Camden trains canceled for track work
Camden Line riders who normally catch the 8:15 a.m. MARC train out of Baltimore may have to get up earlier for the next three weeks.
That train, along with the one departing Washington's Union Station for Baltimore at 8:05 a.m., will be canceled Mondays through Thursdays May 11-28 for track work on the CSX-owned line. The trains, No. 844 and No. 851, will operate on Fridays.
The Maryland Transit Administration is recommending that Washington-bound riders out of Baltimore catch the 7:20 AM out of Camden Station, which will make all stops normally made by the later train, or to switch to the Penn Line, which has trains departing Penn Station at 7:40 and 8:10 a.m.
Riders can also catch the 8:18 a.m. light rail to BWI and switch to the 8:53 a.m. B30 bus to the Greenbelt Metro Station, where riders can board the Green Line. That ride takes roughly 30-40 minutes longer to reach Union Station than the Camden Line train usually does.
Comments
Light rail to BWI, then B30 to Greenbelt?? That's a nice start, I guess, but you might have also reminded MARC riders that there's a Cross-honoring ticket-fare schedule between the Penn and Camden lines. For example, if you purchase a Dorsey ticket, you can ride the Penn Line instead/if necessary between BWI and your destination and a Savage ticket could board at Odenton.
The cross-honor policy for the 2 lines is what helped make the Camden line jam-packed during the water main break disruption at the BWI Rail Station.
MARC's website has the details: http://www.mtamaryland.com/services/marc/serviceInformation/MARC_Ticket_Policy.cfm
See under "Cross Honoring of Tickets"
Posted by: Pete | May 8, 2009 2:31 PM
Riding between the 2 lines may cost someone only 10-15 minutes instead of 30-40 (or more, because B30 has to shoot down the parkway to Greenbelt, which is no walk in the park - I'd plan on more than an hour extra taking that route).
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