AirTrain and E train to Penn StationorAirTrain and LIRR to Grand Central?
The short answer
These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The AirTrain and E train to Penn Station reaches Midtown Manhattan at Penn Station; the AirTrain and LIRR to Grand Central does not. Grand Central, on the east side of Midtown, not Penn Station: the one to take if you are staying near Grand Central or on the East Side.
The AirTrain and LIRR to Grand Central is quicker: 30 min against 50 min.
AirTrain and E train to Penn Station: hours not recorded. AirTrain and LIRR to Grand Central: 05:10–01:13.
Priced against each other
Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in USD. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
Travelers
AirTrain and E train to Penn Station
AirTrain and LIRR to Grand Central
Difference
1
US$11.75
US$14
US$2.25
2
US$23.50
US$28
US$4.50
3
US$35.25
US$42
US$6.75
4
US$47
US$56
US$9
5
US$58.75
US$70
US$11.25
6
US$70.50
US$84
US$13.50
7
US$82.25
US$98
US$15.75
8
US$94
US$112
US$18
Side by side
Where each one leaves you
AirTrain→E · Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (AirTrain); MTA New York City TransitAirTrain and E train to Penn Station
From
The AirTrain station at your terminal, trains to Jamaica
To
34th Street-Penn Station on Eighth Avenue, in Midtown; the E runs on to the World Trade Center
Journey
50 min
At Jamaica, leave the AirTrain and go down to Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport for a Manhattan-bound E.
Late at night the E runs local and takes about 10 minutes longer.
Subway cars have no luggage racks and can be crowded at rush hour.
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