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just a quick question about getting into Manhattan via LIRR as opposed to using the 7.
the obvious set backs being a $7 trip on LIRR instead of a $2.50 trip on the 7 but considering it's 20 mins to Penn on the LIRR and almost an hour on the 7 it seems like it's kind of a no-brainer when you need to get into to town fast but don't want to take a car service.
So what say you Flushing residents, do any of you regularly travel into the city this way?
Hardly anyone takes the LIRR. 98% of the people take the 7. The LIRR is 20 minutes while the 7 express is 26 minutes. Not worth nearly three times the cost for 6 minutes.
i thought 7 express didn't serve flushing/main and the last stop on the express was willets point?
even if it does that would only work for peak hours, westbound AM and eastbound PM.
please correct me if i'm wrong
The 7 express terminates at Flushing / Main st and not Shea Stadium. Even the 7 local is 32 minutes from main and not much longer to the city - especially if you are east side bound.
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Originally Posted by vanguard cycle
i thought 7 express didn't serve flushing/main and the last stop on the express was willets point?
even if it does that would only work for peak hours, westbound AM and eastbound PM.
please correct me if i'm wrong
ok thanks for the correction on that, i thought the last express stop was shea.
even still though, if you want to get in rather quick at say, 2PM, seems like LIRR would be the way to go for time.
i guess i'm surprised more people don't use that method
7 local has a scheduled time of 39 minutes, so about double the LIRR. But the 7 comes more often, is cheaper and includes any transfers to another line. If your destination isn't Penn Station but somewhere on the east side of Manhattan, the speed advantage is gone.
I wouldn't be surprised if those with set commuter schedules and work near Penn station used LIRR instead of the 7. In those cases, the frequency and cost advantages the 7 train has aren't as important.
Because Flushing is chock full of millionaires. The price of a monthly Flushing ticket is about double the price of a monthly metro card, and for someone who works near Penn or needs to take another train from there it could be well worth it. There probably aren't too many people in that situation, but I'm sure that they exist and most of them aren't millionaires.
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Not worth it
