Rhode Island Transportation
Rhode Island has good highway, bus and train connections to New England & New York, and its own international airport serving the entire state and Boston MA as well.
Providence's Amtrak & MBTA train station
is just down the hill from the Rhode
Island State House.
Car
I-95 goes right through the center of Providence on its way between New York City and Boston. In the center of Providence, I-195 branches off to go through Fall River MA (the turnoff for Newport RI), New Bedford MA, and then on to Cape Cod.
Distances
From Providence to:
Boston MA: 45 miles (73 km) NE
Galilee RI (Block Island ferry): 36 miles (58 km) S
New
Bedford MA: 32
miles (51.5 km) SE
New
London CT: 55 miles (89 km) SW
New York City: 181 miles (291 km) SW
Newport RI: 30 miles (48 km) S
Train
Ten Northeast Regional and ten Acela Express trains a day each from New York City and Boston MA arrive in Providence's Amtrak train station (PVD) just down the hill from the State House. Northeast Regional Trains also stop in Westerly RI. More...
MBTA Commuter Rail trains on the Providence/Stoughton Line run several times daily between T F Green Airport and Boston, stopping at the Providence Amtrak station and points on the Massachusetts South Shore. More...
Bus
The Peter Pan Bus Intercity Bus Terminal in Providence is north of the center (I-95, Exit 25; map). Peter Pan runs several buses daily to Providence from New York City, Boston MA, Newport RI, Hartford CT, Hyannis (Cape Cod) MA, Springfield MA, and Albany NY. Travel time from New York City is about 4 hours; from Boston or Newport about 1 hour, from Hyannis (Cape Cod) about 1.5 hours. More...
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) operates local and intercity buses within Rhode Island. Here's a map of the bus system.
Plane
Rhode Island is so compact that one airport handles all the important national flights: it's T F Green International Airport (PVD) in Warwick, just a few miles south of Providence.
The InterLink transit station at 700 Jefferson Boulevard, Warwick, RI, adjacent to Interstate 95, is connected by walkway to the airport terminal. InterLink is where you park your car, rent a car or board a RIPTA bus (see below) for destinations in Rhode Island, or an MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line train for the Massachusetts South Shore and Boston.
