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 Edgewood station platform, looking northbound in July 2014. The station building is at left and the smaller northbound shelter at right. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2127 Old Edgewood Road[1] Edgewood, Maryland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°24′58″N76°17′34″W / 39.4160°N 76.2927°W /39.4160; -76.2927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Amtrak | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Maryland Transit Administration | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | AmtrakNortheast Corridor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Harford Transit: 2 (Blue), 7 (Red) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 295 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 1, 1991 (1991-05-01) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 271 daily[2]  5.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edgewood station is a passenger rail station on theNortheast Corridor in theunincorporated community ofEdgewood, Maryland, served by theMARCPenn Line. Edgewood station serves the southern terminus ofMaryland Route 755 which terminates at an entrance to theAberdeen Proving Ground. The station has twoside platforms with a small station building north of the tracks. Parking is located on either side of the station area.
The former Edgewood station of the Pennsylvania Railroad was designed by architectLester C. Tichy in association with designerRaymond Loewy.[3][4] The station is also located east of Amtrak's Edgewood Interlocking Tower, previously owned by thePennsylvania Railroad.[5]
MARC Penn Line service was extended toPerryville on May 1, 1991, with intermediate stops atAberdeen, Edgewood, andMartin State Airport.[6][7] A modular trailer served as the Edgewood station building.[8][9] The parking lot was enlarged from 150 spaces to 291 spaces in 2005. In October 2006, the state announced plans for a new station building at Edgewood.[10] Construction of the $5 million project began in September 2011 and was completed in late 2012. It included a new station building with restrooms and ticket machines, a shelter on the northbound platform, repaving of the station platforms, and ramps to the Edgewood Road underpass.[11]
Between 2001 and 2003, a single southboundAmtrakNortheast Regional train began stopping at Edgewood to supplement regular MARC service.[12][13] The stop at Edgewood was for MARC passengers only and was not listed in Amtrak timetables.[14] Amtrak service at Edgewood was suspended in March 2020 when Amtrak reduced service due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15][16]
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