Arrival
All European and many domestic flights use Los Angeles
International Airport - always known as LAX (tel
310/646-5252, ) - sixteen miles southwest of downtown. Free 24-hour
shuttle buses (line "C") connect with the LAX Transit Center
at Vicksburg Avenue and 96th Street, where you can pick up local
buses . Minibuses such as LAX Chequer Shuttle (tel
1-800/545-7745, ), SuperShuttle (tel 310/782-6600 or
1-800/554-3146, ) and Coast Shuttle (tel 310/417-3988) run all over
town, delivering you to your door. Fares are generally around
$20-30 (plus tip), with a journey time of between 30 and 45
minutes. Taxis from the airport are always expensive: around
$25 to downtown and West LA, $30 to Hollywood and as much as $90 to
Disneyland.
If you're arriving from elsewhere in the US, or from Mexico, you
might just land at one of the other airports in the LA area
- at Burbank, Long Beach, Ontario, or Orange County's John Wayne
Airport. MTA buses (tel 213/626-4455 or 1-800/COMMUTE, outside LA
tel 1-800/2-LARIDE, ) serve them all - phone on arrival and tell
them where you are and where you're going.
The main Greyhound bus terminal, at 1716 E Seventh St
(tel 213/629-8401, ), is in a seedy section of downtown, but access
is restricted to ticket holders so it's safe enough inside. LA's
other Greyhound stations handle fewer services: 1409 Vine St, in
Hollywood; 11239 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood; 645 E Walnut St,
Pasadena; 464 W 3rd St, Long Beach; and 100 W Winston Rd,
Anaheim.
Arriving in LA by train you'll be greeted with the
Mission Revival architecture of Union Station, 800 N Alameda St
(tel 213/624-0171), on the north side of downtown, from which you
can also access the city's MTA bus lines.
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