BWI Rail Station

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BWI Airport Rail Station
Address	7 Amtrak Way BWI Airport, 21240
Amtrak routes	Acela Express - Carolinian - Metroliner - Regional - Vermonter
Other service	MARC Penn Line
Amtrak code	BWI	Owned by	Amtrak
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The BWI Airport Rail Station is a train station in Linthicum, Maryland located just over a mile from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI). It was dedicated on October 23, 1980, and was the first intercity rail station in the U.S. built to service an airport. The station is about a ten-minute train ride south of Baltimore Penn Station, a twenty-minute ride north of New Carrollton, Maryland (and a Washington Metro station), and a thirty-five minute ride north of Union Station in Washington, D.C.

A free shuttle bus, which runs every 10 minutes, connects the station and the airport terminal via a 5 minute trip. As an alternative to the shuttle buses, which are often crowded during morning and evening rush hours, one can take a taxi between the station and the airport.

BWI Rail Station's small station building, which houses a ticketing desk, waiting room, and small concessions area, is dwarfed by the adjacent parking garage, filled by the many local commuters who ride the rails to work in Baltimore or Washington. The massive garage was built in the late 1990s to replace a smaller surface lot. Travelers who park should know that the surface lots along the station's access road are reserved for Northrop Grumman employees. Many thousands of airport-designated spaces are located in the vicinity of the station, but the Amtrak garages are rarely full.

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

• Vermonter
• The Federal
• Carolinian
• Metroliner
• Regional
• Acela Express