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AirTrain JFK is an 8.1-mile-long (13 km) elevated people mover system and airport rail link serving John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK Airport) in New York City.The driverless system operates 24/7 and consists of three lines and nine stations within the New York City borough of Queens.
In 2003, when the AirTrain opened, this station was renamed as Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport, as the station connects with the AirTrain at Jamaica Station. [7] In 2020, the MTA announced that it would reconstruct the track and third rail on the IND Archer Avenue Line, which had become deteriorated.
The Jamaica AirTrain JFK station opened on December 17, 2003, along with the rest of the AirTrain JFK system. [41] The station was designed by Voorsanger Architects, and was done in a manner which would make passengers feel as if they had already arrived at the airport, as one of two "gateway stations" (the other being Howard Beach). [37] [38]
The JFK air cargo complex is a Foreign Trade Zone, which legally lies outside the customs area of the United States. [344] JFK is a major hub for air cargo between the United States and Europe. London, Brussels and Frankfurt are JFK's three top trade routes. [345] The European airports are mostly a link in a global supply chain, however.
J/Z skip-stop service operated in both directions between Jamaica Center and Eastern Parkway-Broadway Junction. [49] [50] [51] During the closure, B39 bus service over the Williamsburg Bridge was free. [52] The closure was anticipated to last until October 1999, but regular subway service was restored one month ahead of schedule. [53]
The Howard Beach–JFK Airport station is a subway/people mover station complex located at Coleman Square between 159th Avenue and 103rd Street in Howard Beach, Queens.The New York City Subway portion of the station is on the IND Rockaway Line and is served by the Rockaway branch of the A train at all times and the Rockaway Park Shuttle during summer weekends.
The Q3 travels west around Federal Circle, then north along 130th Place, west along Pan Am Road, and north at Lefferts Boulevard. The Q3 terminates at the AirTrain JFK's Lefferts Boulevard station. [1] [3] Jamaica-bound buses from Lefferts Boulevard largely follow the reverse routing.
The JFK shuttle bus service remained in operation until the AirTrain JFK, a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey-operated people mover system, replaced it on December 17, 2003. [30] The AirTrain JFK also connects with the Long Island Rail Road at Jamaica , [ 31 ] and with the E , J , and Z trains to Manhattan at Sutphin Boulevard–Archer ...