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Transportation

Quick Stats

Best Ways to Get Around Town
  • Ask someone for a ride
  • Borrow a friend's car
  • Shuttle around Poughkeepsie (Monday–Friday 2 p.m.–7 p.m.)
  • Take a taxi
Best Ways to Get to the Airport
  • A cab ride to the airport costs between $30 - $70.
  • Airport shuttle
  • Subway

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Public transportation within Poughkeepsie is relatively nonexistent. Most students shell out the cash for taxi (usually about $5–$10 to most places within Poughkeepsie) if they can’t bum a ride in a friend’s car. Transportation out of Poughkeepsie is strangely easy, however. Vassar is within a few hours of the major airports in the New York City area. Stewart Newburgh is smaller and has fewer flights, but is much closer to campus. Airports are accessed easily by rail, airport shuttles, and taxis. The Poughkeepsie train station is a large hub which provides Metro North and Amtrak service.

One of Poughkeepsie’s greatest features is that it is the most northern stop on the Metro-North Railroad, which runs along the Hudson River down to Grand Central Station in New York City. The ride on Metro-North is about an hour and 45 minutes and far cheaper than what it costs to ride the more expensive trains, like Amtrak, which is the only option for much of the rest of upstate New York. To go other places, students can try to find rides offered by students on the Ride Board in the College Center.

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Transportation at Vassar College

wendeljohnsmith

Chemistry '14

3.1
B-

Depends on What You Do

From my experience, I frequently find myself wishing, "Man, I wish I had my car to drive to go get something." However, I am from Arkansas so I am used to things being far away, thus, driving a lot. It really depends. Most of the time, you will have a friend that has a car, and usually they will help you out if you want to go places. There is a bus system that Vassar just recently changed (2011) to make it more accessible and goes to more places. I wish I had a car for my own convenience but that is my own opinion. There are also shuttles to the train station that will give you access to an hour and a half train ride to NYC.

Jun 26, 2011

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Transportation at Vassar College

shmoo92

Political Science and Government '13

5.0
A+

Transportation

You will always find a way to get where you want; whether you have your own car, use campus safety rides, metro north or the bus.

Dec 26, 2010

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maxlapides

Computer Science '14

4.2
A-

Pretty great

There's a free shuttle that runs at convenient times to the train station and other places in Poughkeepsie that is really useful. Unfortunately, it doesn't really run when I often need to get to and from the train station because I usually leave early and arrive late. But taxis are cheap and easy! And friends often have cars.

Nov 14, 2010

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User rating for Vassar College - Transportation is 4.6 out of 5 based on 16 user reviews.

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Campus ShuttleWhat's This?

Vassar Shuttle Service

(845) 437-7333

Around campus, Monday–Thursday 7 p.m.–3 a.m. (6 p.m. after daylight savings)

To the Galleria, Friday 6 p.m.–9 p.m., Saturday 3 p.m.–9 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m.–6 p.m.

Public TransitWhat's This?

Shortline Buses

(800) 631-8405

Dutchess County LOOP Bus

(845) 485-4690

www.dutchessny.gov

City of Poughkeepsie Transit System

(845) 451-4118

Nearest AirportWhat's This?

Newark International Airport

Tower Road Building Ten, Newark

(973) 961-6000

www.panynj.gov/airports/newark-liberty.html

La Guardia International Airport

Hangar 7 Center, New York

(718) 533-3400

www.panynj.gov/airports/laguardia.html

John F. Kennedy International Airport

Building 14, New York

(718) 244 4444

www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk.html

Nearest Passenger BusWhat's This?

Greyhound

270 Main Mall, Poughkeepsie

(800) 454-2487

www.greyhound.com

Nearest Passenger TrainWhat's This?

Metro-North Railroad

Metro-North stops at the Poughkeepsie Train Station in downtown Poughkeepsie and is the cheapest way to get to New York City.

(800) 638-7646

www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mnr

Amtrak

Amtrak stops at the Poughkeepsie Train Station in downtown Poughkeepsie, approximately 10 minutes from campus and goes South to New York Penn Station or North through Albany.

(800) 872-7245

www.amtrak.com

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