While it's true that the buses are privately run, I think papersky was really asking how practical it was to get into Boston from either of them without a rental car or taxi or [similarly expensive and/or requiring a driver option], and the answer is "not as easy as taking the T from Logan, but not impossible".
The catch is that the buses from Providence's airport sometimes require you to change buses at the Bonanza depot just north of Providence, and the buses from Manchester aren't as frequent, and in either case you wind up at the South Station Bus Terminal...meaning you have to haul your stuff down the length of the station to the T station entrance, and change trains, to get to the Hynes/Prudential area. It certainly is doable, though.
There will supposedly be a train station serving PVD with service to Boston on Amtrak and/or MBTA commuter rail...someday.
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Re: Huh?
Date: 2004-05-19 03:35 pm (UTC)The catch is that the buses from Providence's airport sometimes require you to change buses at the Bonanza depot just north of Providence, and the buses from Manchester aren't as frequent, and in either case you wind up at the South Station Bus Terminal...meaning you have to haul your stuff down the length of the station to the T station entrance, and change trains, to get to the Hynes/Prudential area. It certainly is doable, though.
There will supposedly be a train station serving PVD with service to Boston on Amtrak and/or MBTA commuter rail...someday.