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Originally Posted by Quixote
^ Is nito correct that the infrastructure is already in place for an express rail airport link between, say, Jamaica and Grand Central? Heathrow Express shares tracks with other commuter rail services, but I don't know how it would impact LIRR or if there's capacity at Grand Central.
I think direct rail service between Jamaica and the WTC PATH Station would make sense if it's an extension of the LIRR from the Atlantic Terminal.
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Forget Grand Central. New York Penn connects the NJT Northeast Corridor Line (for Newark) and LIRR Main Line (for JFK). Spurs on these lines (including to the LIRR Port Washington branch line for La Guardia), and you’d have one-seat rides from New York Penn to the three primary airports of New York.
These aren’t massive engineering projects; short spurs to existing lines, the introduction of digital signalling (which will be needed anyway at some point to facilitate higher frequencies) and airport express rolling stock. New York is peculiar among world cities in that it has dilapidated infrastructure whilst spending extortionate sums on projects that make little sense, compounded by lack of regional masterplanning. East Side Access and Penn Station South are incredibly ill thought out projects and would never get off the ground in Paris or London.