Biden holding up Friday rush hour commuters at Union Station?
We received this report from Twitter user @erintangerine:
cranky bmore commuters waiting at union station for vp to get on amtrak so we can get home!
Can any other MARC or Amtrak commuters confirm the report?
If true, it would be pretty insensitive of Vice President Joe Biden to tie up the platform at Union Station in the middle of Friday afternoon rush hour. In addition to MARC commuters trying to get home to Baltimore and other places, Friday afternoon is usually a pretty busy time for Amtrak business as well. The station is usually jammed on a normal Friday afternoon.
I’m surprised he even still takes Amtrak since his election as VP. I would think it could be a security concern unless massive preparations like those for the pre-Inaugural train trip that then President-Elect Obama took along with Biden back in January.
UPDATE
MARC has started emailing delay messages for trains this afternoon. Unlike the usual emails, no reason is given:
5:29 PM
PENN:MARC 436 (WASH Dept 5:34pm) expected to depart Washington 15-20 minutes late.
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I personally experienced this happening in the past – it was quite frequent before the inauguration, and for a few weeks afterward.
Yesterday I was on the 4:15 train from DC, and didn’t see any of the telltale signs that they were getting ready for a VIP coming through (barriers moved), black SUV’s in the platform areas, lots of guys with weapons standing around.
The last time this happened before yesteday, we had heard that it wasn’t really VP Biden, it was his family, which makes the whole thing seem even more bizarre and frustrating.
Comment by Bill — September 26, 2009 @ 8:03 am