Subway/Train Help Needed (Multiple Parks)

[Doug Miller]

Hi --

I haven't been to Yankee Stadium, Shea, or Philly yet. With Yankee Stadium closing next year, I'm considering making a trip out that way -- BUT, my wife won't be coming, so I want to stay out of downtown New York so we can do it together.

What I need help with, is how many parks can I get to from connecting subways or trains? Meaning, could I stay somewhere outside of downtown at a central location, and potentially train-it to Yankee, Shea, Philly -- Any others? (I've been to Boston, but can I connect to there?) How do I connect, etc.

I want to get a general plan of what I can do out there -- Where I can fly into and get to a maximum number of parks (Yankee Stadium included) without crossing into downtown so that I'm "saving it" for when my wife and I go (after the new Stadium opens).

Appreciate the help, it's OK to link me to websites, but give me a hand to. I looked at the New York subway map, and my eyes just kind of glazed over. :crazy

Thanks,
Doug

[DevilRays1969]

I'm considering a similar trip myself (NYC, Boston & Cooperstown) and have checked into some trains, etc. (although I'm going to need a car to get to Cooperstown)

There are alot of relatively inexpensive hotels/motels near the Newark Airport--and NJ Transit has a train station at the airport. Check www.njtransit.com. I looked at their system map and it looks like you can take the Northeast Corridor from Newark Airport to Trenton and there you'd connect to something called the River Line to Philly.

You probably can't avoid passing thru midtown Manhattan b/c almost all the subway trains seem to connect at either Penn Station or Grand Central.

If you're going to Boston from NYC you probably can get there on Amtrak or you can fly on the Delta Shuttle out of LaGuardia or Jet Blue out of JFK. Don't know what the fares are like now but I've seen it as low as $50 one way.

[RuthMayBond]

Dang, thanks for the thread, I'm hitting five different parks in five days this year, possibly adding Fenway, thanks for any help