Best Way to Get to Philadelphia Airport (Newark, Trenton: transfer to, buy)

[megsite]

I am flying out of Philadelphia and back to Newark, so I need to take public transportation to PHL. I live in Union County, NJ. Any suggestions? Thanks.

[kidphilly]

Well kind of a real pain but can be done would be to park at EWR or close to it, take NJT to Trenton, Take Septa to 30th St, transfer to the Airport line to the airport. now you are probably looking at close to 2 to 2.5 hours with all transfers

An alternative would be to drive to the Trenton train station (Key because it links with Septa and NJT) and leave your car there - Septa to PHL and then NJT from EWR to Trenton for your car. I think this choice may be better but depends on flight times etc. BTW parking is cheaper at trenton than at EWR

Neither are great but can be done

For what it's worth i have flown from Philly and back to EWR before, now I did take Amtrak (business trip so the extra cost was not an issue) back to Philly and live in CC so cabed to Phl in the first place, that really wasn't that bad

[Ann77]

Originally Posted by megsite

I am flying out of Philadelphia and back to Newark, so I need to take public transportation to PHL. I live in Union County, NJ. Any suggestions? Thanks.

The best way would be Amtrak on the Northeast Corridor to 30th Street Station in Philly and then a cab out to the airport.

[megsite]

does the Northeast Corridor stop at MetroPark? That'd be the closest place for me to catch the train.

[kidphilly]

Yes it does but not all trains - almost all NJT NE corrider trains do and most Amtrak, even some Acelas

You also may want to see what a van service would be, honestly it may be faster and cheaper

[megsite]

I will do that. Thank you!

[captne76]

MetroPark station, NJT to Trenton then Septa to 30th then Airport as mentioned above. I've flown to/from Philly on cross country flights, United runs a shuttle plane between PHL and EWR. Depending on how you buy plane tickets it's often cheaper taking the extra airplane hop than flying direct.

[megsite]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[Ann77]

If you go the train route, I would not recomment NJT to Trenton connecting to Septa.

Spring for a direct Amtrak ticket from your station to Philly. That connection in Trenton is not the easiest for someone doing it for the first time and there are so many stops on the Septa line.

[Marv95]

If you do take Amtrak, you can still take the cheaper alternative from 30th Street and take the Airport Line from there. $6.25 weekdays and $4.75 weekends from the ticket office.