St. Denis station (MARC)

This article is about the Maryland railway station. For other uses, see St. Denis station (disambiguation).

St. Denis
The shelter on the northbound platform of St. Denis station.
General information
Location1734 Arlington Avenue[1]
Halethorpe, Maryland
Coordinates39°13′27″N 76°42′14″W / 39.2243°N 76.7038°W / 39.2243; -76.7038
Owned byMaryland Transit Administration
Line(s)CSX Capital Subdivision
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Construction
Parking15 spaces[1]
AccessibleNo[1]
Passengers
201811 daily[2] Increase 37.5%
Services
Preceding station MARC Following station
Dorsey
towards Union Station
 Camden Line Camden Station
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
Dorsey
toward Chicago
 Main Line Baltimore Camden
Terminus
Howard Street
toward Jersey City
Relay
toward Chicago
 Halethorpe
toward Jersey City
Location
Map

St. Denis station is a passenger rail station on the MARC Camden Line in the Maryland town of the same name. While the small station is the line's closest station to its terminus at Camden Yards in Baltimore, it has low ridership.

St. Denis station contains two platforms and three tracks. The southbound platform, located on the corner of Arlington and Maple Avenues, has a shelter that is made of plexiglas and aluminum.[3] MARC gives this platform as the official address of the station. The northbound platform contains a wooden shelter on an embankment at the end of East Street with the name of the station on the back of it. The station also contains two at-grade wooden pedestrian crossings, one which spans the entire right-of-way from Arlington Avenue to East Street, and the other which only runs from the southbound platform on Maple Avenue to the middle tracks.

East of St. Denis, the Camden Line crosses over the MARC Penn Line south of the Halethorpe MARC station. The station itself was an excellent spot for railfanning[4][5] due to its proximity to Baltimore and its location at a point that sees Capital Subdivision, Baltimore Terminal Subdivision, and Old Main Line Subdivision freight traffic. However, "No Trespassing" signs were installed in the spring of 2024 to prohibit public access during non-operating hours of MARC train service.[6] A junction leading to the B&O Railroad Museum also exists between here and the terminus at Camden Yards.

  1. ^ a b c "MARC Station Information". Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "December 2018 MARC performance (for Nov 18) – Ridership" (PDF). Maryland Transportation Authority. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  3. ^ User:DanTD (April 22, 2011). File:St Denis MARC Station-Plexiglas Platform.JPG (photograph). Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  4. ^ "St. Denis, MD". www.trainweb.org. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  5. ^ "Maryland Railroad Stations and Depots". April 20, 2010. Archived from the original on April 20, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  6. ^ "Relay and Elkridge MD Railfan Guide". RailfanGuides. Retrieved July 19, 2024.