The Metropolitan Special was a passenger train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) that operated from 1971.

The train's eastern terminus was Washington, D.C.[1] Sleeping car passengers were able to ride trains continuously from St. Louis to Jersey City, New Jersey, where at Communipaw Terminal passengers transferred to buses and ferries to Manhattan in New York City.

By 1940, the eastern terminus became Baltimore, and the west-bound trip joined in carrying the Metropolitan Special name.

[2] Major intermediate station stops included Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati, Ohio.

[5] However, by the end of 1967, the United States Postal Service dealt a heavy blow to the B&O, canceling most of its lucrative post office contracts.