“how can you get to connecticut from staten island by train?” (1/22/08)

How do we put this? Unless you expand your definition of “train” to include “ferry” or “bus,” you can’t.

That said, if you board the ferry at St. George, close your eyes, click your heels and hum “choo-choo” under your breath, you can disembark — er, change trains at Whitehall, walk to Bowling Green and take a 4 or 5 train to Grand Central where you can catch a Metro-North train.