The project has identified three locations for stations: Washington, D.C., BWI Airport and downtown Baltimore. At each of these areas alternative station locations were identified during the previous studies and evaluated. The proposed station sites meet complex criteria for pedestrian and vehicular access and intermodal connectivity. Numerous meetings with property owners, government agencies and other stakeholders have influenced the selection of the station sites. A ridership and cost benefit analysis will be initiated during the DEIS phase to evaluate the merits of an additional station at the Capital Beltway, I-495 near the District of Columbia.

The typical Maglev station consists of five principal elements: the ticketing concourse, the platforms and train guideway approaches, the station parking facilities, intermodal facilities, and associated commercial development. These building elements address arrival and orientation, ticketing, waiting, access to the platforms, management of the stations, concessions and connections to other modes of transportation. All stations will have a concourse that comfortably accommodates the passengers of two trains loading and unloading simultaneously. The station concourses are typically on street level, while the level of the platform is dependent on the elevation of the guideway approach. The stations will be designed to accommodate a 5-section Maglev train, allowing for expansion of the system without modification of the stations.

Architect's Concept of Baltimore Station (212K)	Concept Site Plan for Station (258K)
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In downtown Baltimore, the vacant parcel at Howard and Pratt Streets is the proposed station location. It is within walking distance of the primary destinations of Maglev riders: the downtown business district, the Baltimore Convention Center, the Inner Harbor and the Camden Yards sports stadiums. In addition, the site provides direct connections to Light Rail and MTA bus services, and is one block from the Camden MARC Station. Its location opposite Camden Station creates a direct link with Baltimore's past and reinforces the importance of transportation to the history and vitality of the City.

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Baltimore Washington International Airport is one of the fastest growing airports in the country. To keep up with this growth in passenger traffic the Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) has embarked on a plan for improvements that will create new parking structures, a new remote rental car facility, expanded terminals and an elevated people mover system that will connect all these elements.

Concept Site Plan for Station (59K)

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As proposed, the station would be located just north of the existing short term parking garage within the terminal loop roadway, and centered between Piers A and E. The station would be below ground, and airport development could take place above it. The terminal would be reached through the existing moving sidewalks in the garage.

Another alternative location under consideration would place the Maglev Station near the intersection of Elm Road and Aviation Boulevard (MD 170) beneath a current surface parking lot. Airport development could take place above the station.

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In Washington, DC, the location of the Maglev station is at Union Station, the portal to Capitol Hill and the Mall area, and one of the busiest subway stations on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) Metro system. The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, the agency responsible for the management of the mixed-use terminal has stated its interest in accommodating the Maglev station at Union Station.

Access at the existing crowded platform levels will not be available. Other alternatives have been developed to connect to the station. One is to elevate the guideway over the H Street bridge, locating the Maglev platforms adjacent to the parking garage and about 50 feet above the MARC platforms. A second alternative location for the station is below the 5 acre site adjacent to Union Station, currently owned by a regional developer who is proposing a major office building.

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