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Originally Posted by mrnyc
^ that said, they definitely do need to extend the path train to the airport someday.
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The PA has already funded the PATH extension to the airport. It cannot happen until the Airtrain is rebuilt, though.
The Newark Airtrain is currently one of those dinky low capacity airport monorail lines, and they're replacing it with a JFK-style system (heavy rail, dual track, theoretically usable by existing rail systems).
All three airports will have heavy rail systems, with the track compatability, once Newark and LGA are completed, so that accounts for the costs. They aren't building standard airport circulators. You could, theoretically, run LIRR to JFK, right now, if they purchased new vehicles (but that won't happen anytime soon, because of capacity and regulatory issues).