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Getting Around Reno
By Air
The Reno/Tahoe International Airport is served by 13 airlines and 7 commuter airlines
and is located a couple miles southeast of downtown; a twenty-minute ride on local bus #24. 15 minutes East of Reno near I-395 and I-80. It is about 45 minutes from North Lake Tahoe and 90 minutes from South Lake Tahoe.
By Bus
Greyhound ( 800/231-2222) provides service to Reno from points within Nevada, the U.S., and Canada. Greyhound buses use the terminal at 155 Stevenson St. Buses depart for the west approximately 24 times a day, and for the east a little less frequently. K-T Bus Lines runs to Las Vegas once a day at 7am.
By Car Reno is 10 miles east of the California border. I80 crosses the country from San Francisco to New York, and has a Reno exit. US395 also has access to Reno. US395 runs from southeast Oregon through Nevada and then though part of California to Los Angeles.
By Train
Amtrak ( 800/872-7245) daily Amtrak trains arrive and depart at 135 E Commercial Row downtown. There is one eastbound and one westbound train daily. The vintage train station was built in 1925, and is not the place to wait in comfort for any length of time for a train.
Travel within the area: Reno's local bus system, Citifare, operates 24 hours a day on 24 routes all the way to the four corners of Truckee Meadows. Fares (exact change required) are $1.25 one way with reduced fare for seniors. All routes begin and end at 4th and Center Streets at the CitiCenter Transit Center.
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