--- title: "Reston to Baltimore – 3 ways by car, metro, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Reston to Baltimore is 72 km. Fastest: drive in 1h 25m. Cheapest: drive from $7. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/reston-to-baltimore" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/reston-to-baltimore.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Reston to Baltimore [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Reston&to=Baltimore) [Baltimore to Reston](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/baltimore-to-reston) **Fastest:** 1h 25m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** $7\ by car\ **Distance:** 72 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 6\ 5 ways, Tue 27 Oct\ ## 5 ways to travel 72 km apart. Times are the timetables for Tue 27 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 20 min quicker than the bus and $61 cheaper. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 1h 25m$7–10 Estimated 90 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Reston&to=Baltimore) - [**Bus** Least hassle 1h 44m$57–101 Estimated 4 departures · FlixBus-us](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Reston&to=Baltimore) - [**Metro** 1h 56m$86–128 Estimated 1 departure · WMATA](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Reston&to=Baltimore) - [**Train** 1h 53m$88–132 Estimated 1 departure · Maryland Transit Administration](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Reston&to=Baltimore) - [**Taxi** 1h 25m$145–200 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Reston&to=Baltimore) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 1. [08:01 → 09:57 1h 56m · 1 change · WMATA O$86–128](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Reston&to=Baltimore&date=2026-10-27&time=08%3A00&it=t1) 2. [08:04 → 09:57 1h 53m · 2 changes · WMATA S$88–132](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Reston&to=Baltimore&date=2026-10-27&time=08%3A00&it=t2) 3. [08:28 → 10:13 1h 45m · 2 changes · WMATA O$57–82](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Reston&to=Baltimore&date=2026-10-27&time=08%3A00&it=t3) 4. [09:00 → 10:44 1h 44m · 1 change · Arlington Transit ART 55$67–101](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Reston&to=Baltimore&date=2026-10-27&time=08%3A00&it=t4) 5. [09:10 → 11:40 2h 30m · 2 changes · WMATA A58$67–96](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Reston&to=Baltimore&date=2026-10-27&time=08%3A00&it=t5) 6. [09:25 → 11:53 2h 28m · 2 changes · WMATA A58$67–96](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Reston&to=Baltimore&date=2026-10-27&time=08%3A00&it=t6) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Reston to Baltimore? The fastest way is by car: about 1h 25m door to door. The straight-line distance is 72 km. What is the cheapest way from Reston to Baltimore? Drive is the cheapest, from $7. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. Is there a direct train from Reston to Baltimore? Not today. Train journeys involve a change; the fastest takes 1h 53m. How much is the bus from Reston to Baltimore? Buses take about 1h 44m and cost $57–101 depending on operator and seat type. 4 departures appear in today's timetable window. Can I take the metro from Reston to Baltimore? Yes. The metro takes about 1h 56m door to door and costs $86–128. 1 departure in this window. How far is Baltimore from Reston by road? About 90 km, roughly 1h 25m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $7–10; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Metro - WMATA Railways - Maryland Transit Administration Buses - FlixBus-us - Arlington Transit ART - WMATA Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Baltimore Largest city in Maryland, United States Baltimore, also known as Baltimore City and Charm City is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is the 30th-most-populous U.S. city, with a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 569,997 in 2025; the Baltimore metropolitan area, at 2.86 million residents, is the 22nd-largest metropolitan area in the nation. The city is also part of the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, which had a population of 9.97 million in 2020. Baltimore was designated as an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851. 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