Access
One of the biggest impediments to the use of Stewart by more airlines and passengers has long been the difficulty of actually getting to it. The completion of the Drury Lane exit in 2007 and the accompanying access road to the airport, International Boulevard, are intended to remedy this.
In addition to road access, there have been plans over the years to possibly implement a light rail connection along Broadway in the city of Newburgh that could conceivably go out to Stewart from the ferry connection with the Metro-North passenger line across the Hudson River in Beacon; however that does not appear likely to happen any time soon. Currently, the only connection is via a shuttle bus.
In 2006, with construction of the Drury Lane exit underway, Senator Charles Schumer put his weight behind getting federal aid for another long-discussed access improvement: a rail link to the nearby Metro North Port Jervis Line, to give passengers an express train trip from the airport into the city or Newark Airport via Secaucus Junction. This would entail acquiring property and laying new tracks, to link to the existing line somewhere near the Salisbury Mills station. NEG had had success with the similar Gatwick Express and Midland Mainline rail-air connections in its native Britain. While the federal government has approved the idea, the money has not yet been appropriated.
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