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Newark Liberty Hotels can be booked on arrival
Airport (EWR)
in all terminals at Newark through
Newark, New York’s second- courtesy phones that link
largest international airport, is directly to various Manhattan
about 16 miles (26 km) southwest hotels. Staff are on hand to help
of Manhattan, in New Jersey. you make the best choice.
Most international flights into
Newark arrive at Terminal B. LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
Baggage trolleys are free for
passengers arriving on inter- LaGuardia is a busy airport
national flights. Foreign-exchange serving domestic carriers from
desks and ATMs can also be all over the US. It lies 8 miles
found in the terminal, but there (13 km) east of Manhattan, on
is no left-luggage room. the north side of Long Island, in
The Ground Transportation Queens. The trip to Man hattan
Services desk can help arrange averages 30 minutes.
private onward travel. Courtesy Upon arrival, you can rent
phones are provided by luggage trolleys from the
limousine and car-rental firms. baggage-claim area next to
Many of these have a free shuttle the luggage carousels. Sky-caps,
Planes standing at Newark airport service to their rental offices. people who check in your
As with JFK, there are taxi luggage for you, are on hand
50 international airlines, and stands located outside most to assist you. Baggage can also
Terminal 1 serves many foreign arrival areas, and uniformed taxi be left in the Tele-Trip business
carriers, including Air China, Air dispatchers will help you hail a center on the departure level.
France, Alitalia, and Japan Airlines. cab. The taxi ride into Manhattan A foreign-currency exchange
Foreign-exchange offices and takes about 40–60 minutes and desk and ATMs are located in
ATMs are located in all terminals, will cost you between $50 the Central Terminal. A free bus
and each terminal has a service and $70, plus tolls and tip, which service runs between each
desk to help book hotels and could make the total anything of the terminals and parking
answer any transportation ques- between $85 to $100. areas from 5am to 2am.
tions. Court esy phones are also Newark Airport Express Buses and taxis into the city
provided by car-rental companies. buses to Manhattan stop at and its suburbs depart from the
Dispatchers regulate the line the Port Authority Bus Terminal, front of the terminal buildings.
for the yellow taxis waiting 42nd Street near 5th Avenue, If you are approached by other
outside each terminal. There Penn Station, and Grand Central taxis offering you trans portation,
is a flat fee of $52, plus tolls and Terminal. The journey time is no do not accept. These drivers
tip, to Manhattan – elsewhere is longer than a cab, but the fare is have no insurance, and you
by meter. A surcharge of $4.50 is only $16. Round-trip fares bring will be overcharged. A taxi fare
added to the fare between 4pm about an additional discount. starts at $3.30 and increases
to 8pm from Monday to Friday. AirTrain Newark takes by $0.50 every fifth of a mile.
NYC Airporter buses go to Grand approximately 10 minutes to A single bus ride is $2.75. The
Central, Penn Station, and the link to NJ Transit and Amtrak cost of tolls, plus a peak-hour
Port Authority; tickets start at trains, which then take around surcharge of $1 (4–8pm)
$17. SuperShuttle runs shared 25 minutes to arrive at Penn weekdays or a night sur charge
vans that will go to specific station. The total journey costs of 50 cents (8pm–6am), will
addresses for about $25 for about $12 on NJ Transit, or be added to the taxi fare shown
the first guest and $13 for each around $32 on Amtrak. on the meter.
additional passenger. Advance
reservations are needed for the
trip back to the airport. Go Air-
Link has a similar service for $22.
Round-trip fares are cheaper.
A light-rail system, AirTrain
JFK, connects to the A train at
Howard Beach, and to the E, J,
and Z trains and Long Island
Rail Road (for Penn Station) at
Jamaica. The AirTrain costs $5; the
subway, $2.75 with a (MetroCard).
If you are feeling super rich,
Helicopter Flight Services offer
a 10-minute helicopter ride for
over $1,600 to East 34th Street. Terminal at LaGuardia airport

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