Amtrak provides direct service to Boston's Back Bay Station and South Station.

From Back Bay Station to the convention:

1. Get off at the Back Bay station.
2. Walk across the street (or follow the underground tunnel) to Copley Place.
3. Walk through the Copley Place Mall and cross the pedestrian walkway over Huntington Ave.
4. Walk through the Prudential Mall and follow the signs to the Hynes Convention Center.

From South Station to the convention:

1. Go downstairs near the front entrance to South Station and purchase a Charlie Ticket from the Vending Machines ($2.00 per ride) or get a Charlie Card and add money to the card (Charlie Card is free - $1.70 per ride)
2. Take an inbound Red Line train to Park Street.
3. Go upstairs and change to any outbound Green Line trolley. (If you see trolleys marked "Lechmere" or "Government Center", you're on the wrong side.)
4. • If you take a "B", "C", or "D" trolley, get off at the Hynes/ICA stop. When you exit the station, go left on Mass. Ave and left onto Boylston Street. The Hynes Convention Center will be on your right.
   • If you take an "E" trolley, get off at the Prudential Center Stop. Go up the escalators into the Prudential Center Mall. Follow the signs towards the Hynes Convention Center.

If you are taking The Downeaster from Maine or coastal New Hampshire, you will arrive at North Station.

From North Station to the convention:

1. Follow the signs to the Green Line trolley and purchase a Charlie Ticket from the Vending Machines ($2.00 per ride) or get a Charlie Card and add money to the card (Charlie Card is free - $1.70 per ride)
2. Get on any inbound trolley.
3. • If you take a "B", "C", or "D" trolley, get off at the Hynes/ICA stop. When you exit the station, go left on Mass. Ave and left onto Boylston Street. The Hynes Convention Center will be on your right.
   • If you take an "E" trolley, get off at the Prudential Center Stop. Go up the escalators into the Prudential Center Mall. Follow the signs towards the Hynes Convention Center.