How hard is it to travel from Dulles Airport to the Penn Station?|184306

IMy flight is leaving from Dulles but I don_t have a ride so I will have to take public transportation from Penn when I am leaving and do the same to come back.

I might have one big suitcase ( that will only have clothes, nothing heavy) and a carry on. How hard will it be for me to move in the metro area to take the rails and the buses ?

That_s a long trip on a lot of different types of public transportation. I_m assuming you mean Penn Station in Baltimore. You_re going to have to take Marc or Amtrak to D.C., metro out to Rosslyn and get a bus from there to the airport. If you_re traveling at a busy time of day on a weekday where trains and buses are frequent I_d expect it to take about 2 1/2 hours (based on metro trip planner). If you_re traveling on the weekend you would be looking at quite likely even longer than that since your transfers will take longer.

Hauling your suitcase might be a bit of a pain but, honestly, nothing is going to make that a considerably more or less pleasant trip.

You can use the metro trip planner to get an idea of times and routes.

Penn Station is in New York. Do you mean Union Station?

If so, it_s a bit tricky, but here_s how to do it:

Take the Washington Flyer shuttle (leaves at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour) to the West Falls Church Metro station. Last I checked, it_s $9 one way and $16 round trip.

Take the Orange Line toward New Carrollton and get off at Metro Center. Transfer to the Red Line in the direction of Glenmont and take that three stops to Union Station.

The Washington Flyer bus will probably put your suitcase under the bus. You can carry suitcases on Metro--I_ve done it all the time, even riding the Metro to National Airport during evening rush hour--but it can be tricky if the trains get crowded. There are elevators in all the Metro stations as well, and hopefully none will be out of service.