Newark Airport to West Point, using public transportation. Thank you to the parents who shared the information below.

Outside the terminal, take the "Air Train" bus to Penn Station (30 minute ride), less than $15 one way.

To get from Penn Station to Grand Central Station, three options:

1. walk approximately 8 blocks (10-15 minutes)

or

2. take the subway:
From Grand Central catch the "S" train (gray line) to 42nd Street. The S train only runs between Grand Central and 42nd Street, so you can't miss the stop.  At 42nd Street catch the 7th Avenue (Red) train south (downtown/Brooklyn) one stop to Penn Station/34th Street.
To go from Penn Station to Grand Central, just reverse the directions.  During the day it will take about ten minutes and if the weather is bad you never go above ground. There is a $2 charge.  Buy a MTA card from a machine using cash or credit cards.

3. taxi, 8 - 10 minute ride, approximately $10.

From Grand Central, trains run almost every hour northbound to Garrison or Peekskill via Metro North Line, approximately 71 minutes. Cost is approximately $10.

The train runs up the east side of the Hudson. To get across the Hudson via the Bear Mountain Bridge to West Point call a taxi (or a fellow cadet with a car willing to drive over and pick up). When "in season" a ferry for cadets runs from the Garrison station to West Point.

West Point is almost directly across the Hudson from the Garrison Train Station: http://mta.info/mnr/html/mnrmap.htm.

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