*The Airport is near the bottom of the map, while 30th Street Station is almost directly above it where the blue, green, and yellow lines/symbols are shown.Īmtrak Northeast Corridor Line schedule: Īmtrak is pretty expensive, so IF YOU DECIDE AMTRAK COSTS TOO MUCH:Īs has been already noted, as an alternative to Step 3 above, you can take the SEPTA Trenton Line from 30th Street Station to the Trenton Transit Center, and then the NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line from Trenton Transit Center to Newark Penn Station.Trains will not operate along the Airport Line during construction. SEPTA Regional Rail system map: SEPTA | Clickable Regional Rail & Rail Transit Map Newark Penn Station is in downtown Newark. The concourses are in the same building.ģ) Ride any northbound Amtrak Northeast Corridor train to Newark Penn Station.

Otherwise you have to buy a separate ticket for it.ġ) Take SEPTA Airport Line from Philadelphia International Airport to 30th Street Station (the primary intercity train station in Philadelphia).Ģ) Walk from the upper concourse (SEPTA Regional Rail concourse) to the lower concourse (Amtrak/main concourse) at 30th Street Station. I believe any Amtrak ticket with Newark Airport as the destination gets you onto the AirTrain free of charge. and you'll be stopping at most of the same NJ stops.Īmtrak has a stop at the end of the Newark AirTrain system, which goes to the terminals. However, you'll probably pay at least double the SEPTA/NJ Transit combo. You'll save about an half hour of time with no PA stops after 30th Street. Or 2) You can take Amtrak from 30th Street to Newark Airport with no change of trains. Check out SEPTA | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and for schedule info. You can buy a combo ticket for the whole trip at the NJ Transit vending machine at 30th Street. The R7 trains usually line up so that they stop behind the NJ Transit train which leaves soon afterward.

You actually have two options: 1) You can take SEPTA's R7 train from 30th Street to Trenton, at which point you would change to NJ Transit's Northeastern Corridor train which has a stop at Newark Airport. Is there a NJ transit train from 30th st station in Philly that goes to Newark airport? Or do I need to change somewhere along the way? Different websites were saying different things and I will be rushing from work to the airport so cant afford to do something stupid like get the wrong train end up stranded in the middle of New jersey! Im flying out of Newark airport in 2 weeks time and Im a little confused as how to get there.

Septa airport line schedule