Discover Hampton Roads Transportation

 

AIR TRAVEL

Norfolk International Airport Located one mile east of Interstate 64, Exit 279, at 2200 Norview Ave., Norfolk, www.norfolkairport.com

• American/American Eagle, (800) 433-7300
• Continental/Continental Express, (800) 525-0280
• Delta/Delta Connection, (800) 221-1212
• Northwest/Northwest Airlink, (800) 225-2525
• Southwest, (800) 435-9792
• United Express, (800) 241-6522
• US Airways/US Airways Express, (800) 428-4322

 

Newport News/Williamsburg Airport Located off Interstate 64 at Exit 255B in Newport News. www.nnwairport.com/ It's home to US Airways, Delta/Delta Connection and AirTran Airways. (757) 877-0221

 

amtrak

Trains depart Newport News and Williamsburg daily. Amtrak provides a bus link to Norfolk and Virginia Beach for a fee. (800) 872-7245, www.Amtrak.com

 

BUSES

Departures from Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg and Exmore. (800) 231-2222, wwww.greyhound.com

 

MASS TRANSIT

Hampton Roads Transit buses offers service in seven cities: Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach. Most fares are $1.50 for adults, $1 for those 18 and younger, 75 cents for senior citizens and people with disabilities. Children under 38 inches tall ride for free. www.gohrt.com, (757) 222-6100

 

Norfolk Electric Transit buses: NET buses carry passengers for free through downtown Norfolk, with a weekday route that includes Granby and Main streets and City Hall and a weekend route from Waterside Drive to the Chrysler Museum of Art, including a Harbor Park stop on game days. Hours: 6:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-midnight Saturday and noon-8 p.m. Sunday

VB Wave The hybrid-electric shuttles charge $1 a trip and offer multiday passes. The shuttles go along Atlantic Avenue in Virginia Beach from Second to 40th streets. Routes extend to the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center and Lynnhaven Mall and connections to other bus routes. (800) VABEACH

The MAX The Metro Area Express offers regional express bus service for commuters, with park-and-ride lots and routes connecting all of Hampton Roads. Fare is $3, with multiday passes available.

Portsmouth Loop Hybrid-electric shuttles run every 15 to 30 minutes through downtown Portsmouth. Fare is 50 cents.

Light rail on the way A light rail line, The Tide, with a 7.4-mile east-to-west route through Norfolk is to begin service in 2010.

 

FERRY SERVICE

To cross the Elizabeth River in style, HRT provides a ferry service between downtown Norfolk and Portsmouth. Experience the paddle-wheel ferry for $1 a ride.