Aberdeen station (Maryland)


Aberdeen is a train station in Aberdeen, Maryland, on the Northeast Corridor. It is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional and is served by MARC's Penn Line. It is located at 18 East Bel Air Avenue at the intersection of Philadelphia Boulevard and West Bel Air Avenue.

History

The station was originally built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad approximately in 1898, and inherited by the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad. The current station is a modern structure built in 1943 by Lester C. Tichy for the Pennsylvania Railroad, It contains a 1960s-style pedestrian tunnel, with one of the entrances located at the former north station house. It also contains a pedestrian bridge built in 1982. Aberdeen was also served by an 1886-built Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station along what is now the CSX Philadelphia Subdivision just north of this one on West Bel Air Avenue. Prior to the mid-1980s there was a grade crossing located next to the station. It was removed after Amtrak completed the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project and replaced with an overpass.

Service

MARC

Aberdeen is on the northern section of MARC's Penn Line, served by seven northbound and six southbound trains daily. In April 2017, the daily MARC ridership was 159.

Amtrak

The station is serviced by most Northeast Regional trains running between Penn Station in New York City and Union Station in Washington, D.C., but only by some trains originating or terminating at South Station in Boston. On weekends, the station is served by one Northeast Regional bound for Norfolk, Virginia and one leaving Richmond. Acela Express and all long-distance trains pass through the station without stopping.

Station layout

The station has two side platforms and a station building on the north side of the tracks.

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