Cheapest€12.99
- Amtrak A188106:2254m07:16South Bel Air stationDowntown DC station
Door to door 1h 38mCO2 3.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
South Bel Air to Downtown DC train
Trains from South Bel Air to Downtown DC start at €12.99 and take 1h 36m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price South Bel Air to Downtown DC on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from South Bel Air to Downtown DC starts at €12.99 and takes 1h 36m door to door, run by 2 operators over 106 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 1h 36mDoor to door
- 52mMoving
- €16.29 to €31.14From
- 06:22 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 3.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 7 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€16.29 to €31.14 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €31.14Sun20
- about €23.99Mon21
- about €24.54Tue22
- about €21.78Wed23
- about €27.84Thu24
- about €24.54Fri25
- about €25.64Sat26
- about €21.78Sun27
- about €16.84Mon28
- about €16.29Tue29
- about €19.59Wed30
- about €18.49Thu1
- about €20.14Fri2
- about €17.94Sat3
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 7 October 2026
Fastest€16.84
- Maryland Transit Administration MT336206:5152m07:43South Bel Air stationDowntown DC station
Door to door 1h 36mCO2 3.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Amtrak | €12.99 | 1h 33m |
| Maryland Transit Administration | €15.19 | 1h 32m |
The train gets you into Downtown DC. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book South Bel Air to Downtown DC
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.7490 days
- €13.5460 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8930 days
- €15.7421 days
- €17.9414 days
- €25.647 days
- €24.543 days
- €31.141 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 162 percent. The dearest point is €31.14, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €21.78Sun
- €16.84Mon
- €16.29Tue
- €19.59Wed
- €18.49Thu
- €20.14Fri
- €17.94Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
We do not hold named terminals for either end of this corridor yet.
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 106 km against 92 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Glen Burnie, Catonsville, Annapolis, Ellicott City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves South Bel Air at 06:22 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about South Bel Air to Downtown DC
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC take?
The Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC takes 1h 36m door to door, of which 52m is spent moving. The route runs 106 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC cost?
The Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC starts at €12.99 for one passenger, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare is €21.77. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC?
2 operators run the Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC: Amtrak, Maryland Transit Administration. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC use?
The Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC leaves from South Bel Air station and arrives at Downtown DC station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC?
Fares for the Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 162 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC produce?
The Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC produces about 3.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 106 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC?
Operators on the Train from South Bel Air to Downtown DC publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 36m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for South Bel Air to Downtown DC on 19 September 2026: 106 km of route against 92 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €12.99, and 1h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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