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Anaheim: Transportation

Approaching the City

The main artery running through Anaheim is the Santa Ana Freeway (Interstate 5), which also connects Los Angeles and San Diego. Interstate 5 links Anaheim with the Riverside Freeway, the Garden Grove Freeway, the Orange Freeway, and the Costa Mesa Freeway. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the third busiest airport in the world, is located 31 miles from Anaheim. LAX serves 88 airlines and handles thousands of international and domestic flights per year. Santa Ana's John Wayne Airport, 16 miles from Anaheim, serves 12 commercial air carriers and is generally used for domestic travel. Metrolink, a regional commuter rail system, links travelers to activity centers in Orange and surrounding counties; it has two stations located in Anaheim: Anaheim station and Anaheim Canyon station. Amtrak provides railway transportation with a station located at Angel Stadium. Greyhound offers daily bus service to anywhere in the United States.

Traveling in the City

The Santa Ana Freeway traverses Anaheim's downtown running northwest to southeast. The Garden Grove Freeway runs east and west through the city, and the Orange Freeway runs north and south through the city. The Orange County Transportation Authority operates buses daily throughout Orange County. Anaheim Resort Transit buses, trams, and trolleys provide connections between hotels, Anaheim attractions, the convention center, shopping, dining, and evening entertainment locations, along nine interchangeable routes.

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