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→Switching from North Station to South Station
# The Peter Pan/Bonanza bus leaves out of the [[Williams Inn]] at 10 AM every morning and 4 PM every afternoon. There are stops in Pittsfield and Springfield. Each way takes four hours and costs $44. There is no round-trip discount. You can reserve a ticket by calling up the Williams Inn, or just showing up to the front desk a few minutes before the bus leaves. It is not the most pleasant ride, however.
# Amtrak runs a line from Pittsfield (leaves 2:06 PM) to Boston (arrives 6:20 PM) that costs $27 round-trip. It tends to be up to several hours late, but is a comfortable ride for the price, should the planets align such that the train shows up before you've given up and left. However, you'll still need to figure out how to get to Pittsfield.
# Find someone with a car and offer to pay for gas. A good way to do this by posting on [http://wso.williams.edu/Rideboard/ WSO's Rideboard].
===Important: Don't get left in Pittsfield===
Estimated time: 20 minutes.
You will need $12.2500.
Once inside North Station, follow signs to the T. (The symbol for the T is a black T with a circle around it.) You will take an escalator down. You want the <b>Green</b> line towards Boston College, Cleveland Circle, Riverside, or Heath St. ([http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/schedules_subway.asp T map]) If you have exact change, find a turnstile that accepts quarters. Otherwise, purchase a token for $12.2500. Once inside the station, follow the signs to reach your train platform.
Take the Green line three stops to Park St. Get off and change to the <b>Red</b> line towards Mattapan or Braintree and take it two stops to South Station.
Alternatively, you can take the Orange line three stops to Downtown Crossing, then change to the Red line. However, the Orange line's service is much more intermittent and unreliable than the Green line's service, especially at late hours. Furthermore, the Green line is recommended if you are traveling alone at night, since Downtown Crossing is somewhat unsafe after hours (although the city is providing funds to the area to improve this).
