International Travel:Main AirportsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL) (website:
www.phl.org) is 13km (8 miles) southwest of the city (journey time - 25 minutes).
To/from the airport: The cheapest way to reach the city center is the
SEPTA Airport Express Train. Taxis are also available.
Facilities: Bank, car hire and post office.
Greater Pittsburgh Airport (PIT) (website:
www.pitairport.com) is 22.5km (14
miles) west of the city center.
To/from the airport: Port Authority Transit public buses run to Oakland via Robinson and downtown Pittsburgh. The
Airlines Transportation shuttle runs to downtown Pittsburgh and Oakland. Taxis are also available.
Facilities: Bank, car hire and post office.
Getting There by WaterMain ports: Pennsylvania has three of the country’s busiest ports within its borders.
Philadelphia (website:
www.philaport.com) is the largest freshwater port in the world.
Erie (website:
www.porterie.org) is one of the major Great Lakes ports and
Pittsburgh (website:
www.port.pittsburgh.pa.us) is one of the nation’s largest inland ports, providing access to the extensive 1,400km (900-mile) USA inland waterway system.
Getting There by RailPennsylvania has dozens of passenger railroads (website:
www.parailways.com) in addition to mainline
Amtrak (tel: 1 800 872 7245, in the USA only; website:
www.amtrak.com) services. Philadelphia is home to one of Amtrak’s busiest stations, at 30th Street, which is served by the ‘Acela Express’ service linking Washington, DC (journey time - 1 hour 35 minutes) with New York City (journey time - 1 hour) and Boston (journey time - 5 hours). Free transfers to the urban transportation system, run by
SEPTA, are available to
Amtrak passengers (request upon ticket purchase). Pittsburgh has daily
Amtrak services to Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC.
Getting Around Towns and CitiesIn
Philadelphia, the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) (tel: (215) 580 7800; website:
www.septa.org) has interconnecting
buses,
trolleys (streetcars),
subways and elevated
railways. The distinctive purple
PHLASH trolleybuses connect most of the city’s major attractions. Exact change is required on all services.
Pittsburgh has an efficient network of buses serving the various districts. The subway service is rather modest but is free in downtown Pittsburgh.
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