Halethorpe | |||||||||||||
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 Halethorpe station in August 2013 | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 5833 Southwestern Boulevard[1] Halethorpe, Maryland | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°14′19″N 76°41′28″W / 39.2385°N 76.6911°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Maryland Transit Administration | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Amtrak Northeast Corridor | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 770 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1935[3][4] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | 1,517 daily[5]  19.7% | ||||||||||||
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Halethorpe station is a passenger rail station located in the unincorporated community of Halethorpe, Maryland, on the Northeast Corridor. MARC Penn Line trains serve the station; Amtrak trains pass through but do not stop.[6]
Halethorpe station is located along Southwestern Boulevard (US 1) beneath a bridge for Francis Avenue, which also contains a staircase leading between the station and the bridge. A long parking lot between US 1 and the railroad tracks spans from north of the Washington Boulevard interchange to south of Tom Day Boulevard. South of Halethorpe, the Penn Line crosses under the MARC Camden Line east of the St. Denis station. The vicinity is considered an excellent spot for railfanning due to its proximity to Baltimore and its location at a point that sees CSX Capital Subdivision, Baltimore Terminal Subdivision, and Old Main Line Subdivision freight traffic.[7]
The station serves the University of Maryland Baltimore County two miles away. UMBC's Halethorpe/Satellite Transit Line provides a bus connection from the campus to the station. Additional communities include Arbutus, Catonsville, and Violetville.
- ^ a b c "MARC Station Information". Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ "Bus and Rail Connections" (PDF) (Map). Maryland Transit Administration. August 15, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ "Pennsy's New Electric Train Breaks Record". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. January 28, 1935. p. 28. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "December 2018 MARC performance (for Nov 18) – Ridership" (PDF). Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ MARC station list (includes Halethorpe) Archived March 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine MARC official website
- ^ "Halethorpe MARC Station". TrainWeb.
