Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
7 miles south of Center City, is served by direct international flights; domestically, it has
flights to over 100 destinations in the USA.
BUS
petitors. Greyhound connects Philadelphia with hundreds of cities nationwide, while
Peter Pan and the others concentrate on the northeast. When booked online a round-trip
fare to NYC can be as low as $18 (2½ hours one way), to Atlantic City it's $20 (1½
hours) and to Washington, DC, it's $28 (4½ hours).
NJ Transit
(
www.njtransit.state.nj.us
)
, based at the Greyhound terminal, carries you from Philly to
various points in New Jersey.
CAR
From the north and south, the I-95 (Delaware Expwy) follows the eastern edge of the city
beside the Delaware River, with several exits for Center City. The I-276 (Pennsylvania
Turnpike) runs east across the northern part of the city and over the river to connect with
the New Jersey Turnpike.
TRAIN
vices from here to Boston (regional and Acela express service one way $87 to $206, five
to 5¾ hours) and Pittsburgh (regional service from $55, seven to eight hours). A cheaper
but longer and more complicated way to get to NYC is to take the Septa R7 suburban
train to Trenton in New Jersey. From there you can connect with NJ Transit to Newark's
Penn Station, then continue on NJ Transit to New York City's Penn Station.
Getting Around
Downtown distances are short enough to let you see most places on foot, and a train, bus
or taxi can get you to places further out with relative ease.
and a trolley service. Though extensive and reliable, the web of bus lines (120 routes ser-
vicing 159 sq miles) is difficult to make sense of. The one-way fare on most routes is
