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.
General information
Location650 Broad Street, Perryville, Maryland[1]
Coordinates39.5583°N 76.0717°W / 39.5583; -76.0717
Owned byAmtrak
Line(s)Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks4
ConnectionsLocal Transit Cecil Transit: 2
Construction
Parking135 spaces[1]
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1905 (PW&B)
Rebuilt1992
ElectrifiedJanuary 28, 1935[2] (ceremonial)
February 10, 1935[3] (regular service)
Passengers
2018128 daily[4] Decrease 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, D.C.
 Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Principio
toward Philadelphia
Proposed services
Preceding station MARC Following station
Aberdeen
towards Union Station
 Penn Line Elkton
towards Newark

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 3 ←      Amtrak services do not stop here
Track 2 ←      Amtrak services do not stop here →
Track 1 ←      Amtrak services do not stop here →

Future expansion

In 2017, the Wilmington Area Planning Council submitted ridership studies to Cecil County, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, SEPTA and the Delaware Department of Transportation for the extension of MARC service from Perryville via Elkton[9] to Newark, Delaware, and possibly Wilmington.[10] The section from Perryville to Newark is the one of only three along the Northeast Corridor not covered by commuter train service (the others are between New London, Connecticut, and Wickford Junction, Rhode Island as well as New York Penn Station and New Rochelle, New York). The Route 5 bus operated by Cecil Transit formerly connected the two stations.[11]

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. open access
  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. open access
  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.
  9. Kroner, Brad (28 April 2017). "MARC stop in Elkton moves forward, Perryville MARC facility stalls". Cecil Whig. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  10. Kroner, Brad (7 March 2017). "Study to examine extending MARC line to Newark". Newark Post (Delaware). Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  11. Fixed Route 5 (schedule). Cecil Transit. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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