Since when did the Hopkins shuttle open to the public? Farhad
On 7/1/11, chad abrams <[email protected]> wrote: > the cheapest i have found to park at BWI is 7.65 per day (econopark > express).. i have to drive to the airport and then allow shuttle time to > and from the airport at both ends.. pretty good w/ this service as they take > you directly from/to your car.. but.. you've got 15 minutes at least at > either end at the airport (not including transportation time to/from the > airport) > > You can however get to BWI for $1.65 by hopping on a Hopkins shuttle to Penn > and then taking the light rail. You get on at Penn and take it 1 stop to Mt > Royal and switch trains. After you are on the 2nd light rail its about a 45 > min ride to the terminal. OR from Penn you can take MARC and then a shuttle > from the train station to the terminal. > > You can also get to either national or dulles via public transportation. > Hopkins shuttle to Penn/MARC and then to National/METRO (travel time is > about 2 hours). This takes you directly to the terminal. MARC is 7 > bucks and metro is $3.65 or so (non-rush)... > > If you want to get to Dulles take METRO to Arlington and from there their is > a 3 dollar non-stop shuttle (public transit or METRO-bus) right to the > terminal. So, you can get to Dulles for about $15 (and not have to deal w/ > traffic either!) > > >From my perspective, as important to me as time in getting to the airport > is > AVOIDING connecting flights. In my searches for travel now I include > dulles, national, bwi and even consider philadelphia and newark. I'd much > rather spend the time on the ground here, and near public transportation > that can get me home rather than spending the time sitting in some airport > HUB (chicago, atlanta, charlotte) and running the risk of missing the > connection and not getting home at all. I've heard too many travel horror > stories/experienced my own. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Schlegel, William B CW4 RES USAR USARC < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> By the time you buy your MARC ticket and Metro farecard, not to mentiuon >> the extra time, you would probably do just as well leaving from BWI. >> Light >> rail goes there, too! Time is worth money, as well. >> >> Brad >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Fruhlinger" <[email protected]> >> To: "The Charles Village Chat List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:04 AM >> Subject: Re: [Chat] gettting from CV to National airport?? >> >> >> >> There's a stop on Washington's MetroRail Yellow Line right at the >> National >>> Airport terminal. Quite easy to get to. >>> >>> You could do the whole trip from Charles Village via public transit. >>> Take >>> MARC from Penn Station to DC's Union Station, take the Red Line two stops >>> to >>> Chinatown, switch to the Yellow Line there. >>> >>> Google Maps actually will show you transit direction from anywhere to >>> anywhere in the region. Very useful. >>> >>> http://maps.google.com/ >>> >>> jf >>> >>> On Jun 30, 2011, at 9:50 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> I just found out that flights out of national are often much much less >>>> expensive than some flights out of BWI. >>>> >>>> The problem is how does "one" get to National. >>>> >>>> Has anyone done this using public transportation for at least the latter >>>> part of the drive?? >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Christine Gray >>>> >>> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Chat mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://charlesvillage.info/**mailman/listinfo/chat_**charlesvillage.info<http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info> >> archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]/<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> > _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list [email protected] http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
