i am in new paltz for school and my boyfriend is back home on long island. he wants to visit me by train. he will be going from huntington to penn station. and i will get him from the poughkeepsie train station. how does he get from penn to poughkeepsie? how long will it take total? and how much will it cost total? thank you 
Once he gets to Penn Station, he can do one of two things:
1) take the subway to Grand Central Terminal, where he can catch a Metro North train to Poughkeepsie, or
2) take an Amtrak train from Penn Station to Poughkeepsie. Problem with Amtrak is that sometimes the tickets for a particular train is sold out, Amtrak trains don’t run as frequently, and it would be more expensive than the Metro North.
Hope this helps.
August 9th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Once he gets to Penn Station, he can do one of two things:
1) take the subway to Grand Central Terminal, where he can catch a Metro North train to Poughkeepsie, or
2) take an Amtrak train from Penn Station to Poughkeepsie. Problem with Amtrak is that sometimes the tickets for a particular train is sold out, Amtrak trains don’t run as frequently, and it would be more expensive than the Metro North.
Hope this helps.
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August 9th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
The other answer (involving Metro-North) is mostly correct. However, it would make more sense to get off the LIRR train (the one from Huntington) somewhere in Queens near a #7 (Flushing) subway stop and take the #7 subway west to Grand Central than to stay on the LIRR to Penn Station.
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August 9th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
My friend, he can take the LIRR to Penn Station, where can transfer to Amtrak’s Empire Service to Poughkeepsie. However, the fare ranges from $22 to $32. If that’s to expensive for him, he can take LIRR westbound to Woodside, where he can then transfer to the #7 train to Grand Central.
From Grand Central, he can take the Hudson Line to Poughkeepsie. A round off peak ticket on the Hudson Line from GCT to Pougkeepsie cost $26.50.
Good luck
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August 9th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
I’m also a student at SUNY New Paltz, and you essentially answered your own question. He needs to take the Port Jefferson Branch from Huntington to Penn Station, and from there, walk to Grand Central where he will take the Hudson Line to Poughkeepsie.
Assuming that he buys both of his tickets online via WebTicket (which will save money as opposed to using a ticket machine or buying on board the train) and is riding an off-peak train, he will pay $15.68 for a round-trip ticket between Huntington and Penn Station, and $25.18 for a round-trip ticket from Grand Central to Poughkeepsie, making the total cost $40.86. If he instead chooses to buy his tickets using the machines, round trip between Huntington and Penn will cost $16.50, and round trip from Grand Central to Poughkeepsie will be $26.50, adding up to $43.00.
His whole entire trip is going to take at least a few hours.
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http://as0.mta.info/mnr/fares/choosestation.cfm
http://lirr42.mta.info/
November 15th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
thank you so much i don’t got my car yet n i got a gf that goes to school in new paltz n i live in long island so i wasn’t sure how i would be able to see her but thanks to this i can now so im happy =)