Northeast Corridor

Washington, DC

Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Baltimore, MD (35.2 mi).

About Washington

Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly shortened to Washington, or DC, is the capital city of the United States, and its only federal district.

Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.

Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)

⚠️ All figures below are parametric estimates scaled from the proposal's own budget ($8.5T ÷ 17,000 mi ≈ $500M per mile), not engineering quotes. Methodology is shown so you can check the math.

Item	Basis	Estimate
Terminal construction	Major hub terminal — top-10 US metro ($4–8B range)	$6B
Land acquisition	Regional factor 1.5× on $200M base	$300M
Track: Washington → Baltimore	35.2 mi × $500M/mi	$17.6B
Annual operations (share)	Staffing, power, maintenance	$120M/yr
Stop total (excl. annual ops)		$23.9B

Best terminal location (proposed)

the Union Station district. The corridor's southern anchor already unites Amtrak, Metro, MARC and VRE. The Burnham Place air-rights plan shows how the terminal can grow over the tracks. It captures the capital region — federal workers, tourists and the densest job core between Boston and Richmond.

Before / after

Before and after aerial mock-up of the proposed maglev terminal at Washington, DC

Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.

🛤️ Infill stops toward Baltimore: the proposal envisions more stops than cities — smaller stations between majors. Plausible infills on this leg:

Greenbelt — Metro-served city on the B-W Parkway corridor.
Laurel — city midway between the two terminals.
BWI district — airport and rail hub at the Baltimore approach.

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