Getting to Columbia - Revision history

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 === JFK Airport ===
-* [http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk-airtrain.html AirTrain JFK] - take this to Jamaica station. Will cost '''$7.25''' total.
+* [http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk-airtrain.html AirTrain JFK] - take this to Jamaica station. Will cost '''$7.25''' total ($5 for AirTrain, $2.50 for Subway).
 ** Ride the E to 42nd St–Port Authority. Follow the signs to the 1 at 42nd St–Times Square and take the uptown 1 to Columbia.
 ** Another option is to take the E to 7Av/53rd St, transfer to an uptown B or D train, and then transfer to the 1 at Columbus Circle

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 === JFK Airport ===
-* [http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk-airtrain.html AirTrain JFK] - take this to Jamaica station and ride the E to 42nd St–Port Authority. Follow the signs to the 1 at 42nd St–Times Square and take the uptown 1 to Columbia. Will cost '''$7.25''' total.
+* [http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk-airtrain.html AirTrain JFK] - take this to Jamaica station. Will cost '''$7.25''' total.
 ** Alternatively, take the AirTrain to Howard Beach and ride the A line to 59th St–Columbus Circle, then transfer to the 1 train going uptown.
 * By far the quickest (and most comfortable) way by rail is taking the [http://lirr42.mta.info/sfweb/faces/index.jspx LIRR] to [[Penn Station]].  Take the Airtrain to Jamaica, and then board the next inbound train at LIRR Jamaica Station.  Depending on when you travel, the total cost will be '''$15.25''' or '''$13''': $5 AirTrain + $8 LIRR (peak) or $5.75 LIRR (off-peak) + $2.25 subway.  Make sure to purchase your ticket at one of the machines before boarding the train, because buying the ticket directly from the conductor on the train will $14 (peak) or $12 (off-peak).

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 == Public transport ==
 === Train ===
-* If you are arriving at Grand Central Terminal, take the crosstown S to 42nd Street Times Square and take the uptown 1 to 116th Street.  Coming in by Metro-North, however, it is quicker to get off at 125th-Harlem and take the M60 west from 125th and Park.
+* If you are arriving at Grand Central Terminal, take the crosstown S to 42nd Street Times Square and take the uptown 1 to 116th Street.  Coming in by [[Metro-North]], however, it is quicker to get off at 125th-Harlem and take the M60 west from 125th and Park.
 * If you are arriving at Penn Station, take the uptown 1 to 116th Street.

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 * Super Shuttle van for '''$17'''.
 * Take the Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) to the Whitestone Bridge and across. Follow directions [[#From the north|from the north]].
-* If you want to be ''really'' cheap, you could take the Q10 bus and use the free transfer to get onto the E or F at Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike.  The total cost would be '''$2.25'''.
+* If you want to be ''really'' cheap, you could take the Q10 bus and use the free transfer to get onto the E or F at Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike.  The total cost would be '''$2.50'''.
 === Newark Airport ===

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 === LaGuardia Airport ===
 * [[LaGuardia Airport]] is the closest to the campus.
-* Take the M60 bus directly to the campus, every half hour, for '''$2.25''' (in coins or on a [[Metrocard]]).
+* Take the M60 bus directly to the campus, every half hour, for '''$2.50''' (in coins or on a [[Metrocard]]).
 * Taxi for about '''$30''', including tip.
 * Super Shuttle van for '''$17'''

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 *[[Riding the subway]]
 [[Category:Transport]]
 [[Category:How to]]

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 === Newark Airport ===
-* [http://www.panynj.gov/airtrainnewark/ AirTrain Newark] - $15, including New Jersey Transit ticket to Penn Station.  Take the 1 from Penn Station to Columbia ($2 Metrocard required).
+* [http://www.panynj.gov/airports/ewr-airtrain.html AirTrain Newark] - '''$15''', including New Jersey Transit ticket to Penn Station.  Take the 1 from Penn Station to Columbia ($2.25 Metrocard required).
-* Taxi for about $85, including toll and tip.
+* Taxi for about '''$85''', including toll and tip.
 * Newark: Follow directions above for [[#From the south or west|from the south or west]].