Perryville station
Railway station in Perryville, Maryland, US
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Perryville station is a passenger rail station on the Northeast Corridor in Perryville, Maryland. It is the northern terminus of the MARC Penn Line. The station has a single side platform serving the northern track of the four-track Northeast Corridor. The station building houses the Perryville Railroad Museum, which includes a model train layout and exhibits about the history of railroads in Perryville.
Perryville, Maryland
Perryville | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Perryville station in March 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 650 Broad Street[1] Perryville, Maryland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39.5583°N 76.0717°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Amtrak | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Amtrak Northeast Corridor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Cecil Transit: 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 135 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1905 (PW&B) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | January 28, 1935[2] (ceremonial) February 10, 1935[3] (regular service) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 128 daily[4]  26.4% (MARC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 SEPTA Regional Rail.[5]
History
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. It was a stop for the Chesapeake, which ran from 1978 to 1983.[6] MARC Penn Line service was extended to Perryville on May 1, 1991, with intermediate stops at Aberdeen, Edgewood, and Martin State Airport.[7][8] The station was restored that year at a cost near $1 million.[7][9][10]
By September 2001, a single southbound Amtrak Northeast Regional train stopped at Perryville to supplement regular MARC service.[11] The stop at Perryville was for MARC passengers only and was not listed in Amtrak timetables.[12] Amtrak service at Perryville was suspended in March 2020 when Amtrak reduced service due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13][14]
