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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) no. 32 local bus. 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) 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. Limousine services, rental cars and taxis are widely available. Gray Line operates a van service to hotels in central Nashville every 15 minutes 0600-2300 (travel time – 30 minutes). Greyhound operates services to Knoxville, Memphis and Fort Campbell 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) serves the greater Chattanooga area including southeast Tennessee, north Georgia, and northeast Alabama. First Class Airport Shuttle offers a service to downtown; car hire, taxi and limousine services are also available.
McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) (Knoxville) (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; Airport Express Shuttle also 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.
ROAD: Bus: Greyhound (tel: (800) 229 9424 (toll free); website: www.greyhound.com) is the main service provider.
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