Originally Posted by CrazyOne
The weak link right now in getting to DC is the MARC train service, which at many times of day is only once an hour down to Union Station and doesn't run on weekends or holidays at all.
Doesn't Amtrak run all the time though? I mean, almost every train that goes to and from Penn|NYC I've been on stops at BWI.
That still doesn't excuse MARC's inability (or lack of financial incentive) to run frequent trains between Balt/BWI/DC. Once an hour and never on weekends/holidays? That's totally Third World service. Granted, BWI was built for Baltimore and there's a link to their downtown but really, most of BWI's customers are probably coming from the DC area (coz we're bigger and better, nyah
) and they should recognize that fact by ensuring frequent rail connections to DC.
It really is overdue for DC, as one of the country's five largest metro areas by population, to connect its international airports to a reliable rail system. LA being the other exception... NYC, Chicago and SF - not to mention almost all the world's major cities incl. some in developing countries - already have it, why don't we? Inexcusable.