[Al Bothwell]

I am considering graduate school at UConn in Storrs. I have relatives in NYC who I need to see often. Does anyone know if there is a train service to NYC from Storrs or any city close to Storrs? I really don't want to drive.

[sun]

I'm not positive, but you might need to take a bus from the UConn campus to Hartford. There's at least 2 Hartford buses that leave the UConn Co-op every Friday afternoon.
Also, it may be easier to just take a NYC bus from Hartford. I do know that there's a NYC bus that leaves Hartford just after the last UConn bus arrives.

[yankee.peddler]

Unfortunately, there's no passenger train service in eastern Connecticut. As the previous poster said, you can take a bus to Hartford. In Hartford you can either take Amtrak to New York (which would almost always require a transfer in New Haven) or a bus to New York.

Another option would be to drive from Storrs to New Haven, park your car in New Haven, and take a Metro North train into New York. The drive would be a little over an hour.

[uconn99]

Easiest way would be to drive to New Haven and take Metro north.

Other options like already mentioned would be drive to Hartford and take Amtrak into NYC. There are 3-4 trains that are direct into the city and another 5-6 with a connection in New Haven. The prices are higher though, on average 50-65 each way. Metro North out of New Haven is only 12-15. each way.

Another option would be to drive into New London and take Amtrak, however once again this option is longer and more money than Hartford or New Haven.

[reason180]

another option is taking the chinatown bus that services Foxwoods/Mohegan Sun Casino. They are only $15 round trip. Different bus lines service different areas of NYC, I think only Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.