Camden Line

Camden Line
Overview
StatusActive
OwnerCSX Transportation (tracks)
LocaleWashington, D.C. and Baltimore suburbs
Termini
Stations12
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemMARC Train
Train number(s)840–860
Operator(s)Alstom/Maryland Transit Administration
Daily ridership4,684 (June 2017)[1]
History
Opened1830
Technical
Line length39 mi (63 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Operating speed32.5 mph (52.3 km/h) (avg.)
70 mph (110 km/h) (top)
Route map
Map Camden Line highlighted in orange
Camden Station
St. Denis
Elkridge
closed 1996
Dorsey
Jessup
Savage
Laurel Race Track
Laurel
Muirkirk
Greenbelt
Berwyn
closed 1991
College Park
Riverdale
Hyattsville
closed 1980s
Union Station
DC Streetcar Virginia Railway Express Amtrak

The Camden Line is a MARC commuter rail line that runs for 39 mi (63 km) between Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C., and Camden Station in Baltimore, Maryland, over the CSX Capital Subdivision and Baltimore Terminal Subdivision. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began running commuter service from Baltimore to Ellicott City over part of the current line's trackage on May 24, 1830, making this corridor one of the country's oldest rail routes still in operation.[2] The line was extended to Washington on August 25, 1835.[3] The Camden Line is the shortest MARC line. As of 2019, the Camden Line is a weekday-only service.[4]

  1. ^ "MTA Average Weekday Ridership - by Month". Maryland Open Data Portal. June 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  2. ^ Stover, John F. (January 1, 1995). History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Purdue University Press. ISBN 9781557530660.
  3. ^ Dilts, James D. (1996). The Great Road: The Building of the Baltimore and Ohio, the Nation's First Railroad, 1828-1853. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-8047-2629-0.
  4. ^ "MARC Camden Line Weekday Schedule" (PDF). MTA Maryland. March 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2019.