<p>I will be visiting a friend at Columbia in a few weeks and wanted to take a look at Brown while I’m on the East Coast. Are there any cheap buses that do the route? I was looking at train fares and they are very expensive. I am hoping there is some sort of cheap “Chinatown” bus? What’s the cheapest way NYC to Providence?</p>
<p>Fung Wa (something like that) only goes NYC-Boston. Look at Greyhound or Peterpanbus.com (PP is showing a $30 student RT.) Both can drop you off in center Prov, a quick walk uphill to Brown. You could concievably do this trip in a day (arrive early/leave late.) Brown has tours, but no on-campus interviews. The campus is very compact and you’d have time to look around the adjoining Thayer St area and RISD.</p>
<p>I just learned the other day that Megabus now runs a NYC-Providence line, which probably would be cheaper than the Greyhound or Peter Pan.</p>
<p>??? The mega site refers you to Bonanza (same as Peter Pan) and Fung Wah. But FWs sub page show only a NY-BOS route.</p>
<p>[MegaBus</a> US - Megabus.com Expands Express Bus Service to Providence](<a href=“http://us.megabus.com/providenceroute.aspx]MegaBus”>http://us.megabus.com/providenceroute.aspx) ?</p>
<p>Graagh- thank you! Where I looked, the web site hadn’t caught up.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help folks! I hope to spend some time at Brown next week.</p>
<p>Funny, Fung Wah used to offer bus service between NYC and Providence (I took it in Feb 2010), but they seem to have discontinued it.</p>
<p>Another option would be to take Fung Wah to Boston, then take MBTA commuter rail from Back Bay or South Station to Providence. I know that probably takes longer than just taking a bus to Providence, but Fung Wah is pretty cheap, and MBTA isn’t that expensive (certainly not as pricey as Amtrak). The train station is also just a 10 minute walk from College Hill, which is nice.</p>