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==Car==
==Bus==
Blacksburg Transit mostly serves the town of Blacksburg. The Two Town Trolley will get you to the Christiansburg WalMart Walmart and from there you can get catch the Shopper Express to other destinations in Christiansburg.
[[Radford Transit]]'s 40 bus line connects Radford and Christiansburg/Blacksburg. Tickets cost $1.
The Smart Way bus connects Blacksburg With Roanoke. It serves in Blacksburg Alumni Mall and the Post office, in Christiansburg Kmart Shopping Center and I81 I-81 Park and Ride, the [[Roanoke Park and Ride]], [[Roanoke Regional Airport]], [[Hotel Roanoke ]] and Campbell Court in Downtown Roanoke. The last bus is around 9 so those coming from across the Atlantic to Roanoke airport often have to find different transportation to Blacksburg. It costs $4 each way.
As of July 19 2011 the Smart Way Connector bus connects Blacksburg and Roanoke to the Lynchburg AMTRAK station, with a stop at Bedford. During the week there is a bus from Hotel Roanoke that starts at 5.45 AM, Friday Saturday and Sunday morning it starts at Blacksburg at [[Squires]]. There is return bus in the evening that on Friday, Saturday and Sunday arrives at Blacksburg. The ticket costs $4
Megabus begun offering in November 2010 service from Christiansburg to [[w:Washington , DC |Washington, DC]] and [[w:Knoxville, Tennesse|Knoxville , Tennessee]]. It stops at [[Christiansburg Park and Ride]]. Prices vary depending on when you book.
The nearest Greyhound bus terminal is Campbell Court in Roanoke.
[[Home Ride ]] offers buses on Fridays connecting Blacksburg with Vienna VA (terminus of the Washington DC metro Orange Line) and Richmond and return trips on Sundays. This service is only offered in the Fall and Spring semesters.
From time to time, especially around Spring and Fall breaks and graduation/orientation parents and students pool resources to charter buses to various destinations like Philadelphia.
Montgomery Executive Airport only serves general aviation. The nearest airport with scheduled passenger flights is Roanoke Regional Airport, which is connected to Blacksburg with the Smart Way Bus. Alternatively you can take a taxi for about $50-$60. It is a 45 minute trip by car/cab and about 70 minutes by Smart Way bus.
[[Roanoke Regional Airport ]] (ROA) has direct flights to Washington -Dulles, Charlotte -Douglas, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson, Philadelphia International Airport, Chicago O'hareHare, New York La Guardia LaGuardia and Orland Orlando-Sanford.
The nearest international airport is Charlotte -Douglas (CLT). It is a little over 3 hours from Blacksburg depending on traffic. Charlotte receives transatlantic and transpacific flights
Other nearby airports with regular flights are Lynchburg , VA (LYH) about 75-90 minutes away, Lewisburg , West Virginia (LWV) about 2 hours, Charlottesville , VA (CHO) about 2 hours away, Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport in Weyers Cave , VA (SHD) 2 hours 15 minutes, Piedmont Triad International airport in Greensboro , NC (PTI) 2 hours 45 minutes and the Washington , DC airports which are over 4 1/2 approximately four and a half hours away.
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