My bf is stationed in Cherry Point NC..what is the closest train station to the base? -

My bf is a marine that is being deployed then end of January. He is taking leave in a couple of weeks but then he will be back at cherry point for a month before he leaves for Iraq. I want to surprise him one weekend in January. I am coming from NY so i was thinking about taking Amtrak from Ny Penn Station but i wouldnt know what station to get off. Can anyone help me?

The closest Amtrak station to Cherry Point is Wilson, NC at 80 miles, then Rocky Mount at 88 miles, and Selma, NC at 90 miles. Greyhound goes to New Bern, which is 25 miles from Cherry Point. You might be able to do some combo of train and bus to New Bern (NYC to Richmond or Raleigh, for example.) Or try www.kayak.com for flights -- NYC to New Bern (EWN) looks amazingly cheap. (Around $200 RT, which is what Amtrak plus bus will cost, but faster.)