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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because Americans are too cheap to build functioning infrastructure.[/quote]

Yup. OP, that was a bad decision made years and years ago. A station actually at the terminal would have cost another $330 million, and evidently that was too much to pay for a station that was actually convenient for travelers.

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Hah. No. The airport metro is for staff and commuters to use. [b]Actual travelers are not taking a 70 minute train ride from DC with luggage. [/b]

The original problem was where Dulles was built. [/quote]

That's absurd. Of course actual travelers will do that. Maybe not you, but there are plenty of people who aren't you.[/quote]

I definitely plan to - especially for long international flights.

Walking to the metro from my DC house and then getting on a flight to Paris or Hong Kong after sitting on a train (for just $3!) is going to be so sweet.

Reagan is nice but international flights need a bigger airport.[/quote] This is going to change how I see Dulles for regular flights.  DCA is my first choice; BWI my second.  But as soon as the metro opens up to Dulles, it will be my second choice.  I can take the silver line all the way out there without changing.  Beats the "metro to MARC/Amtrak to a bus" slog to BWI.[/quote]

Completely agree.

Also the BWI Amtrak stop isn't anywhere NEAR the airport, and is creepy as f at night. I avoid anytime after dark falls.

Not to mention the fact that Amtrak trains back to DC are really limited -- so I've ended up waiting an hour for the next one.

Dulles (after the Spring 2020 completion of the station) will be my #2 flight stop. Maybe even #1, I just found a RT ticket to Paris for $350 from there. [/quote]

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