What is the best public transportation to get from Dupont Cir to Annapolis on a day trip?|172032

I_m staying in Dupont Cir, and want to get to Annapolis for the Sailboat show in October. I will have flown in, so have no car.

This one sucks. I commute to Annapolis from Georgetown (near DuPont Circle) all the time.

The best bet, is to catch the red line at DuPont Circle, transfer at Metro Center to the orange line and take it all the way to New Carrolton. From there...sigh...you_ll probably have to take a cab. But if you go to metroopensdoors.com they can route it out specifically to see if there is a bus that can take you from the New Carrolton stop to your specific destination in Annapolis

There_s always Supershuttle or other van/Limo service which is very pricely - especially from DC.

If you have a credit card, you can reserve a car at
http://www.flexcar.com
or
http://www.zipcar.com
and use the car to drive back and forth to Annapolis - such a service will cost around $80 but gas is included.

There is a MTA commuter bus which travels from New Carrollton to Annapolis but only operates in the rush hour direction (mornings going towards DC and evenings going towards Annapolis). There is no weekend service for the commuter bus.

The last option is taking the Green Line from Gallery Place to Greenbelt, taking the B-30 bus to BWI, taking the Light Rail to Linthicum and another Light Rail to Cromwell and waiting for the #14 bus which goes to Annapolis - too convoluted and too time consuming - even though the service runs 7 days a week.

You have two options-- either take the Greyhound or PeterPan bus to Annapolis or rent a car for a day.

To rent a car, take the blue line metro to DCA (National Airport-- takes about 10-15 min from Dupont) and then rent a car from the airport to drive to Annapolis. If you are going on a weekend, you can rent a car for as little as $25-$30 a day from one of the big rental companies. It might be a pain to park the car in Dupont (or it will be really expensive) so you will probably be better off returning it after the trip rather than keeping it for the whole time you are in DC.

If you take the bus, you need to take the red line metro from Dupont to Union Station and go to the bus terminal. I think the bus trip takes about 2.5 hours and leaves a few times each day. You should check out Greyhound or PeterPan_s website for the schedule.