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Travel - International Air International airports: Memphis International Airport (MEM) (website: www.mscaa.com) is 16km (10 miles) southeast of the city (travel time – 20 minutes). Most major car hire firms are represented. Taxis, limousines and hotel shuttles are available to the city centre, as is the hourly Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) local bus, which departs near Terminal C. An out-of-town shuttle bus operates from the airport to Arkansas (Little Rock and Jonesboro) and to Mississippi (Oxford). Nashville International Airport (BNA) (website: www.nashintl.com or www.flynashville.com) is located 13km (8 miles) southeast of the city. The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) bus no. 18 leaves the airport nine times a day (Mon-Fri) and four times a day at the weekend. The Anytime-Transport Shuttle Service (website: www.anytimetransportshuttleservice.com) runs to destinations in suburban Nashville, Middle Tennessee, and Bowling Green (Kentucky). Limousine services, car hire and taxis are widely available. Gray Line operates a van service to hotels in central Nashville every 15 minutes 0500-2300 (travel time – 30 minutes). Greyhound operates services to Fort Campbell, Knoxville and Memphis several times a day; the Express Shuttle service travels to Chattanooga seven times a day; and the K-Town Shuttle serves Knoxville four times a day. Domestic airports Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) (website: www.chattairport.com), 5km (3 miles) east of the city, serves the greater Chattanooga area including southeast Tennessee, north Georgia, and northeast Alabama. Car hire, taxi and limousine services are also available. McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) (website: www.tys.org) is located 7.5km (12 miles) south of central Knoxville. Car hire companies, limousines and taxis are available at the airport; the Airport Express Shuttle provides connections to the city centre. Rail Memphis and Newbern-Dyersberg, on the Chicago– New Orleans line, are the only stations on the national Amtrak rail network (tel: (800) 872 7245 (toll-free); website: www.amtrak.com). Nashville and Chattanooga have connecting Thruway bus services (operated by Greyhound) to Atlanta, which is on the New Orleans–Washington, DC–New York City route. Car hire from Hertz is available at the Memphis station. The Tennessee Valley Railroad runs a 10km (6 mile) round trip from Chattanooga. Road Bus: Greyhound (tel: (800) 229 9424 (toll-free); website: www.greyhound.com) is the main service provider, with bus terminals at Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville. |