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Quick StatsBest Ways to Get Around Town
- Find a friend with a car
- Hopkins and Colltown
- Shuttle Service
- Taxi
How to Get to the Airport
- A cab ride to the airport costs approximately $30.
- Hopkins Run Shuttle (only during the major holidays and the end of the semester)
- Light Rail from Penn Station
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Many students do not find a need to use Baltimore City public transportation. Instead, they use the free shuttle service, called the Collegetown Shuttle, which can get them to the Harbor, the Hopkins Medical School, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Towson, the mall, other area universities, and anywhere else within a mile of campus. When students want to go to DC, they take the Collegetown Shuttle to Penn Station and then take the Amtrak or MARC trains. Students who do use the city’s public transportation describe it as reliable and cheap. Baltimore public transportation isn’t great, but it will suffice. The main complaint about it is that it takes many connections to reach certain points in the city. There are also entire sections of the city and suburbs that are not accessible by public transportation. Some students feel unsafe on the buses because of the mix of individuals who use them for travel. Since many students do not have cars, they use mostly shuttle services and taxis to get around Baltimore. Students don’t generally cite lack of public transportation as a reason that they don’t leave the Homewood campus. Students Speak Out
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JHUDM says: Johns Hopkins University 2016 Other  |
Public transportation is very...
Public transportation is very convenient. There are taxis everywhere, and the school has a bus that runs every 30 minutes to get to Inner Harbor and different shopping malls in the area.
Transportation: April 01, 2009
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I don’t take buses, or anything...
I don’t take buses, or anything like that. If you need to get out, you can usually walk, take a shuttle, or call a taxi. There’s really no need for buses. Everything you’d need is right here. |
Anonymous says: |
Public transportation is easy to...
Public transportation is easy to use. There are always cabs nearby, and the buses are cheap and can get you pretty far. There are shuttles that go to the train station, and from there you can take the train to DC on a weekday for $5.75 if you use the MARC train. There are also free shuttles to the Peabody Music Conservatory, Hopkins Medical School, and one of the malls in the area. |
Anonymous says: |
If you want to take Amtrak or the...
If you want to take Amtrak or the MARC, there is a free shuttle from Hopkins that takes you to the station pretty easily. I’ve taken it a few times. You can also take a five dollar taxi there. Taxis are pretty easy to catch near campus, so that’s not a problem. There is also a free shuttle to the mall. The campus security van will take you within a mile for free—I take that all the time. |
Anonymous says: |
Cabs are everywhere, but the bus...
Cabs are everywhere, but the bus system is kind of sketchy. Just like any big city, you’ll find all kinds of people on the buses. Imagine NY buses, but less numbers of people on each bus. |
On-Campus Transportation
Homewood/East Baltimore Medical Campus Shuttle (410) 516-4600 6:30 a.m–11 p.m., connects Shriver Hall at Homewood with Penn Station, Peabody/Mount Vernon, and the Medical School
Hopkins Security escort van (410) 516-8700 5 p.m.–3 a.m., drives anywhere within a mile radius of campus
Public Transportation
The bus stops on Charles St. heading north, and St. Paul St. heading south. The fare is $1.35. Check out www.mtamaryland.com. The light rail and subway have tracks through Baltimore. There have been talks about expanding the system, but nothing has materialized. Since neither of these transportation systems passes near the Homewood campus, students do not often use the light rail or subway systems. One-way fare is $1.60, or a day pass is $3.50. Check www.mtamaryland.com for more information and schedules.
Taxi Cabs
Northern Cab
(410) 668-9400
Sedan Transport
(410) 719-2222
Greyhound
The Greyhound bus terminal is located in downtown Baltimore, approximately three miles from campus.
Amtrak
Penn Station is located on the shuttle route, approximately one and one-half miles from campus. For schedule information, call (800) USA-RAIL. The MARC train is the commuter section of Amtrak. It leaves from Penn Station and connects Baltimore to Washington, DC. A roundtrip ticket to Washington, DC costs approximately $11, but the trains only run on weekdays. For schedule information, call (410) 539-5000. www.mtamaryland.com/marc/marc.asp
Airport
BWI Airport is approximately 30-minutes driving time from Johns Hopkins. Baltimore Washington International (BWI) Airport (410) 859-7111
Did You Know?You can take the MARC train all the way to DC for less than $10 on weekdays. DC has a ton to offer, and you can turn into a great day trip.
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