Originally Posted by
Blumie
It appears that the goal primarily is to provide MBTA service deeper into RI -- the line ultimately will be exptended to North Kingstown -- more than to provide frequent service to air travelers. I'm sure passengers who rely on the trains to commute to Boston don't find it useless.
Parking at the PVD city train station is pretty cheap, and service is more frequent. However, you may be right -- I found this about the parking rate for the garage at the airport train station :
****How much is commuter parking?
The daily parking rate is $6.75 per day. A monthly commuter parking rate will be offered at $110 per
month. Overnight parking will incur an additional charge of $30 per night. Pay on foot locations accept
cash and credit cards.*****
So the big garage is NOT for airport passengers. It's for commuters. It's cheaper to park closer in the A, B, and C garages. Then again, it's probably a warmer walk form the new garage than outdoors from the old garages. Anyway, this isnt really an arport train station. It's a really expensive parking lot for commuters that happens, by coincidence, to be 1570 feet from the terminal of a regional airport
Wonder what they'll name the train station -- Amtrak calls Providence downtown station PVD. If they start serving the airport you'd have to think that will change.