BWI Airport Light Rail Station

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Terminating station for the MTA Maryland Central Light Rail. Trains pick up outside of Terminal E (International Terminal). Ticket machines were moved from outside where the trains are to inside before the entrance doors.

In 2000, two separate accidents occurred in which a Light Rail train ran into the end bumpers and up into the roof of the station. In one case, the operator was under the influence of cocaine and oxycodone. He tested positive for cocaine, was fired four days after the accident, and charged with reckless endangerment. The other case the operator was under the influence of prescription medication that made him drowsy.

Since then, a trip-stop has been installed to the north-west of the station, requiring operators to stop before the station, reach out of the vehicle, and clear the trip-stop before moving at 10 mph into the station. A proper medical policy was instituted at FTA's insistence.

mta.maryland.gov/light-rail
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BWI_Marshall_Airport_(Baltimore_Light_Rail_station)
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Coordinates:   39°10'58"N   76°40'11"W

Comments

  • What carriers stop here?
  • MTA Maryland Light Rail only (aka no airline). If you need to catch a flight you must get off here and go inside the International Terminal E.
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