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Best Ways to Get Around Town

  • Bike
  • Get a ride from a friend
  • Good pair of running shoes
  • Rollerblades
  • Taxi

How to Get to the Airport

  • Around vacations, the school also offers a shuttle service to the airport. Students can purchase these rides ahead of time.
  • Brunswick Taxi (207) 729-3688 A cab ride to the airport costs $50.

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The Bowdoin Bubble is not hard to navigate by foot. With Maine Street running right past campus and conveniences like a grocery store and restaurants less than a mile away, everything you could ask for can be accessed with just a good pair of walking shoes. However, the use of a car will add the convenience of life outside of Maine Street. Due to the size of Brunswick, no public transportation system is present, but Vermont Transit has a stop not far from campus, and Concord Trailways has an on-campus stop. These buses offer easy travel to Montreal, Boston, New York City, and more. Safe Ride provides an easy, safe way for students to travel around campus, and the Bowdoin Student Government offers the use of Brunswick Taxi services on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings to promote safe drinking. On Friday afternoons and Saturdays, the Bowdoin Student Government runs a shuttle service to Freeport and Portland.

Although at times the Bowdoin Bubble can feel suffocating, there are enough low-cost traveling options for students to get around if they do not bring a vehicle to campus. The possibility of leaving campus is much better than at rival Maine schools, and with little effort, it is easy to get off campus. There are also many students on campus with cars and most do not mind taking friends places.

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Anonymous says:

If your legs work, or if you have...

If your legs work, or if you have a working wheelchair, it’s pretty easy to travel around town.

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Anonymous says:

Cars offer a big plus, but they...

Cars offer a big plus, but they aren’t necessary.

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Anonymous says:

Brunswick Taxi is pretty...

Brunswick Taxi is pretty convenient, and they give free rides to students on weekend nights that Bowdoin Student Government pays for.

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Anonymous says:

Public transportation can be...

Public transportation can be dependent on the weather, so that’s pretty annoying in the winter.

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The school provides transportation...

The school provides transportation to shopping centers on the weekend and to the airport before major breaks, but public transportation doesn’t exist in Brunswick—it’s too small.

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On-Campus Transportation

Bowdoin Safe Ride Program

(207) 725-3314

5 p.m.–3 a.m. Daily

Bowdoin Student Government Weekend Shuttle

Thursday 10 p.m.–1 a.m.

Friday–Saturday 10 p.m.–2 a.m.

Freeport Shuttle

Friday 4:30 p.m.–10 p.m

Saturday 1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m

Old Port (Portland) Shuttle

Friday 7 p.m.–1:30 p.m.

Taxi Cabs

Brunswick Taxi
(207) 729-3688

Greyhound

Bus stops on campus at the Dayton Ice Arena. Tickets may be purchased in advance or en route. Bowdoin students are eligible for a $5 discount off a round-trip ticket to Portland, Bangor, Boston, or Logan International Airport (Boston) with their college ID. Student round-trip discount tickets are good for 60 days.

Concord Trailways

101 Bath Rd., Brunswick

From the Portland Jetport, the taxi trip to the bus station is $9. From the Bowdoin campus, the Brunswick Greyhound station is less than a mile away.

Portland Greyhound Terminal

950 Congress St., Portland

(207) 772-6587

www.greyhound.com

Amtrak

The Amtrak Train Station is in downtown Portland, approximately 30 miles from campus.

Portland Amtrak Station

100 Thompson Point Rd., Portland

(800) USA-RAIL

www.amtrak.com

Airport

The Portland International Jetport is 30 miles (about 40 minutes) from the Bowdoin College campus.

Portland International Jetport

1001 Westbrook St., Portland

(207) 874-8877

www.portlandjetport.org

Car Rentals

Alamo
(207) 775-0855
(800) GOALAMO
www.goalamo.com

Avis
(207) 874-7500
(800) 831-2847
www.avis.com

Budget
(207) 772-6789
(800) 527-0700
www.budget.com

Hertz
(207) 774-4544
(800) 654-3131
www.hertz.com

National
(207) 773-0036
(800) 227-7368
www.nationalcar.com

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