Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Amusing DC area connection...

[Scott Hussey <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Amazing what a well funded, well planned public transportation system
will get you. Unlike the boondoggle that is MetroLink in St. Louis or
the 7 hour Amtrak ride from St. Louis to Kansas City.

On 11/11/05, Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED > wrote:

So my flight gets into BWI at 10:20 PM, in theory.  Usually, I take
the B30 bus from BWI to the Green Line Metro station.  Hmm...does it
run that late?  Well, the last one is at 10:48, almost certainly on
the dot.  Chances of making that are not so good, which is unfortunate
since it's the cheap and easy solution.  I'm vaguely troubled since
every other solution to "how do I get from BWI to the Green Line" is
either horribly expensive or doesn't run as late as this.  As a last
resort, I try Amtrak...mostly just for a lack.

But wait: Amtrak has actual real live train service in this market,
since I'm talking about the east coast corridor.  So Amtrak actually
saves my bacon!!  They have a shuttle from the airport to their BWI
train station every 20 minutes (even that late) and an 11:30 PM train
from there to downtown DC which takes 30 minutes.  Then, because the
Metro is open really late on weekends, I can get out to suburban
Maryland where my hotel is.  $15 for the train only seems steep if you
don't know a cab would cost almost $100.

jking

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