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Old Oct 24, 2020, 10:13 pm
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ijgordon
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Originally Posted by Mr. BoH
Fun fact: of the 16 stations served by the Acela, BWI is the 8th busiest for Amtrak traffic. Ahead of Wilmington, Newark, Boston Back Bay, among others.
According to what I'm looking at, it's 8th busiest on the NEC in general.
For Acela service specifically, it looks like it ranks #12 out of #16 , between Stamford and New Haven.
I didn't realize the point several folks have made about accessibility for the suburbs (I thought it was for airport only), but I still think they should stick to just Northeast Regional service, not Acela. Seems like all the Acelas are stopping there these days, though there aren't that many to begin with.
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