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[quote=Anonymous]I have taken the train from Kensington to Union Station M-F for about 2 years.  I'd say it can be a bit less reliable than the Metro.  It is not uncommon for the 7:15 am train to be a few minutes late.  Maybe 6 times a year it is really late (20 to 30 minutes).  But there is a 7:38 am train, so miss one, get the other.  The trains going home, I take the 5:15 pm, 5:40 pm or 6 pm, are rarely late.

West of us, the tracks go near the Potomac or other water sources, so when there is a big rain, there is a flood watch, which means the trains have to travel at a reduced speed and that can make them late.  About 4 times a year someone will have stepped in front of train and when that happens the train can't run until the crime scene is cleared.

The train is not overly crowded.  I can only remember one time when I had to stand while traveling one stop before getting a seat going to work.  And I remember only one time when I had to stand for two stops coming from work (but we were all trying to get home to beat a snow storm, so it was unusually crowded).

The trip from Kensington to Union Station is about 20 minutes long (with one stop at Silver Spring).

I have commuted by car, metro and Marc and Marc is my preferred choice.

As for living in Kensington, it is nice.  Just make sure you are buying a house in the school cluster of your choice.  I think Kensington is serviced by at three different clusters -- Bethesda Chevy Chase, Einstein and Walter Johnson.
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