Coach USA-Dillon Bus Service

Worst company ever. They do the commuters runs between DC and MD. good drivers but dilapidated old buses that have NO air conditioning and no windows to open. Commuters are stuck on 80 plus degree days for a 1 – 2 hour commute. Imagine how got those busses get. We complain but they don’t care. They have an MTA contract. AVOID THEM IF YOU CAN!!!

The nicest commuter bus I have ever been in.
My sister and I along with a couple guys came out to Columbia for Virgin Mobile’s FreeFest. On the Monday after the festival we had 7 hrs to do a turnaround trip from Columbia to DC before we had to hop on our flight back to LA. It sounded easy, until we came to realize that we were quite far from DC. After doing some research, we found this service from the Columbia Mall.
We caught the bus around 7am. Our first impression:
The bus: super clean, comfortable reclining seats, a/​c and overhead reading lights (being from LA, I’m not used to commuter buses being luxury charter coaches).
The driver: really nice and helpful, he had a few jerky stops at first, but after a while he got better and we were able to sleep.
By the time we got into DC the bus was full of people en route to work, we seemed to be the only tourists. We got off at Independence Ave. It would have been a little easier if there were tourist maps on board, but the driver gave us suggestions on where to go.
It took a little less than 2 hours to get into DC and it was perfect. The only problem we faced was getting back to Columbia because the earliest bus back started running at 2pm (reasonable because most of the riders were daily commuters). We ended up taking the Metro from Union Station to Silver Spring then a cab to Columbia Mall. The total trip back for the four of us was around $ 55 (Metro + cab), whereas our bus ride was around $ 5 per person. Yes, the cab + metro combo saved us 30 minutes, but it was much more expensive.