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Federal money was acquired to double track most of the system; much of the line south of downtown Baltimore was shut down in 2004 and north of downtown shut down in 2005 in order to complete this project. The northern section up to Timonium reopened in December 2005; the rest opened in February 2006.
MTA shut down light rail service through the city for over seven weeks, with shuttle buses running between the North Avenue and Patapsco stations, and later between North Avenue and Camden. The intersection at Howard and Lombard streets, one of the busiest in the city, was not re-opened until September 5.
The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to the convictions of General Motors (GM) and related companies that were involved in the monopolizing of the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines (NCL) and subsidiaries, as well as to the allegations that the defendants conspired to own or control transit systems, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
A car and light rail train collided in downtown Baltimore on Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring two more, authorities said. #BCFD is on scene N. Howard & W. Mulberry St for a fatal ...
North Avenue station is a Baltimore Light Rail station located on North Avenue near the I-83 interchange in Baltimore, Maryland. The station has two island platforms serving three tracks. During the light rail's double-tracking project, when the northern section of the system was closed, the North Avenue stop was the northern terminus.
After the light rail was completed, freight rail continued for a short time before being shut down in the 1990s. The B&A briefly continued operations in the Carolinas but stopped in the early 21st Century. The bulk of the right-of-way now serves as part of Baltimore's light rail system and as the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Firefighters were battling a massive, wind-driven brushfire at a Baltimore wood recycling yard that closed a section of the expressway into the city’s downtown, the neighboring light rail line and nearby roads and schools on Friday morning.
Just days after CSX announced a new rail line in response to the Port of Baltimore closure, ... The Port of Baltimore is the nation’s largest for auto/farm equipment/light truck import-exports ...