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Chestertown is a historic railway station built in 1902–03 for the Pennsylvania Railroad and located in Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, 17-by-47-foot (5.2 by 14.3 m) Queen Anne–style building. It features a hip roof with a wide bracketed overhang that provided shelter for train passengers on all four sides. [2]
The system is owned by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA Maryland), and serves Maryland, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia. The system covers a total route length of 198.2 miles (319.0 km) along three rail lines. [1] In the 2019 fiscal year, MARC Train service had average weekday ridership of 36,375 passengers. [2]
Maryland Central Railroad: 1867 1888 Maryland Central Railway: Maryland Central Railway: 1888 1891 Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad: Maryland and Delaware Railroad: PRR: 1854 1877 Delaware and Chesapeake Railway: Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway: PRR: 1924 1932 Maryland and Delaware Seacoast Railroad: Maryland and Delaware Seacoast Railroad ...
Union Bridge station is a historic railway station in Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland.It was built in 1902 as a stop for the Western Maryland Railway.It is representative of the rural railway stations constructed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Maryland Midland Railway (reporting mark MMID) is a Class III short-line railroad operating approximately 63 miles of track in central Maryland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was originally headquartered in the former Western Maryland Railway station in Union Bridge, Maryland : it has since moved to a new facility across from the old station. [ 3 ]
The station building houses the Perryville Railroad Museum, which includes a model train layout and exhibits about the history of railroads in Perryville. In 2023, the Maryland Transit Administration signed an agreement with Delaware Transit Corporation to extend MARC service from Perryville to Newark, Delaware , where it would connect with ...
National Capital Trolley Museum moved to its present site in Colesville, Maryland, while the Baltimore Streetcar Museum was formed to focus on Baltimore transit. The site was provided by Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and DC Transit leased trolleys for a nominal cost. [4] The organization raised $20,000 to build a car ...
The Washington, Brandywine & Point Lookout Railroad (WB&PL) (originally, the Southern Maryland Railroad) was an American railroad that operated in southern Maryland and Washington, D.C., from 1918 to 1942; but it and other, shorter-lived entities used the same right-of-way from 1883 to 1965.