Need Advice Re: Public Transportation BWI/DC
Jun 30, 2000, 2:56 pm
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Need Advice Re: Public Transportation BWI/DC
I have an employee who will be flying into BWI and will take public transportation (the best in the world, I hear) to meet me at the D.C. Convention Center.
Any good advice regarding the most efficient routing will be greatly appreciated.
Any good advice regarding the most efficient routing will be greatly appreciated.
Jun 30, 2000, 3:36 pm
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Schedules for the MARC trains from the BWI AMTRAK station (to D.C. Union Station) can be found at: http://www.mtamaryland.com/
They only run Monday-Friday ($5 one way). You can buy tickets at the BWI AMTRAK station from a computer kiosk with a credit card, or from a ticket window. There is a discount if you buy a round trip ticket.
I came back on a Sunday once and had to get an AMTRAK ticket one way (booked on their web site). Think it was about $17.50. I presented the confirmation number and they printed out the ticket for me.
There is a free connecting bus from BWI to the AMTRAK station that takes about 5-10 minutes.
Tom
They only run Monday-Friday ($5 one way). You can buy tickets at the BWI AMTRAK station from a computer kiosk with a credit card, or from a ticket window. There is a discount if you buy a round trip ticket.
I came back on a Sunday once and had to get an AMTRAK ticket one way (booked on their web site). Think it was about $17.50. I presented the confirmation number and they printed out the ticket for me.
There is a free connecting bus from BWI to the AMTRAK station that takes about 5-10 minutes.
Tom
Jul 1, 2000, 8:40 pm
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Hmmmm.....
A little more expensive than public transport is Private Car. They have the only Sedan service in BWI and are right at the curb and take reservations (recommended). The rate in and around Baltimore rivals that of cabs and they are more reliable. 410-519-0000
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A little more expensive than public transport is Private Car. They have the only Sedan service in BWI and are right at the curb and take reservations (recommended). The rate in and around Baltimore rivals that of cabs and they are more reliable. 410-519-0000
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Jul 3, 2000, 7:31 am
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Punki: My advice re: flying into/out of BWI: DON'T DO IT!
Ok, so I personally violate this policy myself from time to time...but the exception proves the rule!!!!!
But I'm quite sure that JeffS will agree that BWI is a worthless podunk, backwater middle-of-nowhere excuse for an airport.
Now if it were Queen Punki herself arriving into this distant exo-burb, she could simply call upon her grass-skirted knight for timely and personalized transit...
The train is indeed the most efficinet per dollar spent. My only advice: whichever train your servant takes, do it as a one way, since there may be a more convenient return on the other service...
Ok, so I personally violate this policy myself from time to time...but the exception proves the rule!!!!!
But I'm quite sure that JeffS will agree that BWI is a worthless podunk, backwater middle-of-nowhere excuse for an airport.
Now if it were Queen Punki herself arriving into this distant exo-burb, she could simply call upon her grass-skirted knight for timely and personalized transit...
The train is indeed the most efficinet per dollar spent. My only advice: whichever train your servant takes, do it as a one way, since there may be a more convenient return on the other service...
Jul 3, 2000, 8:25 am
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I find BWI to be the hidden airport in heaven. I take the light rail into the city, and the MARC Baltimore to DC. I avoid both DC aiprorts at all cost. Now, it would be nice if you could go from BWI ti JFK on someone other then DL/TSA or AA commuter which are both terrible.
Jul 3, 2000, 1:25 pm
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The ONLY good thing about BWI: one is assured the ultimate pleasure of a J31 if one wants to go to a real DC airport 
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Jul 3, 2000, 2:06 pm
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Just did this trip in reverse. DCA to baltimore. MARC is currently $5.75 AMTRACK $23 (both one way). As a previous poster reported no MARC trains on the weekend. You can connect to the subway at union station in washington. Just for future knowledge the north end of BWI has a light rail station that goes north to penn station and beyond. HOWEVER that is a terrible option if you are going south as it takes 45 mintues to pennstation. I only mention it because you should not confuse the two stations at the airport. (and if you ever need to go north, now you know how). P.S. I actually got a cheaper ticket flying into DCA and returning BWI.