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In a lot of ways, the airport is actually more convenient. Like in New York City, there is 1 Amtrak station in midtown, and 3 airports within an hour. If you’re in many parts of Manhattan it’s just as easy to get to La Guardia as it is to Penn Station, and if you’re on Long Island JFK is far more convenient.

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That depends IMO. For local city destinations such as Boston, Philly, DC, etc. trains are much quicker.

The NEC is nice but it’s still pretty slow. I wouldn’t want to go much more than New York to Boston. I took Boston to DC once and it takes 8 hours .. it’s like a 1 hour flight.

Yep. The Boston to NYC train is almost always my choice compared to flying. (Driving would be faster but I hate driving into Manhattan though I could drive to New Haven and take commuter rail from there.)

But, while I've done it, Boston to DC doesn't really make a lot of sense unless I'm looking for an excuse to do some reading, etc. for a day.

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