts: 103 | From: St. Louis, MO USA | Registered: Oct 2002
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What airport are you flying in to? There are no NY airports that are accessible by rail. The PANYNJ's Airtrain is not yet operational AFAIK; that is supposed to connect with the LIRR at Jamaica. If you wish to access the LIRR right out of the airport, your best bet is to use a bus or taxi.
The only beaches on the south shore of LI directly accessible by rail are Long Beach and further east in the Hamptons. If you wish to take the subway, there is also Rockaway Beach--the subway line serving that area is built over former Long Island RR right-of-way, for historical interest. Coney Island is also accessible by subway train.
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irishcheiftain, Newark Airport is now accessible via rail. You can take Amtrak or NJ Transit to the airport station, then a monorail to the airport terminals. Yes, EWR isn't *in* NY, but it is probably the easiest airport to get to from Manhattan. And yes, this doesn't help UncleBuck at all...but I thought I'd mention it anyway.
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Via a two-seat ride. Not to mention an exorbitantly high fare into NYP, plus infrequent connecting service on the NEC to/from the monorail. I myself have had to use it and have been stuck waiting for outbound trains.
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