Non-flight travel for NYC to Boston

[supereagles]

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Does any one know how easy it is to get from New York City to Boston University by train or Bus?

 

[DW]

Originally posted by supereagles
Does any one know how easy it is to get from New York City to Boston University by train or Bus?

the chinatown buses are only 10 dollars one way

http://www.luckystarbus.com/

or

http://www.sunshineboston.com/bustours/nyc/

takes 4-5 hours.

 

[skypilot]

Take the greyhound bus or chinatown bus. You will be dropped off at South station or in Chinatown which are both close to each other.

Take the subway ("T") orange line to Mass Avenue if you are adventurous and walk the rest of the way (this is not the greatest neighborhood).

Otherwise check with BU on the best way to get to the campus from South station.

 

[skypilot]

the train is only about 4 hours but is very expensive.
try http://amtrak.com for schedules

 

[loomis]

chinatown bus all the way!! there are several carriers..i've used "Fung Wah". they have been professional, timely and clean. i dunno about teh other tour companies. incidentally there is an article on the chinatown bus in the nytimes today. check it out (it should be online too). bottom line, the author had a lousy experience but she did mention that it wasn't the fung wah tour but another operator.

peter pan used to also run from port authority to south staiton in boston but i dunno if they still do (or if greyhound has taken over them). the price differential is quite large between chinatown bus and the larger companies though (almost a 20 dollar difference). have fun!!

 

[say aaahh!]

I rode a Chinatown bus last night from the Bean to the Big Apple. Do a search on Google, because there are a couple other companies not listed in this thread so far. I rode Boston Deluxe ($15 instead of $10 for most of the others) because I didn't want to be dropped off in Chinatown in NY owing to where I live in Manhattan.

PS The path between DC and NY and Baltimore and NY is also well worn by Chinatown buses (as is, I believe, Philly, but I've never ridden that myself).

 

[surfsup]

check out www.ivymedia.com, another chinatown bus company. Thats what I'll be using to go up to boston

 

[supereagles]

Thanks y'all to all your replies. They have been most useful, i am sure to save some money by going this route. Hope to see some of you guys in medical school.

 

[supereagles]

Thanks y'all to all your replies. They have been most useful, i am sure to save some money by going this route. Hope to see some of you guys in medical school.