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MARC Penn Line
Washington DC Union Station
has tracks in a cut which is partially
covered.
There
are 29 tracks. Tracks 16,17,18,19 have high platforms
while the rest have 8 inch platforms.
Access to the tracks is via ten "gates" but once inside
the gates you could go to any track. Greyhound stops on
the upper level and the
WMATA Red Line stops on a lower
level. Three MARC (Maryland Area Rail Commuter)
Lines stop here as does
VRE (Virginia
Railway
Express).
New
Carrollton, Maryland
is also served by the
WMATA Orange Line
which has its own two tracks and high island platform to
the south of the
Amtrak/MARC station which has
four
tracks, and a high island serving the inner tracks. The
two outer tracks bypass the station.
Seabrook
Bowie
State
Odenton
BWI Airport
is being renovated
and platforms lengthened. It has three tracks and two
high side platforms. The center track bypasses the
station. There is a crossover.
Halethorpe
West Baltimore
Baltimore Penn Station
is
a multi modal station with Amtrak,
MARC and Baltimore's Light Rail. The light rail uses a
low floor island platform to the South of the
Amtrak/MARC
tracks. There are four high island platforms and eight
tracks, tracks 6 and 7 being used for Amtrak. The
station is in a partially covered open cut. Your
webmaster thanks the anonymous gentlemen that answered
questions about this station. Thank you, Gentlemen, for
your contribution to this site.
Martin Airport
Edgewood
has three
tracks and two low 8 inch side platforms. The station's
South platform is over the abandoned fourth track.
Aberdeen
has four
tracks and two offset 0 inch side platforms
Perryville
has 4
tracks and 1 low 0 inch platform on the North side
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