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Many-Froyo9699 OP t1_jcxz7l8 wrote

Reply to comment by Unusual_Letter61 in Bristol vs East Greenwich vs Any others I should consider? by Many-Froyo9699

What are the logistics to train from there to NYC? How long does it take and how many transfers?

Middletown and Portsmouth both look very nice I was honestly just reluctant to sign up for challenging commutes (albeit infrequent) so that’s why I figured the islands would be harder

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Unusual_Letter61 t1_jczqrjt wrote

I’m near the border of Newport and Middletown and it’s a 30 minute drive to the Kingston train station where you can park for free and hop right on Amtrak. Depending where in Middletown Portsmouth the drive can be a little longer than that, particularly some parts of Portsmouth.

There’s an early 7am train out that I take pretty often, it’s great…until you have to walk through Penn Station haha

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Many-Froyo9699 OP t1_jczssnd wrote

Ooph penn station…that’s not so bad. It won’t be all the time I need to go to NY so definitely doable. And Boston is also easy from there for a drive so have best of both worlds. I can look this up but do you happen to know if that Kingston station is the Acela or is it the slower Amtrak service?

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Unusual_Letter61 t1_jczynqu wrote

It’s the slow one. Providence is Acela, but the track regulations on speed and stops are so frequent that the Acela is like 20 minutes faster or something relatively insignificant.

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