[tei-council] TE Council Meeting in April.

[Lou Burnard]

Elli doesnt mention the third option, which is to take amtrak from south 
station. much quicker than the MBTA train, and the timing is better for 
our plane's arrival. but you have to book it in advance (online)





On 03/04/13 19:54, Mylonas, Elli wrote:
> Hi all council members:
>
> For travel from Logan to Providence, you have two options (I think I sent
> them earlier) Amtrak is a 3rd and much worse one.
>
> 1. Peter Pan Bus (www.peterpanbus.com) Goes around to all the terminals,
> runs about every 2 hours and comes directly to Providence. You get out not
> at the 1st Providence exit (the Bonanza Bus Station), you stay on the bus
> and go to Downtown Providence. You will be within a block of the Biltmore
> when you arrive. (Sometimes you have to get off at the bus station and get
> on another bus to go downtown, as they pool their passengers...)
> Fare is @ $20 o/w, $40 r/t and you can get your ticket on the web ahead of
> time.
>
> 2. Mass public transportation
> At Logan, get on the Silver Line bus/subway ($2) to South Station.
> At South Station, go to the train station, and buy a ticket for commuter
> rail to Providence ($20). You can find a schedule here:
> http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/lines/?route=PROVSTOU and make
> sure to correcty press inbound/outbound. it's a bad interface. There an
> MBTA phone app that may make buying a ticket easier. It's one of those
> things where you buy the ticket and activate it before getting on train. No
> standing in line.
>
> Is anyone arriving at Providence airport? (TF Green?)
>
>    --elli
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz at it.ox.ac.uk
>> wrote:
>>
>> On 3 Apr 2013, at 19:35, "James Cummings" <james.cummings at it.ox.ac.uk
>> <mailto:james.cummings at it.ox.ac.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> Maybe share these with the rest of the Council?  Not that I don't trust
>> you of course.
>>
>> Sigh. And I thought I had demonstrated my untrustworthiness so often to
>> you all..
>>
>> Onna bus, will send Lou's timing later. Basically, go to Boston south
>> station and jump onna train.
>>
>> Sebastian
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