Transit services coming up slowly (updated)
Mass transit service in Maryland is making a slow recovery from the weekend's snowstorm. with light rail offering service to a limited number of stations this afteroon and about 20 percent of local buses operating on primary routes only.
Maryland Transportation Secretary Beverly Swaim-Staley said Baltimore's Metro is continuing to run on the underground part between Mondawmin Mall and Johns Hopkins Hospital -- as it did Saturday -- but she said the aboveground stretch to Owings Mills would be closed all day and into tomorrow. She said a bus shuttle may be in place between Mondawmin and Owings Mills until above-ground service can resume.
Swaim-Staley said the Washington Metro is continuing to operate underground and is working to bring back service on the above-ground rails. Washington Metrobuses were not running Sunday.
Officials were awaiting a decision from the federal government on whether most of its workers will be required to report Monday. But Swaim-Staley said she expects MARC commuter trains to be operating on a holiday schedule, though some of the parking lots may have limited parking because snow hasn't been cleared.
Ahe advised MARC riders to check the Maryland Transit Administration web site, www.mtamaryland.com, before leaving for a station tomorrow. Riders of other services can find information there as well.
Comments
Are there any light rail trains running from timioum to the city.
Posted by: Janice Newman | February 8, 2010 9:34 AM
That site redirects to http://mta.maryland.gov now. It's also loading very slowly; it must be being hit very hard for updates.
Posted by: Drake Perth | February 8, 2010 10:29 AM
My wife reported this morning that Metro was not only running 40 minutes late this morning, but was running on only one track--and that was between Mondawmin and Charles Center.
Posted by: Alexander D. Mitchell IV | February 8, 2010 10:59 AM
MTA says light rail is running on a 30-minute timetable, but do they provide us with the approx. arrival times at each station? Would be very helpful information. Thanks.
COMMENT: For information, try www.mtamaryland.com.
Posted by: Steve | February 8, 2010 8:21 PM