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  • Welcome everyone to hipfig video guide

  • series on Boston. In this video we'll be

  • discussing the most convenient and

  • economical way to get from (Boston's)

  • Logan International Airport to your hotel

  • using buses and subway or T as it is

  • known here in Boston. Keep watching for tips

  • to make your trip to Boston easier

  • Boston Logan International airport is

  • about 15 minutes by subway or T from

  • downtown Boston. Logan airport has 4

  • passenger terminals A,B,C, and E. Each

  • with its own ticketing, baggage claim, and

  • ground transportation facilities. Once

  • you disembark the plane at Logan Airport

  • domestic passengers and passengers from

  • Canada who have gone through US

  • Immigration and Customs in Canada

  • through Preclearance can go directly to

  • baggage claim. Other international

  • passengers should follow the signs to

  • passport control and immigration

  • Once you're clear immigration all

  • international passengers need to pick up

  • their bags and clear customs. If Boston

  • is not your final destination, after

  • clearing customs you'll have to drop

  • your bags at the transfer belt for your

  • next flight. If Boston is your final

  • destination follow the signs to ground

  • transportation

  • There are many choices for

  • transportation into downtown Boston by

  • rent-a-car, private shuttles, T( subway) taxi,

  • or bus. The Massachusetts Bay

  • Transportation Authority, MBTA, offers the

  • Free Silver Line Bus Rapid Transit

  • service from the airport to downtown

  • Boston. The Silver Line bus, route SL1,

  • is the most convenient option and

  • your best connection to and from the

  • airport with pick up directly in front

  • of each of Logan's terminals. There are no

  • shuttle transfers and room to store your

  • luggage (on the buses). At the arrival level follow the

  • Bus signs. Look for the MBTA Silver

  • Line bus stop sign just right outside

  • the terminal. Take the Silver Line bus

  • SL1 to South Station in Boston. Take the

  • MBTA Silver Line bus SL1 route to

  • South Station in Boston. If South Station

  • is not near your hotel make sure to take

  • the free transfer to the subway often

  • called the T for the red line from your bus

  • driver before you exit (bus)

  • You can get on the Red T lineI for free

  • with the transfer but if you have to

  • transfer to another line you will have

  • to buy a T ticket. Exit at your hotel

  • stop or you can also take a cab from

  • South Station

  • Another option is the free Massport

  • shuttle to Airport Subway Station. From

  • Airport Station, you can catch the Blue Line (T)

  • inbound to downtown Boston. You

  • can take the free Massport shuttle

  • outside each terminal and look for the

  • airport shuttle signs. Look for the Blue

  • Bus

  • Look for the signs that say "Blue Line T"

  • and numbers "22, 33, or 55"

  • The Massport shuttle will drop you off in

  • front of the Blue Line T Airport Station

  • Once in Airport Station

  • purchase your tickets at the vending

  • ticketing machine on the side of the

  • entrance hall. Ticketing machines accept

  • cash, credit cards, or both. Purchase a

  • Charliecard and load an amount onto it

  • the Charliecard works for all forms of

  • MBTA public transportation in Boston

  • Once you purchase your ticket, tap your card

  • through the entrance and walk to the

  • Blue Line train track platform. Make sure

  • you are going inbound toward Bowdoin. Exit

  • the train at your hotel stop, or transfer

  • to another T-line. Another option is the

  • Back Bay Logan Express Bus. The Express

  • Bus stops at all terminals for downtown

  • Boston. It stops at Copley Square, St.

  • James Avenue and Hynes Convention Center

  • Please go to the hipfig website for Boston

  • for links to MBTA maps and schedules and

  • more transportation options for Ferries,

  • Express Bus Service, Taxis, and shared rides.

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