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AIRPORTS IN THE U.S. WITH RAIL ACCESS

We think intermodalism is great! Intermodalism is when as many transportation services are "under one roof" as possible. For passengers, that means that transfers between different modes of transportation (such as air, rail, bus, local transit, automobile, ferry) can be made in one place, without the trouble of transferring between terminals.

On this page, there is a listing of airports in the United States that also have some sort of access to passenger trains or local rail transit. While this is not unusual in Europe, it is still not the norm in the U.S. But the list is growing.

Shown first are airports with direct rail access, meaning the trains come right to the air terminal, and/or use the airport's internal circulator system. NOTE -- In some cases (like Burbank), the distance from train to terminal is quite walkable, but a bus shuttle is provided for those who need or want it. Second is a list of airports with plans to set up direct rail access. Third is a list of airports with rail transit stops nearby, but which require a short trip in a shuttle bus.

There are other cities in the U.S. that have intermodal passenger terminals, usually in their downtown areas, serving several modes of transportation. Examples include Los Angeles, New Orleans, Washington, Harrisburg, New Haven and Boston.

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	Airport	Agency	Type	Opening
Airports With Direct Rail Transit Access	Anchorage (summer only)	Alaska R.R.	intercity	2003
	Atlanta	MARTA	metro	1988
	Baltimore	MTA	light rail	1997
	Burbank	Amtrak Metrolink	intercity commuter	1990 1992
	Chicago O'Hare	CTA	metro	1984
	Chicago Midway	CTA	metro	1993
	Cleveland	RTA	metro	1968
	Minneapolis	Minn. DOT	light rail	2004
	Newark	NJT Amtrak	commuter intercity	2001
	New York Kennedy	PA	light rail	2003
	Philadelpia	SEPTA	commuter	1985
	Portland (Ore.)	Tri-Met	light rail	2001
	St. Louis	MetroLink	light rail	1994
	San Francisco	BART	metro	2003
	South Bend	South Shore	commuter	1992
	Washington National	WMATA	Metro	1977
Airports With Planned Rail Links	Dallas-Fort Worth	DART	light rail	2015
	Denver	RTD/FastTracks	commuter	2015
	Harrisburg	Harrisburg Airport Authority	intercity	2010
	Little Rock	CAT	Light Rail	TBD
	Miami	Miami Metro	Metro	2011
	Phoenix	RPTA	light rail	2008
	Providence	RIDOT	commuter rail	2010
	Salt Lake City	UTA	Light rail	2015
	Seattle-Tacoma	Sound Transit	light rail	2009
	Washington Dulles	WMATA	metro	2017
Airports With Bus Shuttles to Rail Line	Albuquerque	Rail Runner	commuter
	Baltimore	Amtrak MARC	intercity/commuter
	Boston	MBTA	metro
	Chicago O'Hare	Metra	commuter
	Dallas-Fort Worth	TRE	commuter	2000
	Fort Lauderdale	Tri-Rail	commuter
	Los Angeles	MTA	light rail
	Miami	Tri-Rail	commuter
	Milwaukee	Amtrak	intercity	2005
	Oakland	BART	metro
	Oakland	Amtrak	intercity	2005
	Palm Beach	Tri-Rail	commuter
	San Francisco (extra fare BART link)	Caltrain	commuter
	San Jose/Santa Clara	VTA Caltrain	light rail commuter

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