JFK AirTrain Round Trip Head End View - LIRR Jamaica Station and Return - 4/6/2024

Since the 1960’s, plans were on the drawing board for a rail link to JFK Airport. Many plans were considered, and for years there was an ill-fated subway connection called “The Train to the Plane.” It was long and cost more than a regular subway ride, and was unpopular with travelers.
During the 1990’s, a plan was created to build an AirTrain which would connect the with the Long Island Rail Road and NYC subways at Jamaica, as well as the NYC Subway in Howard Beach, with JFK Airport. While initially more ambitious, with plans to connect directly to Manhattan and LaGuardia Airports, the plans were scaled back and the first train operated to JFK on December 17, 2003.
Enjoy this head-end-view ride for a round trip view of AirTrain operations from Jamaica Station.
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LIRR at Grand Central is a game-changer - so nice to not have to go west to Penn to go east to Jamaica!

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It is more convenient if that's the part of Manhattan that you're headed to.

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train goes 3 times faster than the NY subway.

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It moves pretty good...Especially above the Van Wyck!

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@@RailfanJourneys My pops was in the livery business, and called it the "Van Stuck"

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@@finalascent That highway is congested 24/7...and always under construction.