Baltimore to Washington DC at 300 mph?

A high-speed magnetic levitation rail line between Washington and Baltimore?

Wow, great idea!. It would really open up Baltimore destinations to travelers to the nation's capital. A real boost for the Maryland economy in the tourism sector.

But worth the several billion to build it? Not so sure about that. How much do you pay for a ticket on such a thrill ride?

And the real question is... where does it fit?

There aren't a lot of choices other than existing trackways. So would they build an elevated maglev rail over the existing tracks? That's a possibility. But it costs a lot to put up all those supports for the track.

Popular Science thinks it might work:

Maglev train gets funding in Maryland

But a reader of the Baltimore Sun thinks "traditional" high-speed rail makes more sense:

Letter to the Editor 

I tend to agree with him.


Other voices:

Hogan considers high speed rail line from Baltimore to Washington DC

Feds award $28 million to study maglev train system for Maryland