Quote Originally Posted by MikeyinBrooklyn View Post
The "BWI Airport" stop outiside Baltimore is not a good model. The station is served by MARC commuter rail and Amtrak trains. But wait for trains can be long; the trip from the terminal to the station is long and slow [[requiring a shuttle bus)...

The commuter rail that SEMCOG has been working on [[for years and years) unfortunately will have all of these characteristics. They are planning on just a small number of trains per day, mostly to serve peak-hour commuters, and there is no chance of the trains actually entering airport property. [[They will use existing track, except in midtown where some new track is being added because we can't have the service at all otherwise.)

I'm not saying the commuter rail won't serve a purpose; it certainly will, but it's not going to be like in cities where there is frequent train service directly from the airport into town.