Penn Station (NYC) to Hofstra via LIRR
Total travel time ranges from 1 hr to 1 hr 46 min. Train to Hempstead unless otherwise noted.
IMPORTANT: For Mineola Trains, you must be in one of the LAST two cars. Descend stairs at the rear (NYC) end of the station and Hofstra and Adelphi buses will be to your right. If you exit near the taxi stand, you are at the wrong end of the station.
For Hempstead trains, be in the front of the train.
On italicized trains, the bus connection takes more than 25 minutes, slower than a fast walk. Walking directions from Hempstead train station (1.7 miles=30 min) : Left out the door on Columbia (1 block), Right on Washtington (2 blocks), Left (west) on Fulton Ave-Hempstead Turnpike.
| Leave Penn Station | Transfer Jamaica | Arrive Hempstead (Mineola) | Lv Hempstead (Mineola) | Arr Hofstra | EST Total time |
| 7:39a | direct | 8:15a MINEOLA | 8:20a MINEOLA | 8:40a? | 1 hour 1 min |
| 7:39a | 8:00a | 8:38a | 8:38a? | 8:50a? | 1 hour 11 min |
| 8:32a | 8:59a | 9:26a | 9:38a? | 9:50a? | 1 hour 18 min |
| 8:48a | direct | 9:25a MINEOLA | 9:30a MINEOLA | 9:50a? | 1 hour 2 min |
| Every Hour at 35 after, 9:35am -1:35pm | X:58 | X+1 :28 | X+1 :38 | X+1 :50? | 1 hour 15 min |
| 2:26 | 2:58p | 3:28p | 3:38p | 3:50p? | 1 hour 24 min |
| 3:34p | 3:55p | 4:27p | 4:38p | 4:50p? | 1 hour 16 min |
| 4:32p | direct | 5:25p | 5:28p | 5:40p? | 1 hour 8 min |
| 5:04p | direct | 5:57p | - | 1 hr 46 min | |
| 5:13p | 5:40p | 6:09p | - | 1 hr 37 min | |
| 5:38p | direct | 6:36p | 6:38p | 6:50p? | 1 hour 7 min |
Reverse direction: Hofstra to Brooklyn/Penn Station
LIRR: http://lirr42.mta.info/sfweb/faces/index.jspx.
Hofstra Bus: campus bus schedule or train shuttle schedule
Driving time without traffic (per Mapquest): 43 min (30 miles). Rush hour driving is usually twice that. Allow 30 minutes for parking at Hofstra after 10 am.