{"id":4554,"date":"2010-03-02T07:25:11","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T13:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=4554"},"modified":"2016-12-16T19:45:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T01:45:39","slug":"train-replaces-some-of-dulles-mobile-lounges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/train-replaces-some-of-dulles-mobile-lounges\/","title":{"rendered":"Train replaces some of Dulles&#8217; mobile lounges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1131\" title=\"business_travel1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/business_travel1.jpg\" alt=\"business_travel1\" width=\"250\" height=\"175\" \/>By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of my least favorite &#8220;amenities&#8221; at any airport are those so-called &#8220;mobile lounges&#8221; at <a title=\"Washington\/Dulles airport conditions from Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/updates.orbitz.com\/airports\/IAD\" target=\"_blank\">Washington\/Dulles airport<\/a>. The lumbering buses connect the beautiful, but dated, Eero Saarinen terminal with the airport&#8217;s departure and arrival gates.<\/p>\n<p>After nearly a decade of construction work and $1.5 billion in expense, the <strong>Dulles AeroTrain<\/strong> has finally opened to replace some of the &#8220;lounges.&#8221; The four-mile system connects Dulles&#8217; main terminal and its A, B and C gates. The AeroTrain opened late in January and then promptly broke down on its second day of operation. It does seem to be operating normally now, however. But the bad news is that the buses aren&#8217;t completely gone. You still need them to get from the main terminal to Dulles&#8217; D and H gates and for the trip between your international <a title=\"Cheap flights, cheap tickets on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareFlightsTab\" target=\"_blank\">flight<\/a> and the Customs and Immigration facility.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Related Orbitz resources:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Business travel on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Business travel<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cheap flights, cheap tickets on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareFlightsTab\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Flights<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Washington, D.C. hotels on Orbitz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Washington-Hotels.d178318.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Washington, D.C. hotels<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joesentme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JoeSentMe.com<\/a>, a  non-commercial Web site for business travelers. Copyright 2009 by Joe  Brancatelli. Licensed by contract for Orbitz use.<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT0xY2JjYTlmOGNkOWUxNWIzZmViYzBkYzJiMGRlNzUxYg==\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" class=\"nc_pixel\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly a decade of construction work and $1.5 billion in expense, the Dulles AeroTrain has finally opened to replace some of the &#8220;lounges.&#8221; The four-mile system connects Dulles&#8217; main terminal and its A, B and C gates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2216,1188],"class_list":["post-4554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-business-travel","tag-washington-dulles-airport"],"acf":{"api_active":null,"api_title":null,"api_excerpt":null,"api_featured_image":null,"api_lob":null},"posts_api_cpm_point":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Train replaces some of Dulles&#039; 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