Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 15:14:15 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Ride to Balticon
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

>kfl at KeithLynch.net 5/23/04 1:30:58 PM
>At the meeting someone asked about getting a ride to Balticon.
>I
>can't offer a ride, but I can offer advice on how to get there.
>
>Take the Metro to the Greenbelt station, at the end of the
>Green line.
>Then take the B30 bus to the BWI airport's light rail station.
>(Don't
>get off at the airline terminal.)  Then take the light rail to the
>Lexington Market station.  You'll be one block west of the con
>hotel.
>
>The B30 bus runs every 40 minutes.  (Metro and light rail run
>more
>often.)  It costs $1.15 if you get a free transfer when you enter
>Metro, exact change required.  See
>http://www.wmata.com/metrobus/b30_brochure.cfm
>
>Alternatively, you can take a MARC train from DC's Union
>Station, but
>that's more expensive, runs less often, and leaves you much
>further
>from the con hotel.

There are two Marc lines between DC & Baltimore.
One goes to Penn Station, the other & much closer to the con hotel is
the Camden line.
http://www.mtamaryland.com/schedules/marc/marc_schedule.cfm

The Camden line runs even less frequently than the Penn line.

Neither line runs on Saturday or Sunday.  And since Monday is holiday
there is an addtional lack of service.

mjw

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