# DTR to RDU rail line

**URL:** <https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/dtr-to-rdu-rail-line/1145>\
**Category:** Transit and Transportation\
**Created:** [June 10, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/dtr-to-rdu-rail-line/1145 "2019-06-10T22:50:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![keita](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/keita/32/354_2.png) [@keita](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/keita)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/dtr-to-rdu-rail-line/1145/33 "2019-06-15T22:15:30Z")

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The reasons light rail to the airport doesn’t make sense today are basically the same as commuter rail, and they all still hold true ([see previous discussion](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/commuter-rail-garner-to-west-durham/899/144)).

But if you meant like the AirTrains in [New York/JFK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirTrain_JFK), [Newark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirTrain_Newark), and [San Francisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirTrain_(San_Francisco_International_Airport))? I mean that’s true as long as you can secure a good right-of-way. But:

> [@Commuter Rail - Garner to West Durham](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/commuter-rail-garner-to-west-durham/899/162):
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> It becomes the airport authority’s responsibility to take advantage of [a successful regional rail system once it’s built]. […] If the rail is a success and traffic becomes a bigger problem in the future, then RDU could request funds for a people mover on their own.

That’s not a question for Raleigh (which is what this forum is about), but it’s a direct interest of the airport.

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