Years ago I commuted between Washington and Baltimore. It was mostly OK, but one hot summer all trains were run at lower speeds because of track expansion. The MARC commuter trains were lowest priority and I got home late quite a few evenings.
And there is not a lot of flex if things go wrong. A fellow I know got to Washington something like five hours late once after somebody stepped in front of the Acela in Delaware.
Years ago I commuted between Washington and Baltimore. It was mostly OK, but one hot summer all trains were run at lower speeds because of track expansion. The MARC commuter trains were lowest priority and I got home late quite a few evenings.
And there is not a lot of flex if things go wrong. A fellow I know got to Washington something like five hours late once after somebody stepped in front of the Acela in Delaware.