Perryville station

Perryville is a passenger rail station in Perryville, Maryland, served by MARC's Penn Line. The station is located on the southern part of the Northeast Corridor, between the Newark, DE and Aberdeen, MD stations. Although Amtrak does not regularly serve the station, a single Amtrak train—Northeast Regional No. 111—stops at Perryville to board MARC ticket holders traveling south.[5] The station is also the northernmost in the MARC system and the terminus for the Penn Line.[6]

Perryville
MARC commuter rail station
Perryville station on June 9, 2009.
Location650 Broad Street, Perryville, Maryland[1]
Coordinates39.5583°N 76.0717°W / 39.5583; -76.0717
Owned byAmtrak
Line(s)Northeast Corridor
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks4
Connections Cecil Transit: 2, 5
Construction
Parking135 spaces[1]
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1905 (PW&B)
Rebuilt1992
ElectrifiedJanuary 28, 1935[2] (ceremonial)
February 10, 1935[3] (regular service)
Passengers
2018128 daily[4]  26.4% (MARC)
Services
Preceding station MARC Following station
Aberdeen
towards Union Station
 Penn Line Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Aberdeen
toward Washington, D.C.
 Chesapeake Elkton
toward Philadelphia–Suburban
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Havre-de-Grace
toward Washington, DC
 Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Principio
toward Philadelphia

History
A Metroliner passes through Perryville station in 1979

The Perryville station was originally built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad in 1905 and adopted by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and is located within a wye for the PW&B's Port Deposit Branch. When Amtrak took over passenger service in 1971, the station was closed but later in the decade became a stop for the Chesapeake between Washington D.C., and Philadelphia, until it was acquired by MARC.[7] The station was remodeled to its original specifications in 1992,[8] and is located near an Amtrak maintenance facility.

The station also contains the Perryville Railroad Museum, open on Sunday afternoons, which includes a model train layout and exhibits about the history of railroads in Perryville.

Station layout

The station has a single side platform north of the tracks.

P
Platform level		 Street level Exit/entrance, station house, parking, buses
Side platform
Track 4 ←      Penn Line toward Union Station (Aberdeen)
→      Penn Line termination track →
←      Amtrak services do not stop here
Track 2 ←      Amtrak services do not stop here
Track 1 ←      Amtrak services do not stop here →
Track 3 ←      Amtrak services do not stop here →

References
  1. "MARC Station Information". MARC. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  2. "Pennsy's New Electric Train Breaks Record". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. January 28, 1935. p. 28. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "N.Y.-Washington Electric Train Service Starts Sunday on P.R.R." The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. February 9, 1935. p. 3. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "December 2018 MARC performance (for Nov 18) - Ridership" (PDF). Maryland Transportation Authority. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. "MARC Penn Line Schedule Change - September 23, 2019". MARC. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  6. "MARC System Map" (PDF). MARC. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  7. "1979 Amtrak Chesapeake timetable".
  8. "Awards". John E. Day Associates Inc. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008.
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