What's the best way from NYC to Washington DC?
Hi! My family and I are making a combined NYC and Washington DC trip this coming April. We will arrive in New York and depart Washington Dc. Midway through the trip we need transportation from NYC to DC. What is the best way to do this? We do have bags we need to check. I figured that we take an 8.00 pm flight from Laguardia to National airport. This way we won't lose vacation time. The trains only seem to run in the morning. Your input will be appreciated!
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The best/inexpensive way is by bus. I've used Greyhound Bus for a round trip from NYC to Washington, DC and it was very inexpensive. If you need to check luggage in NYC instead of tugging it along with you to Washington, DC, there are daily storage locations (which requires identification) here to help you for. Opening times are as early as 8am and close as late as 11pm http://411newyork.org/guide/2008/04/27/new-york-city-locker-storage/ Here are some tips that might be helpful for your trip. http://411newyork.org/guide/2008/03/13/things-to-bring-to-new-york-city/ Travel safe.
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How about Amtrak?
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you can try AMTRAK train but like you said they might not run at the time of day you were looking at try greyhound.com a well known bus company very popular, and they let you take luggage on with you, like a travellng tourist bus i guess look up JFK to DC and they should have some prices on there too
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i suggest Mega Bus. its a new division i think of Coach Buses. if you book early the bus tickets only cost around 10 dollars. book really early and it'll be like 4. the buses to Washington are also really nice. its clean and i think the ones that go to Washington are double decker buses. the Mega Bus leaves from 32nd street right next to Madision Square Garden.
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I don't know what you're looking at but Amtrak runs those trains all day long Here are today's PM trains Something to consider is that even if you don't use the Acela Express your downtown to downtown time will be possibly faster than flying will be Safe trip >>> $103.00 171 Northeast Regional New York, NY - Penn Station (NYP) 12:35 pm 02-DEC-08 Washington, DC - Union Station (WAS) 4:10 pm 02-DEC-08 3h 35m Snack car 1 Reserved Coach Seat >>>> $177.00 2159 Acela Express New York, NY - Penn Station (NYP) 1:00 pm 02-DEC-08 Washington, DC - Union Station (WAS) 3:49 pm 02-DEC-08 2h 49m Snack car 1 Business Class Seat >>>>>> $177.00 2121 Acela Express New York, NY - Penn Station (NYP) 2:00 pm 02-DEC-08 Washington, DC - Union Station (WAS) 4:49 pm 02-DEC-08 2h 49m Snack car 1 Business Class Seat >>>>>>>>>> $103.00 93 Northeast Regional New York, NY - Penn Station (NYP) 2:05 pm 02-DEC-08 Washington, DC - Union Station (WAS) 5:25 pm 02-DEC-08 3h 20m Snack car 1 Reserved Coach Seat $221.00 2163 Acela Express New York, NY - Penn Station (NYP) 3:00 pm 02-DEC-08 Washington, DC - Union Station (WAS) 5:51 pm 02-DEC-08 2h 51m Snack car 1 Business Class Seat >>> $103.00 85 Northeast Regional New York, NY - Penn Station (NYP) 3:05 pm 02-DEC-08 Washington, DC - Union Station (WAS) 6:30 pm 02-DEC-08 3h 25m Snack car 1 Reserved Coach Seat <<< $103.00 173 Northeast Regional New York, NY - Penn Station (NYP) 3:35 pm 02-DEC-08 Washington, DC - Union Station (WAS) 6:46 pm 02-DEC-08 3h 11m Snack car 1 Reserved Coach Seat <<<<<<<<<<< $221.00 2165 Acela Express New York, NY - Penn Station (NYP) 4:00 pm 02-DEC-08 Washington, DC - Union Station (WAS) 6:51 pm 02-DEC-08 2h 51m Snack car 1 Business Class Seat <<<<<< $72.00 127 Northeast Regional New York, NY - Penn Station (NYP) 4:05 pm 02-DEC-08 Washington, DC - Union Station (WAS) 7:27 pm 02-DEC-08 3h 22m Snack car 1 Reserved Coach Seat >>>>>> $103.00 129 Northeast Regional New York, NY - Penn Station (NYP) 4:34 pm 02-DEC-08 Washington, DC - Union Station (WAS) 7:58 pm 02-DEC-08 3h 24m Snack car 1 Reserved Coach Seat >>>>>
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Also check Bolt Bus, Greyhound Bus's new introduction. https://www.boltbus.com/default.aspx
