BWI Rail Station
Overview
 
The Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Rail Station is an Amtrak
Amtrak
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 and MARC
MARC Train
MARC , known prior to 1984 as Maryland Rail Commuter Service, is a regional rail system comprising three lines in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. MARC is administered by the Maryland Transit Administration , a Maryland Department of Transportation agency, and is operated under contract...

 commuter rail train station
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 in Linthicum
Linthicum, Maryland
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, an unincorporated area
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 in Anne Arundel County
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, Maryland
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, United States
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.

The station is located on the airport complex just over a mile from the main terminal of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is an international airport serving the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area in the United States. It is commonly called BWI, BWI Airport or BWI Marshall, BWI being an initialism for "Baltimore/Washington International" and the...

. 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.
The station was dedicated on October 23, 1980, and was the first intercity rail station in the U.S.
 
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