At 5:50, I am guessing the corridor to your right is mainly for international flyers (since it is headed in the general direction of the International Arrivals building) while the one to your left is for domestic travelers.
This is true for arrivals: All international arrivals will go through the door on the right side of the building and go through that right corridor. But for departures, it really just depends what airline you're flying: United Check-In (including both domestic and international) will be to the left, pretty much everything else is to the right.
The exhausting never-ending walk from Metro station through the dreary corridors to airport terminal is the worst airport connection I've ever encountered. What a waste of taxpayer money when a direct underground interchange would have been so much more customer friendly. I'll stick to convenient DCA which is less than 20 minutes from my home in Dupont Circle by Uber, Metro or Lyft.
While I do agree its more convenient to have a metro/railway station at (or closer to) the terminal, I'd hardly call this the worst airport connection. Because the walk (from what I've seen in some videos) is still around 5 minutes (might be less for people who walk quickly) which is just barely a short walk for most people (it seems longer in this video due to the constant cuts & shot transitions not to mention the uploader stopping in some parts) and the fact that the walk is underground means that people are sheltered from any bad weather at least until they reach the station platforms, so really not that bad as some people think (If I were travelling by rail, I'd still prefer this over a walk near 15 minutes or longer, or transferring to an extra people mover, bus or taxi to a station very far from the airport just to travel by rail from the airport which only adds more travel time). Funnily enough back here in the UK, they recently opened an airport railway station in Inverness at Scotland which is a 15-20 minute walk from the terminal, is exposed to the bad weather outside and has limited shuttle buses (about one every 30 minutes) - now that is a terrible airport rail connection.
While it's nice to finally have IAD connected to the network, I tend to agree the long walk is a minus. If the main rail approach is elevated, why not have the station above the parking lots, just across from Departures?
BWI already has Baltimore Light Rail and MARC, so they're relatively well served when it comes to transit. They should definitely increase MARC frequencies though.
Finally a metro station at one of the nicest Int'l terminals we have access to.
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I was looking for a video to show the walk to/from the metro station. Thanks 😊🛫
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Thanks for the Detailed video. Finally a metro connection to DC from Dulles 👌
you are most welcome
Thank you so very much. I needed this to plan my trip.
Glad it was helpful!
thank you for the detailed information and the time taken.
Our pleasure!
Oh wow! I didn’t realize that there was a tunnel under the parking lot!
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Chalo kisi apane hindustani bhai ne bhi vlog banaya. Thank you.
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Thanks for the video!
At 5:50, I am guessing the corridor to your right is mainly for international flyers (since it is headed in the general direction of the International Arrivals building) while the one to your left is for domestic travelers.
you are correct 👍
This is true for arrivals: All international arrivals will go through the door on the right side of the building and go through that right corridor. But for departures, it really just depends what airline you're flying: United Check-In (including both domestic and international) will be to the left, pretty much everything else is to the right.
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It’ll be nice no longer having to choose National over Dulles just because of transportation into/out of DC.
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Thanks 💯
I haven't flown since the 1980's. Question is, do they still use shuttles to/from the plane?
for few flights
The exhausting never-ending walk from Metro station through the dreary corridors to airport terminal is the worst airport connection I've ever encountered. What a waste of taxpayer money when a direct underground interchange would have been so much more customer friendly. I'll stick to convenient DCA which is less than 20 minutes from my home in Dupont Circle by Uber, Metro or Lyft.
While I do agree its more convenient to have a metro/railway station at (or closer to) the terminal, I'd hardly call this the worst airport connection. Because the walk (from what I've seen in some videos) is still around 5 minutes (might be less for people who walk quickly) which is just barely a short walk for most people (it seems longer in this video due to the constant cuts & shot transitions not to mention the uploader stopping in some parts) and the fact that the walk is underground means that people are sheltered from any bad weather at least until they reach the station platforms, so really not that bad as some people think (If I were travelling by rail, I'd still prefer this over a walk near 15 minutes or longer, or transferring to an extra people mover, bus or taxi to a station very far from the airport just to travel by rail from the airport which only adds more travel time). Funnily enough back here in the UK, they recently opened an airport railway station in Inverness at Scotland which is a 15-20 minute walk from the terminal, is exposed to the bad weather outside and has limited shuttle buses (about one every 30 minutes) - now that is a terrible airport rail connection.
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While it's nice to finally have IAD connected to the network, I tend to agree the long walk is a minus. If the main rail approach is elevated, why not have the station above the parking lots, just across from Departures?
Now if metro could extend all the way to BWI, that would be great! Highly unlikely but it's wishful thinking.
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BWI already has Baltimore Light Rail and MARC, so they're relatively well served when it comes to transit. They should definitely increase MARC frequencies though.
A new line between Greenbelt or even Fort Totten and BWI would
Do wonders