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It’s never too soon to consider how you're going to get out of Eugene, now that you've made it to campus.
Amtrak railways is one mode of transportation available. They can get you to San Francisco and back for
$82.
Ticket-traffic, ride lists assist travel
By WALLY BENSON
Of the Emerald
Though you may have just arrived on
campus, chances are you'll soon be looking
for a way out of Eugene, just for a while of
course. And if you’re without a car, you'll
probably need to know about the buses,
trains and planes providing daily exits from
the Emerald city.
The buses come in the form of
Greyhound Bus Lines or Continental Trail
ways. The Greyhound depot is at 967 Pearl
St., 344-6265. Examples of Greyhound
fares are $13.25 for a round-trip ticket to
Portland, a trip that takes two hours and 10
minutes each way. Greyhound charges
$71.75 for a round-trip ticket to San Fran
cisco, a venture lasting 12 hours each way.
The Trailways depot is right next to
Greyhound’s, at 957 Pearl St., and their
phone number is 342-5331. Rates for
round-trip tickets to Portland and San Fran
cisco are the same as Greyhound’s, al
though the Trailways trip takes longer: two
hours and 40 minutes to Portland and
13 and a half hours to San Francisco
If taking a train is your idea of a fun way to
travel, the Amtrak Inter-City Rail Passenger
Service will interest you. Located at East
4th Avenue and Willamette Street, their
phone number is 687-1383. They will
charge you $20 for a round-tripper to Port
land, a three-hour trip each way, and $82
roundtrip to San Francisco, which takes 13
hours and 52 minutes.
And then there’s the plane. Operating out
of Mahlon Sweet Airport at 90550 Green
Hill Road, United Airlines offers a round-trip
coach ticket to Portland for $56 for the 30
minute flight. A round-trip ticket to San
Francisco costs $122 and takes one hour
and 25 minutes. You can call them at
342-5353.
Also at M ah Ion Sweet is Hughes Airwest.
They also charge $56 for a round-trip ticket
to Portland, which takes 29 minutes each
way. Cost for a round-trip to San Francis
co is also $122 and the trip is faster, taking
one hour and 12 minutes each way. Their
phone number is 342-6121.
An alternative to making all the arrange
ments for your flight, bus trip or train ride by
yourself is going through a travel agency.
They can book reservations for you at little
or no extra charge since they buy tickets in
bulk at a discount. There are many listed in
the yellow pages under travel agencies and
Bureaus, Airline Ticket Agencies, Bus
Lines Ticket Agencies and Bureaus, Airline
Ticket Agencies, Bus Lines Ticket Agen
cies and Railroads — Ticket Agencies.
If none of these alternatives sounds excit
ing and you’re about ready to climb on your
bicycle, there are a few more alternatives
you should check into. One is Switchboard,
a service that can occasionally find you a
ride if you’re willing to pay for gas and
perhaps do some of the driving. Their
number is 686-8453. You might also call
them if you are planning a trip and would
like extra riders for company or to share
expenses.
Another similar alternative is the Ride
Board in the lobby by the ASUO offices in
Suite 4. The index cards posted on the
board supplement Switchboard services.
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