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Rail station located in or walkable from terminal building
ATL, BWI (light rail), CLE, DCA, DEN, DFW, ORD, MDW, MIA, MSP, OAK, PDX, PHL, PVD, SBN, SEA, SFO, SLC, STL
Direct shuttle bus/tram/monorail/etc. to rail station
BOS, BUR, BWI (MARC), EWR (NJ Transit), JFK (NYC Subway, LIRR), LAX, MKE, PHX
City bus or other to rail station
BLV, BUF, DAL, IAD, LGA, MSY, SAN, SJC, SMF
No practical connection to local rail transit
BDL, HOU, IAH, LAS, LGB, MCI, ORF, PIT, TPA
ATL, BWI (light rail), CLE, DCA, DEN, DFW, ORD, MDW, MIA, MSP, OAK, PDX, PHL, PVD, SBN, SEA, SFO, SLC, STL
Direct shuttle bus/tram/monorail/etc. to rail station
BOS, BUR, BWI (MARC), EWR (NJ Transit), JFK (NYC Subway, LIRR), LAX, MKE, PHX
City bus or other to rail station
BLV, BUF, DAL, IAD, LGA, MSY, SAN, SJC, SMF
No practical connection to local rail transit
BDL, HOU, IAH, LAS, LGB, MCI, ORF, PIT, TPA
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Feb 20, 2020, 9:59 pm
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Feb 21, 2020, 2:30 am
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Feb 21, 2020, 8:17 am
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Several decades ago, I rated airports thusly:
Grade A: Has metrorail (rapid transit) to downtown.
Grade B: Has transit bus service to downtown.
Grade C: Only taxis and limos (add Uber, etc. for the current day and age).
Boston (BOS) gets an A-minus. You have to take a short bus shuttle through mixed traffic to get to the rapid transit (Blue Line) station. That station got relocated a few years ago, not sure whether it is still on airport property. There was a proposal to loop the Blue Line through the airport and then back to its regular route but I really do not favor that, instead suggesting some kind of back and forth monorail or elevated tram. Boston now has a "tunnel bus" that is free from the airport to downtown including connection to other subway lines but that gets mired down in traffic.for the first few miles out of the airport.
Honolulu (HNL) gets a C. Although there is bus service, you may not bring baggage aboard.
San Francisco (SFO) still got my B way back when despite this: I remember the driver of the 7-F (freeway express bus) tell me, "No baggage allowed, take the 7-B" (local surface streets bus). Haven't been back since to see how close BART rail extensions have reached.
Grade A: Has metrorail (rapid transit) to downtown.
Grade B: Has transit bus service to downtown.
Grade C: Only taxis and limos (add Uber, etc. for the current day and age).
Boston (BOS) gets an A-minus. You have to take a short bus shuttle through mixed traffic to get to the rapid transit (Blue Line) station. That station got relocated a few years ago, not sure whether it is still on airport property. There was a proposal to loop the Blue Line through the airport and then back to its regular route but I really do not favor that, instead suggesting some kind of back and forth monorail or elevated tram. Boston now has a "tunnel bus" that is free from the airport to downtown including connection to other subway lines but that gets mired down in traffic.for the first few miles out of the airport.
Honolulu (HNL) gets a C. Although there is bus service, you may not bring baggage aboard.
San Francisco (SFO) still got my B way back when despite this: I remember the driver of the 7-F (freeway express bus) tell me, "No baggage allowed, take the 7-B" (local surface streets bus). Haven't been back since to see how close BART rail extensions have reached.
Feb 21, 2020, 11:37 am
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Mar 1, 2020, 4:28 pm
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When I consulted in San Francisco in the mid 90s, air commuting each week, many were the times when BART would whisk me from my downtown hotel under all the traffic to its terminus in a quiet cemetery distant from the airport (Colma). Then it was a two-hour wait for a connecting bus. Now the airport station is finally open.
Mar 2, 2020, 8:11 pm
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Boston (BOS) gets an A-minus. You have to take a short bus shuttle through mixed traffic to get to the rapid transit (Blue Line) station. That station got relocated a few years ago, not sure whether it is still on airport property. There was a proposal to loop the Blue Line through the airport and then back to its regular route but I really do not favor that, instead suggesting some kind of back and forth monorail or elevated tram. Boston now has a "tunnel bus" that is free from the airport to downtown including connection to other subway lines but that gets mired down in traffic.for the first few miles out of the airport.
Mar 2, 2020, 8:48 pm
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), PHL, DCA. Many others (SAN, MKE, SJC, BUR, DAL, SBN ..) have easy access from rail to airport via a quick bus ride.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_...tional_Airport
The airport is one of the few multi-modal transportation facilities in America that provide air, interstate bus and interstate rail service at one terminal. The St. Joseph County Airport Authority claims the airport was the first truly multi-modal airport in the country. As of 2019, interstate bus services have been moved to the downtown South Bend bus station.
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Ground TransportationThe South Shore Line commuter rail runs from South Bend Airport station to Millennium Station in downtown Chicago, with express services taking 1 hour and 55 minutes.[21] South Bend Transpo bus route 4 serves the airport.[22]
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Ground TransportationThe South Shore Line commuter rail runs from South Bend Airport station to Millennium Station in downtown Chicago, with express services taking 1 hour and 55 minutes.[21] South Bend Transpo bus route 4 serves the airport.[22]
To me "easy access from rail to airport via a quick bus ride" is off topic for this thread.
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Mar 3, 2020, 9:39 pm
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SBN airport has a direct train service from Chicago. I have used it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bend_International_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bend_International_Airport
You are right, I was thinking the station was just off airport property similar to Burbank, but the station is directly in the airport terminal.
And by quick bus service, I was basically implying there was an designated rail station but is was just off property and required a shuttle bus, similar to long term parking at many airports. MKE, SJC and BUR all have this, and even things like Amtrak at BWI and Metra at ORD are similar. I would consider all of those "airports served by rail service".
SAN and DAL are a bit more of a stretch as they happen to have rail stations that are relatively close to airports, but you have to take a city bus to get to the terminal.
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