Commuting to Grand Central Madison - Riding from Jamaica to the LIRR's Newest Station

Hello and welcome to the LIRR! Today we are going to be riding from Jamaica to Grand Central Madison, the Long Island Railroad's Newest Station.
Trip Information
Train Number: 10:09am Grand Central Express
Consist: 5 Bombardier M7 EMUs
Departure Time: 10:09am
Arrival Time: 10:29am
Journey Time: 0 hr 20 min
Top Speed: 65 mph
Ticket Price: $7.75
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- Chapters -
0:00 Hello and Welcome to Jamaica!
0:41 Buying our Ticket
1:11 Full LIRR Service to Grand Central
1:35 Our Train on Track 4
2:08 LIRR's Route to Grand Central
3:07 Departure from Jamaica
3:25 Seating on M7 EMUs
4:25 Express Train Speed
4:37 Descent Beneath Sunnyside Yard
5:08 Darkness Below Long Island
5:28 A Brief Glimpse of the Roosevelt Island Ventilation Shaft
5:40 Slowing for the Curve at 2nd Avenue
6:06 Arriving at Grand Central Madison
6:22 Disembark
6:45 The Madison Concourse
7:02 Check out the Full Tour!
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7:38 Thanks for Watching!
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[@JohnWagnerVideos]

Off-peak I believe you could've bought a city ticket for $5 from the "all other tickets" section on the TVM

[@THELASTWARR1OR]

both off peak and on peak service

[@LonestarTrips]

I purchased an Off-Peak ticket, and it still cost me $7.75. Is there another ticket type that I am unaware of?

[@JohnWagnerVideos]

@@LonestarTrips There’s a special city ticket for off peak trips for $5 good for any trip within NYC. It’s a special ticket under the other tickets option.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

@@THELASTWARR1OR Not valid during peak hours.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

@@LonestarTrips Yes, for trips within NYC on LIRR and Metro-North, a "City Ticket" that costs $5 is valid on all off-peak trains (in the past, it was only for weekends, but now weekday off-peak hours are included).

[@andresdonato11]

Thank you! I'm going to NYC for the first time and staying near Grand Central Madison. I've been watching many videos but didn't understand how to get there from the Jamaica station. You are a life savior!!

[@LonestarTrips]

Glad I could be of assistance! Safe travels, and enjoy NYC!

[@damuck2010]

Amazing footage Lonestar!

[@LonestarTrips]

Thanks!

[@JJRol.]

2 videos in a week? Great! Love to see the LIRR. hopefully GCM provides makes commuting with LIRR easier.

[@LonestarTrips]

Not sure how long I'll be able to keep doing 2 videos per week, but we'll see! My goal is to do one every other week, but this one was an exception, as it fits in with the previous video on GCM.

[@aaronhow2568]

Awesome work here! :)

[@edsteadham4085]

Just got back from JFK. Made it from the airport to Grand Central in less than an hour, and caught the next Metro North train home. Really easy. Cost abut $15. The MTA app was a breeze too

[@johnburke1317]

Nice video

[@LonestarTrips]

Thank you!

[@javierbarrucz7755]

Good 👍 video ❤❤❤❤❤❤ 7:25

[@Skyflte]

take this W sir

[@LonestarTrips]

Thank you, sir. This W is greatly appreciated.

[@ceoofprosciutto235]

Well not every branch serves Jamaica, the Port Washington branch splits off from the main line at Winfield Junction, serving Mets-Willets Point (US Open & Mets Games Only), Flushing-Main Street, Murray Hill, Broadway, Auburndale, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Great Neck, Manhasset, Plandome, and Port Washington.

[@LonestarTrips]

I am aware, hence why I said “10 of its 11 rail lines.”

[@michaausleipzig]

Hey. Nice video! Just a quick question. When you bought the ticket you immediately went for "off peak". This peak and off peak is a completely foreign concept for me, we don't have something like that here in Germany. So just out of curiosity: how do you know what times are considered "peak" and what times aren't? 🤔

[@insertchannelnamehere8685]

Each rail system has it's own designation, usually prominently featured on their website and station farecharts, and it's just a range of times where if you take a train during those times, you will be charged a (higher) peak fare. It's usually something like 5AM-9AM towards the city and 3-7pm away from the city. Generally it's the same across different lines within a system.

[@jacorp7476]

It says it in the bottom left of the screen at 0:52 - peak times are generally rush hour times when everyone is commuting to or from work, and tickets tend to be more expensive then to reduce demand so trains aren't completely overcrowded, and also to encourage travel outside of rush hour when there is more capacity

[@huncho1057]

Just to add to ease confusion, peak is basically rush hour. In New York (basically the same as any other city) there are 2 peak times a day, the AM (morning) peak which are trains heading into the city terminals; and the PM (evening) peak, which are trains heading out of the city. Because the majority of commuters travel from the suburban area outside of the city, to work in the city & vice versa later in the day, companies here often charge a slight increase in the fare.

[@michaausleipzig]

@@huncho1057 thanks, I got it. 😊 Like I said I was just wondering about how to know the exact times. But that too has been cleared up. Of course the concept of a morning and afternoon rush hour is not a foreign one but over here that doesn't mean you have to pay more for your ticket. And honestly I think that's a bit hostile towards commuters... 🤷‍♂️

[@insertchannelnamehere8685]

@Huncho It's not always just a slight increase. In DC, the fare from far-out suburbs to downtown is $2 on weekends and $6 during rush. And yeah, The main reason they do this is because they can-during rush hour, traffic is so bad and parking is so troublesome that people will take the train no matter what, so they can raise fares. Outside of rush hour, driving becomes easier and less time consuming, so they charge lower fares to attract people to the train. I don't really think it's too hostile, and I see it as more of an off-peak discount than a peak surcharge, $6 is a fair price for a 25 mile train trip like the longer ones in DC for example, and it would probably make sense to charge that all the time if they could, but they don't, because especially for families, that would make the train more expensive than driving.

[@johnkeenan5404]

I grew up six blocks from the Jamaica station

[@mirzaahmed6589]

A CityTicket would have cost only $5.

[@kauicar668]

This is true. Anytime one needs to take the LIRR within the 5 boroughs (except The Bronx and Staten Island), a $5 CityTicket is the way to go. It's always $5 whether peak or off-peak. To select a CityTicket, it is under the "Other ..." fare in the ticket machines.

[@CaradhrasAiguo49]

​@@kauicar668just looked in the MTA TrainTime app, peak direction CityTicket is $7, not $5. Still, $15.25 if coming from JFK is a real bargain compared to $75+ for the taxi

[@melm4499]

Are there bathrooms in these trains?

[@AlohaLove2Learn]

0:55 Transfer Point: does Air Train to LIRR count as a transfer point? Also, I see Military rate. Is there a special rate for Veterans (honorably discharged, not disabled)? Thanks!

[@keepithonest4626]

the music in the black ground in the beginning of video

[@ThePantherproof]

I changed at Jamaica from JFK airport.

[@jonathankleinow2073]

Are there a lot of ads at JFK for what is now a two-seat direct connection to Midtown Manhattan via AirTrain and LIRR?

[@LonestarTrips]

I've done that in the past, too. It's a super easy way to get from Manhattan to JFK.

[@alk61695]

You should have purchased a city ticket which is only $5 one way.

[@byronchavarria4954]

Long Island Uses Kilometers Long Island Must Use The Metric System

[@johnnyd63]

Someone has to pay the disability pensions of the criminal LIRR employees.