
[Updated October 4, 2021]
New Rochelle is 22 miles north of midtown Manhattan — just 4 train stops away.
Getting to the race by public transit is pretty damn easy. A 35-minute Metro North train from Grand Central and a 1.5-mile taxi is all it takes. (The NewRo transit station also serves Amtrak and buses.)
The most up-to-date info is at the Metro North website. You have three train choices from Grand Central on the New Haven (red) line to get you to the 9 am start:
- 6:36 (arriving 7:11) – If you want to be relaxed
7:05 (arriving 7:40)– (D’oh! That was the Saturday schedule)- 7:36 (arriving 8:11) – If you enjoy being stressed that you will claim your bib by 8:30
- 8:05 (arriving 8:40) – bib pick up will be closed when you arrive. Don’t do this!!!
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By Train: Take the 6:36 or 7:05 Metro North train out of Grand Central on the New Haven (red) line to New Rochelle, which will arrive at 7:11 and 7:40. From there you can catch a taxi to the start for about $7. (Destination: North Avenue and Broadview.) Look for other runners to share a cab with, as we always have a healthy contingent from Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens coming in by train.
To find the taxi stands at the station: Go up the stairs to the bridge in the middle of the platform. One taxi stand will be to your left. You can find a second one if you cross the bridge, go down the stairs and through the station house.
The awards ceremony should start around 11:45-ish.
Return trains are every half hour starting with 11:32; 12:02, 12:32; 1:02.
Taxi services to get back to the station:
Union Taxi (914) 576-1600
Red Fox Taxi (914) 636-6006
United Taxi Company (914) 632-6888
Green Team (914) 576-1200
By Bus: Buses use the same depot as the train station, so getting to/from the station/race is the same. Schedules are too varied to put here, of course, as they depend on where you are coming from.
Hi,
You don’t have package pickup available in the city at all, do you? I don’t know how I would get there to get the materials before race day
Thanks,
Lisa
No pick-up in the city; it’s too logistically difficult to arrange.
If you take the train you will pull in at 8:08, and then it is a 7-minute taxi to the start.
Last year we didn’t have a problem, though obviously if a packet can be picked up earlier it is better.