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From Union Station, National Airport, or downtown Washington, Washington's Metro subway trains run Monday through Friday, 5:30 a.m. to midnight; Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to midnight. The closest Metro stop to The American University is Tenleytown/AU (also called Tenley Circle) on the Red Line. Public Metro buses run on regular schedules from Tenley Circle to the main campus, less than a mile away. Metro can give you information on specific routes and timetables for its buses and subways. Call its information service at (202) 637-7000 or visit the website of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

From the Tenleytown/AU Metro stop you can pick up the American University Shuttle. The shuttle service runs daily at 15 minute intervals on weekdays and half hour intervals on weekends. The shuttle will take you onto main campus where you will find the shuttle to the Washington College of Law. This stop is located on the south side of campus between the Letts/Anderson Housing Complex and Campus Security. The Law School Shuttle (WCL Direct Shuttle) runs daily at thirty minute intervals (20 minutes and 50 minutes past the hour) from 7:20am to 12:20am Monday - Friday and 8:20am to 12:50am on weekends. For more information please call (202) 885-3302.