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Transportation

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Best Ways to Get Around Town
  • Find a friend with a car
  • Hopkins and Colltown
  • Shuttle Service
  • Taxi
Best Ways 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

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

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.

 

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Transportation at Johns Hopkins University

kevf92

'14

Chemical Engineering

4.6
A

Great Shuttle System

Hopkins revamped their transportation system just this year. There are now multiple shuttles with different preset routes, and their exact location and predicted times are available via GPS online. There are also free vans that you can call after 10 pm supposedly, but I've heard that they either take forever or don't show up at all. Cab fair is cheap too.

Feb 03, 2012

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Transportation at Johns Hopkins University

kittycat17

'14

History

4.6
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Transportation

In addition to the very cheap public transportation, students have access to two free shuttle services, the JHMI and the Collegetown Shuttle, which basically take you anywhere around Baltimore that you want to go. There are also free van services that take you around campus.

Dec 17, 2011

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Transportation at Johns Hopkins University

Julio5

'15

Materials Engineering

5.0
A+

Free and Convenient

With Penn Station only ten minutes away by free bus, you can get almost anywhere on the east coast with relative ease. Also, getting to downtown Baltimore is really easy and free as well. The MARC train can get you to DC in under an hour for only $7 on weekdays, and can get you to BWI airport in about 20 minutes for only $4.

Nov 29, 2011

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Facts

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.

Campus ShuttleWhat's This?

Hopkins Security escort van

(410) 516-8700

5 p.m.–3 a.m., drives anywhere within a mile radius of campus

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

Public TransitWhat's This?

Maryland Transit Authority (MTA)

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.

(410) 539-5000

www.mtamaryland.com

Nearest AirportWhat's This?

Baltimore Washington International (BWI) Airport

BWI Airport is approximately 30-minutes driving time from Johns Hopkins.

(410) 859-7111

Nearest Passenger BusWhat's This?

Greyhound

The Greyhound bus terminal is located in downtown Baltimore, approximately three miles from campus.

210 W. Fayette St.

(800) 229-9424

www.greyhound.com

Nearest Passenger TrainWhat's This?

Amtrak Penn Station

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

1525 N Charles St.

(410) 291-4268

www.amtrak.com

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