The Best Way to the College of New Jersey from Manhattan New York By Public Transit

We were going to attend a conference in New Jersey. Prior to our departure, I googled the instructions of how to get to our destination. However, I found the instructions given by Google search
complicated and lengthy.  It discouraged us as it said that it would take almost 3 hours to get there.

Port Authority, New York City

We persisted and kept looking, the instructions we found on the College of New Jersey's website was very helpful.

It advised people to take the  New Jersey train from PENN station, about 7-10 minutes walk from the Port Authority where our bus ride terminated and passengers alighted .

We enjoyed some delicious pastries at one of the Port Authority cafes

Port Authority offers a lot of places to eat and we enjoyed some fresh Italian Stromboli before walking to Penn Station.

Penn Station, New York City

Penn Station is a huge place with numerous trains going to all directions. There were many automatic ticket selling machines. But We didn’t find any info booths with staff working answering puzzled travellers’ questions in the main lobby .

A Penn Station staff member offering directions to confused passengers

However, we did find many police offices’ presence and they were helpful along with a couple of staff members standing around the transit maps assisting confused passengers.

There are many levels and numerous tracks leading to various trains going to all directions.

We followed the signs showing the JY transit helping us to navigate the mazes of pathways and tracks.

Finally, we located the New Jersey transit ticket booths with three live agents! We went to one of them who helped us with the ticket purchase and informing us that our train would leave in 4 minutes. On the website, it said $15.50 per person one way. We informed the agent that we were seniors and got a 50% discount, Amazing An extra word from me saved us 50% of our ticket price!

A comfortable ride from Manhattan, NY  to Trenton, NJ

Our train to Trenton, New Jersey departed from Track 8 and we made it in time for the 7:03 train which left right on time! The seats were comfortable, spacious and clean.

We took the New Jersey train to Trenton, NJ

Rather than following Google’s instructions directing us to transfer numerous times to get to the College of New Jersey,  we followed the instruction given by the college's website and enjoyed a comfortable and economic ride to Trenton Transit Centre..

Trenton Transition Centre, Trenton, New Jersey, USA

From there we could have taken the 601 bus to the College. The ticket was $1.50, very affordable indeed!

But it was July 4, the bus followed the Sunday reduced service schedule. We missed the last bus and took a taxi to the college instead.

We got to the college shortly after 9p.m. and were glad to hit our bed for a good night rest!


R.T.
Trenton
New Jersey
USA