I just took the train to the airport for my flight to Texas this evening. That’s not strange, I have done this many times before, but this time I took a different route: instead of taking the Blue Line (subway) to Airport station and then the shuttle to the terminal, I took the Silver Line (bus) straight to the terminal.
First off, let me dispel the myth that it is faster because it drops you off at your terminal. It isn’t! At least if you take the subway you don’t have to deal with traffic, and the shuttle is a DROP OFF ONLY bus! The Silver Line bus picks up passengers, which makes it really slow to move on from terminal to terminal.
The one thing that I found kind of nifty was that the Silver Line bus goes UNDERGROUND for the first 3 stops. So it works almost like a subway, but it’s on wheels! See a picture below. I thought that was kind of cool.
Alright, wish me luck in my travels! Wow, I feel like I live on a plane lately.
ina