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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