{"id":31959,"date":"2012-09-22T23:57:55","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T03:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=31959"},"modified":"2025-09-02T02:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:58:05","slug":"nyc-getaways-by-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/31959\/nyc-getaways-by-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Get SideTracked: 6 Quick NYC Getaways by Train"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of a long work week\u2014or smack in the middle of one\u2014if you’re in need of a city break, the platform at Grand Central or Penn Station is always a good place to start.<\/p>\n

Whether the trip is spontaneous or scheduled, these six destinations make for an easy car-free escape near (but not too near) New York City.<\/p>\n

1. Southport, Connecticu<\/a>t<\/a> | 70 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Cold Spring, New York | 1 hour and 15 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Amagansett, New York<\/a> | 2.5 hours
\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Baltimore, Maryland<\/a> | Less than 3 hours<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Saratoga Springs, New York<\/a> | 3.5 hours<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. Brookline, Massachusetts<\/a><\/strong> |\u00a03 hours and 40 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo: moriza<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the end of a long work week\u2014or smack in the middle of one\u2014if you’re in need of a city break, the platform at Grand Central or Penn Station is always a good place to start. Whether the trip is spontaneous or scheduled, these six destinations make for an easy car-free escape near (but not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[331,324,325,748,316],"tags":[21,381,145,212,110,606,204],"class_list":{"0":"post-31959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-massachussetts","8":"category-connecticut-destination","9":"category-new-york","10":"category-train-2","11":"category-weekend-getaways","12":"tag-beach","13":"tag-biking","14":"tag-dining","15":"tag-hiking","16":"tag-historical-sites","17":"tag-self-guided-tour","18":"tag-train"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":37742,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/8690735029_0f77b6c965_c-e1367241445568-300x252.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}