BWI Rail Station

This article is about a regional and inter-city rail station; for the light rail station at BWI, please see BWI Marshall Airport (Baltimore Light Rail station).

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Rail Station Amtrak station MARC commuter rail station
BWI Rail Station as viewed from the parking garage.
Station statistics
Address	7001 Amtrak Way Linthicum, MD 21240
Coordinates	39.192377°N 76.694645°W / 39.192377; -76.694645
Lines	Amtrak:   Acela Express   Northeast Regional   Vermonter MARC:   Penn Line
Connections	Baltimore Light Rail via Shuttle bus
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Opened	1980
Accessible
Code	BWI
Owned by	Amtrak
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	662,453  1.3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Washington, D.C. Terminus Acela Express Baltimore toward Boston South Station New Carrollton toward Newport News or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Baltimore toward Boston South Station or Springfield New Carrollton toward Washington, D.C. Vermonter Baltimore toward St. Albans MARC Odenton toward Union Station Penn Line Halethorpe toward Perryville

The Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Rail Station is an Amtrak and MARC commuter rail train station in Linthicum, an unincorporated area in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.

The station is located on the airport complex just over a mile from the main terminal of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. A free shuttle bus runs between the station and the airport terminal every 15 minutes from 5 a.m.–1 a.m. and every 25 minutes from 1 a.m.–5 a.m.

History

The station was dedicated on October 23, 1980, and was the first intercity rail station in the U.S. built to service an airport. It is about a 20-minute train ride south of Baltimore's Penn Station, a 20-minute ride north of New Carrollton, Maryland (and its connection with the Orange Line of Washington Metro), and a 35-minute ride north of Washington's Union Station.

Rail services

The station is part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and is served by the MARC Penn Line as well as the following Amtrak routes:

• Acela Express
• Northeast Regional
• Vermonter

Infrastructure

An Acela Express train at BWI Airport Rail Station.

The station's building houses a ticketing desk, waiting room, and a concessions area. The adjacent parking garage is used by commuters who ride the train to work in Baltimore or Washington, and also contains the bus stop for shuttles to the BWI terminal. The garage was built in the late 1990s to replace a smaller surface lot. It contains 3,200 parking spaces and does not typically fill to capacity.

Platform renovations

A project to rebuild and lengthen the 1,050 ft southbound and northbound platforms was begin in 2006 and completed in late 2010. The existing high-level platform structures are being completely replaced with new precast concrete segments, and new signs, lights, shelters, railing, canopies, and benches are being installed.

Future expansion

$9.4 million has been allocated for design and engineering of a new station building and fourth track, which is expected to cost $80–100 million. The existing station will be demolished to make way for the new track and platform, and a new station — twice the size of the old — will be built.

Connecting transportation

A train of MARC III Kawasaki bi-levels at BWI Rail Station on the Penn Line headed towards Baltimore.

• A taxi stand permits taxis meet arriving trains.
• The station is indirectly connected — via the airport shuttle bus — to Baltimore Light Rail, for which there is a stop (BWI Airport Light Rail Stop) at the airport terminal.
• MTA bus route 17 connects the station to Arundel Mills (to the South) and the Patapsco Baltimore Light Rail station (to the North), with stops at the airport terminal and BWI Business District.
• The BWI Trail, a hiker/biker trail, is adjacent to the station.
• An elevated walkway connects the station (at the second floor of the southbound platform's stairwell) with office buildings on Corporate Center Drive, including the Maryland Department of Transportation headquarters.
• While rental cars are not available at the station, the nearby BWI Consolidated Rental Car Facility is accessible via the stations other connecting modes:
  • By shuttle buses: Using the shuttle to the terminal, and then using the terminal's shuttle to the rental car facility shuttle
  • On foot, using the elevated walkway to Corporate Center Drive, and from there to New Ridge Road.
• There is a shuttle connecting east to the eastern Shore of Maryland and Connecting shuttle to Cumberland, Maryland.

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – BWI Rail Station
• Baltimore Airport Amtrak and MARC Station (TrainWeb)