Start Date:

04/10/2020 3:00 PM

End Date:

07/06/2020 12:46 PM

Description:

Effective Monday, April 13 the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA) will implement further reductions of MARC Train service in response to significant reductions in ridership as riders continue to limit their use of these services to essential trips only.

MARC Train will further reduce the R schedule by eliminating select trains on all lines -- Penn, Camden, and Brunswick. A complete list of service modifications and other steps MDOT MTA is taking to protect our riders and employees, and to maximize efficiency, is available at www.mta.maryland.gov/coronavirus.

The following Penn Line trains will not operate until further notice:

Weekday Southbound:

Train 413 (6:40am departure from Penn Station) -- Train 511 will still operate and add stops at West Baltimore, Halethorpe and BWI Airport
Train 421 (8:15am departure from Penn Station)
Train 641 (4:23pm departure from Penn Station)

Weekday Northbound:

Train 412 (8:58am departure from Union Station)
Train 634 (4:35pm departure from Union Station)
Train 440 (5:25pm departure from Union Station) -- Train 536 will still operate and add stops at Seabrook, Bowie State University, and West Baltimore
Train 642 (5:58pm departure from Union Station)

Supplemental service will remain -- The following trains, which were added to the R schedule on March 17 to provide essential early evening and late night service, **will** continue to operate:

Train 403 (4:45am departure from Penn Station)
Train 502 (6:10am departure from Washington, which will continue to make all stops between Washington and Perryville)
Train 453 (9:37pm departure from Penn Station)
Train 452 (10:55pm departure from Union Station)


Saturday

Train 677 (8:55am departure from Penn Station)
Train 689 (2:50pm departure from Penn Station) -- Train 491 will still operate and add a stop at Martin Airport
Train 495 (5:55pm departure from Penn Station)
Train 497 (8:00pm departure from Penn Station)
Train 478 (10:15am departure from Union Station)
Train 490 (4:15pm departure from Union Station)
Train 492 (5:20pm departure from Union Station)
Train 696 (9:40pm departure from Union Station)

Penn Line Sunday

Train 681 (10:55am departure from Penn Station)
Train 487 (2:00pm departure from Penn Station)
Train 495 (5:55pm departure from Penn Station)
Train 482 (12:15pm departure from Union Station)
Train 490 (4:15pm departure from Union Station)
Train 492 (5:20pm departure from Union Station)

Affected Routes:

  • MARC: PENN - WASHINGTON

Cause:

Other Cause

Effect:

Reduced Service