Byline: AMY WESTFELDT Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Travelers began taking trains to planes on Wednesday as officials opened a light-rail link they promised would rid New Yorkers of a notoriously difficult and expensive ride to John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Gov. George Pataki, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other officials boarded the inaugural run of AirTrain, an 8.1-mile, $1.9 billion light-rail system that connects the airport to four subway lines and the Long Island Rail Road.
Pataki said the light-rail line -- which gets commuters to the airport from two Queens stations in eight to 12 minutes -- will end the stress of trying to get to …
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