Public Transportation West Point, NY to White Plains Airport (HPN)?

Question

I'm looking to purchase a flight from HPN. I need to find a way to get there from West Point Military Academy using public transportation. Is this possible? Any ideas or suggestions?

Answer 1

You'll be hard pressed to get door-to-door. You can get a bus from West Point, but the closest to the airport you'll get is Rockland County - either Suffern or West Haverstraw. (www.coachusa.com) You'd have to transfer to the Tappan Zee express (http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/PublicTrans... but even that won't take you to the airport.

The other option is Metro-North, but you can't get that from West Point. You'd either have to go to Harriman, take the train to Hoboken, NJ and PATH into NYC and then back up. Or go to Beacon, take the train to White Plains and then transfer to the BeeLine buses (www.mta.info and www.beelinebus.com)

Either way, it's not going to be easy. You might be better off getting a car service - I recommend Visconti limos ( www.viscontilimousines.com) - they're not all stretches - they'll send a Town Car or a minivan as appropriate. Price-wise, it might be a wash or close to it.