AirTrain and E train to Penn StationorAirTrain and A train to Lower Manhattan?
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 A train to Lower Manhattan does not. Lower Manhattan and the Financial District, not Midtown: the A reaches 34th Street-Penn Station too, but slower than the E from Jamaica.
The AirTrain and E train to Penn Station is quicker: 50 min against 1 h.
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 A train to Lower Manhattan
Difference
1
US$11.75
US$11.75
same
2
US$23.50
US$23.50
same
3
US$35.25
US$35.25
same
4
US$47
US$47
same
5
US$58.75
US$58.75
same
6
US$70.50
US$70.50
same
7
US$82.25
US$82.25
same
8
US$94
US$94
same
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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