Getting Here, Getting Around
Baltimore is served by international, national, and regional air service at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (it’s a Southwest Airlines hub); Amtrak and MARC trains; Greyhound and other national and regional buses; and major cruise lines (Carnival and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines offering year-round service) providing about 165,000 people with a great sea-going getaway every year. Several interstate highways weave north/south and west across the state. I-95 travels 1,925 miles connecting and directing traffic from Houlton, Maine and Woodstock New Brunswick, Canada on the North through to Miami, Florida on the South (except for a portion in the Pennsylvania-New Jersey area that is projected to be complete in 1914, maybe). Interstate 70 starts in Baltimore and doesn’t stop until or make you stop for a traffic light (except for a small portion in Breezewood, Pennsylvania) for almost 2,200 miles, until it reaches its western terminus in Cove Fort, Utah. All roads in Europe may lead to Rome; lots of roads in the United States lead to Baltimore. Forty million people live within a six-hour drive of the city.
Getting around is relatively easy with Light Rail, subway, and bus service. Most of the tourist attractions are within walking distance of each other and those parts of the city are relatively easy to walk.
So, c’mon people. Baltimore has made visiting about as easy as one could hope and its residents are waiting for you.
1. Apex Bus
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Telephone: (202) 449-9758 (9 a.m. to 7 p.
2. Greyhound Lines
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Telephone: (410) 752-1393
Address: 2110 Haines St.
Description: The downtown (Haines Street) station has baggage and package express services and the station is open 24 hours a day. The Travel Plaza stop does not handle luggage although they do offer package express and 24-hour service.
3. Baltimore–Washington
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Address: 6523 O’Donnell St.
6. “Chinatown” Buses
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Address: 5625 O’Donnell St.
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
9. Marc
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Description: Maryland Rail Commuter trains operate on three lines running throughout the Baltimore–Washington corridor, eight Maryland counties, and northeastern West Virginia. In all, MARC serves some 31,000 commuters Monday through Friday. For Baltimore, the Camden Line runs between Baltimore and Washington’s Union Station (a major hub for transportation in all directions). The Camden Line terminal is at the Camden Yards Transportation Station at Oriole Park. MARC’s Penn Line starts about 50 miles north of the Inner Harbor in Perryville, off I-95 near the Susquehanna River in Cecil County, and continues south to Penn Station and on to Washington.The Brunswick Line services between Martinsburg, West Virginia, and Frederick County, Maryland, to Washington, D.C.
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
13. Water Taxi Harbor Connector
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Description: The city started a free water shuttle in May 2009 that provides transportation every 15 minutes from Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Museum in Fell’s Point to the Tide Point business park in Locust Point. A second route, running every 25 minutes, from Canton to Tide Point started on November 1, 2009. Both services run from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays unless there is nasty weather. Check the Web site or the radio/TV newscasts for updates. The first boats held 24 passengers and the boats on order will hold 45 passengers. They are climate controlled.
14. Spirit Cruises
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Telephone: (410) 727-3113, (866) 312-2469
Description: The Spirit offers a 75-minute cruise that chugs past Ft. McHenry while you hear about the USS Constellation, Fell’s Point, the National Aquarium, John W. Brown Liberty Ship and much more. The cruises depart several times daily from April through October with boarding time set at 15 minutes before departure. Other cruises may be available, so check the ticket booth for a current schedule. Lunch, brunch, and other cruises are also available, some with themes that might be a pre-Halloween moonlight cruise or a gospel lunch cruise. Cruises start at about $20.
15. Maryland Commuter Rail Service (Marc)
City: Baltimore, MD
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Address: 6 Saint Paul Street
Description: Trains operate from 5 a.m. to midnight Monday through Friday between Washington’s Union Station and Baltimore (including Oriole Park at Camden Yards and BWI Airport), serving many of the key commuter corridors of Prince George’s County. Fares vary according to your destination. MARC also links the region with Martinsburg, West Virginia and Frederick, Maryland. Two children younger than age six can travel free with a rider paying full fare.