Perryville station

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Perryville
MARC commuter rail station
Perryville PWB Station.JPG
Perryville Station; June 9, 2009.
Location 650 Broad Street
Perryville, MD 21903
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by Amtrak
Line(s) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 4
Connections Cecil County The Bus Perryville Connection
History
Opened 1905(PW&B)
Rebuilt 1992
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 187 (MARC)
Services
Preceding station   MARC   Following station
Penn Line Terminus
  Former services  
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
toward Philadelphia

Perryville is a passenger rail station in Perryville, Maryland, served by MARC Train's Penn Line. The station is located on the southern part of the Northeast Corridor, however Amtrak does not service the station. A single Amtrak train—Northeast Regional #151—stops at Perryville to board MARC ticket holders.[1] The station is also the northernmost in the MARC system and the terminus for the Penn Line.[2]

History

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.[3] The station was remodeled to its original specifications in 1992,[4] 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.

References

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  2. MARC station list (includes Perryville) MARC official website
  3. 1979 Amtrak Chesapeake timetable
  4. John E. Day Associates, Incorporated

External links

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