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The system is owned by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA Maryland), and serves Maryland, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia. The system covers a total route length of 198.2 miles (319.0 km) along three rail lines. [1] In the 2019 fiscal year, MARC Train service had average weekday ridership of 36,375 passengers. [2]
Chestertown is a historic railway station built in 1902–03 for the Pennsylvania Railroad and located in Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, 17-by-47-foot (5.2 by 14.3 m) Queen Anne–style building. It features a hip roof with a wide bracketed overhang that provided shelter for train passengers on all four sides. [2]
The inaugural horse-drawn B&O train traveled the 13 miles (21 km) of the newly completed track from Mount Clare to Ellicott Mills (now Ellicott City, Maryland), on May 22, 1830, the first regular railroad passenger service in the U.S. [6] The existing Mount Clare station brick structure was constructed in 1851. [6]
Maryland Central Railroad: 1867 1888 Maryland Central Railway: Maryland Central Railway: 1888 1891 Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad: Maryland and Delaware Railroad: PRR: 1854 1877 Delaware and Chesapeake Railway: Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway: PRR: 1924 1932 Maryland and Delaware Seacoast Railroad: Maryland and Delaware Seacoast Railroad ...
The station building houses the Perryville Railroad Museum, which includes a model train layout and exhibits about the history of railroads in Perryville. In 2023, the Maryland Transit Administration signed an agreement with Delaware Transit Corporation to extend MARC service from Perryville to Newark, Delaware , where it would connect with ...
Union Station is a historic railway station located at Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland, United States.It was constructed in 1913–14, near the junction where the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad intersected with the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railroad (later, the Baltimore & Eastern Railroad) in the center of Salisbury.
The vacant railroad station building, train shed, and the surrounding 3¼ acres were acquired by the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 1964 for $250,000. [12] The sale amount was far below market value and represented "a substantial donation on the part of the B&O", said MICA officials. [ 13 ]
The Western Maryland Railway ended passenger train service to the Hagerstown station in June 1957. [3]: 266 The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as the Western Maryland Railway Station. [1] The building is now used as the headquarters of the Hagerstown Police Department. [4]