I'm visiting the city this weekend for training, and I'm staying with a friend in D.C. My friend just relocated too, so is uncertain of taking public transit outside of what's needed for work, which is right there in D.C.
I need to get from D.C. to the B'more Convention Center on Saturday, but none of the sites I've looked at (MARC, MTA, WMATA) to get directions have been helpful for this.
PLEASE HELP! Even if you don't have specific directions, but can give me the phone number of the most likely transit system to get me there, this would be extremely helpful.
2007-01-18 17:28:03 · 8 answers · asked by musicaldiamond 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Washington, D.C.
There is no MARC on Saturday. Some people have missed that point.
There is Amtrak, which will cost a bit.
There is also a roundabout way. Take the Green Line to Green Belt metro station. Catch the B30 Express bus to BWI airport which runs about 20 times a day on Saturday. Get on the BWI Light Rail train that takes you to the Convention Center stop.
This will take a couple hours, but it will be the cheapest option.
Metrorail: http://www.wmata.com
B30 BWI Express Bus: http://www.wmata.com/metrobus/b30_brochure.cfm
BWI Light Rail: http://www.mtamaryland.com/services/lightrail/schedule/map.cfm
2007-01-19 07:43:53 · answer #1 · answered by apleyden 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Man, I had no idea how tough this would be.
MARC trains don't run at all on Sat. You probably can't do it with the WMATA B30 bus, because the earliest Sat bus has you at BWI at 9:15, you probably couldn't get to the convention center much before 10 taking light rail from BWI. (If you don't need to be there until after 10, then this is the way to go, I guess)
This is certainly not the cheapest, but DC metro to union station. Amtrak to Baltimore Penn Station. Cab (couple minutes) to Convention Center.
I looked at amtrak fares and they seemed to be $19-$36 each way. (actually I thought they would be higher). So this whole trip with metro and cab would cost around $60-100.
Alternatively you could take a greyhound bus, but who wants to hang about in a bus station in DC or in Baltimore? You would still have to cab from the bus station to the Conv. Ctr.
Since public transportation options are so limited, I would look at renting a car. (don't forget cost of parking, though).
sorry I was not more help.
2007-01-19 08:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by H_A_V_0_C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can take the MARC train (Camden line) from Union Station in DC. The Convention Center is across the street from the Camden Station stop. I would take a train that gets you to the station earlier than you have to be there. MARC trains sometimes run late without giving passengers notice. Actually now that I think about it the MARC doesn't run on the weekend. You can take the green line metro from DC to Greenbelt, Maryland and then take a bus to Baltimore. If you can get to BWI airport you can take the Lightrail to Camden Yards. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Public transportation really sucks in MD...another reason I miss NY
Try the Convention Center website: http://www.bccenter.org/about/trans.html
you can also try Maryland's MTA:
Transit Information Call Center: (410)-539-5000
Toll Free: 1-866-RIDE-MTA | Monday through Friday | 6am until 7pm
TTY for Hearing or Speech Impaired Persons: (410)-539-3497
Good Luck!
2007-01-19 02:05:13 · answer #3 · answered by ascensionto 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are only a couple ways to get to Baltimore using public transportation in the Washington DC Metro Area. The most practical way of going to Baltimore would be to metro to Union Station (the metro stop is Union Station) on the Red Line and then taking the Amtrak (www.amtrak.com) train to Baltimore and you can easily catch a short $10-$15 cab ride from that point. The website provides the hours and prices of the ride (usually every hour) and the cost is approximately $18 for Regional train... it will only take 45 minutes to get there by train. I hope this helped and enjoy our wonderful public transportation system ;-)
2007-01-19 15:09:47 · answer #4 · answered by SamanthaJ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
If you are staying in DC, the best way besides car that I know of is to take the Marc Train from Union Station in DC to Baltimore. I've taken it to go see a baseball game in Baltimore, and I only had to walk a couple blocks to the stadium. I'm not exactly sure where the convention center is, but I'd imagine it must be accessible from where the train drops off.
2007-01-19 14:28:48 · answer #5 · answered by Steve M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MARC has servce from Union Station in DC to Penn Station in B'more. Their website is www.mtamaryland.com but they don't have service on weekends.
Neither of those other two services (WMATA or MTA) have service between the two cities.
Amtrak also offers service between the cities. I think it's about $15 one way on Amtrak (about half that on MARC).
2007-01-19 08:04:01 · answer #6 · answered by Mike R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your best bet would be Greyhound bus, they go from the near capitol hill to downtown B'more near the convention center. Renting a car is the fastest way to get there if you don't like taking the bus.
2007-01-19 15:41:52 · answer #7 · answered by deesgrants 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can take mart from downtown dc (ne or se) and take that to camden yards (the O's stadium) the convention center is just a short (within 1 block) walk from camden yards. Raven stadium is in the same area.
have a great time, eat some crab cakes for me.
2007-01-19 15:20:07 · answer #8 · answered by janet h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋