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Transportation

Quick Stats

Best Ways to Get Around Town
  • Bike
  • Walk
Best Ways to Get to the Airport
  • A cab ride to the airport costs $50.
  • Bennett's Taxi Service - (610) 525-1770
  • SEPTA'5 train to 30th Station, R1 to airport

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

With the exception of the SEPTA and taxis required to get to Philly, the school provides most student transportation. Public Safety mans a fleet of vans, shuttles, and buses that get students around the farthest points on campus as well as to Haverford and Swarthmore. For the most part, this system works, though the Swat Van runs less frequently and may force you to arrive an hour early for class. Students tend to walk to town, but they may opt for the campus van after grocery shopping or in bad weather. Bryn Mawr also sends busloads of students to King of Prussia every few weeks. The R5 gets students to Philadelphia and back for $8.50 as long as the students return on the last train back to Bryn Mawr, which leaves at 1:19 a.m. on Friday or 12:49 a.m. on Saturday. Once in Philly, most students walk. For destinations not within walking distance of the train or subway stops, students can take a taxi.

Rather than schedule your life around the bus schedules, many students choose to invest in a bike and/or good walking shoes. To get to Philly, you are a faced with a more expensive situation. The train costs almost as much as most students would spend on dinner. As the cheaper alternative, the R100 is a 15-minute walk from campus, but students going out for an evening prefer the R5.

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Transportation at Bryn Mawr College

mmockingbird

Anthropology and Archaeology '15

4.2
A-

Blue Bus, Swat Van and Philidelphia

The Blue bus runs on a very regular schedule that corresponds with class times. The Swat van is a little more difficult to catch and doesn't run as often. The train station is just a five minute walk from campus and the college will pay for your ticket if you can tell them what event your going to a week in advance. Tickets into Philadelphia really aren't all the expensive though, maybe 7$ one way.

May 16, 2012

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Transportation at Bryn Mawr College

kiw393

Biology '15

3.8
B+

Blue Bus/Swat Van

The Blue Bus/Swat Van is available for Bryn Mawr students to take classes at Haverford or Swarthmore and to attend other events on those campuses. However, the time schedule for the buses are sometimes problematic with timing it with classes on both campuses.

Apr 26, 2012

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Transportation at Bryn Mawr College

slee07

Chemistry '13

3.5
B

Tranportation

If you are thinking in terms of commuting between the bico and trico, we have the blue bus and trico van that travels between Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College and Swarthmore College. They run on schedule so sometimes it can be a hassle and sometimes it can be a blessing. There are also special college buses that run on Saturdays to Ardmore's trader joes. There's the Regional rail that goes in and out of the city. There's also the high speed rail trolley that's a cheaper way of getting into the city. The only issue that the train stop is a 10 minute walk. The college has a Lantern Van that runs after 7PM everyday of the week until 1AM, they do pick ups from the high speed trolley station. And if all fails, public safety would be more than happy to safely transport you back to your dorm.

Apr 16, 2012

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User rating for Bryn Mawr College - Transportation is 4.6 out of 5 based on 19 user reviews.

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Campus ShuttleWhat's This?

BMC Transportation Services

www.brynmawr.edu/transportation/index.shtml - Blue Bus, BMC Campus Shuttle, Swarthmore Van

(610) 526-7310

Public TransitWhat's This?

SEPTA (South Eastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority)

Nearest AirportWhat's This?

Philadelphia International Airport

The airport is approximately 23 miles from campus and takes about a half-hour to drive to.

(215) 937-6937

www.phl.org

Nearest Passenger BusWhat's This?

Greyhound

Take the SEPTA train to Market East.

Center City at 11th and Filbert Street

(800) 231-2222

www.greyhound.com

Nearest Passenger TrainWhat's This?

Amtrak

From campus, take the SEPTA train to the terminal.

30th Street Station or 30th and Market Street

www.amtrak.com

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