Baltimore bus terminals explained

The city of Baltimore, Maryland has had a succession of several terminals for interstate bus travel.

Greyhound Terminal
Style:MTA Maryland
Type:MTA Bus station
Address:2110 Haines Street
Borough:Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Bus Routes:2
Connections: 27
UMBC Transit: Downtown Route
Structure:at-grade
Parking:yes
Accessible:yes

The main terminal for Greyhound, built in 2016, is located at 2110 Haines Street just off Russell Street south of Downtown Baltimore.[1]

This location was chosen following community opposition to construction at a site near Penn Station. Then-mayor Martin O'Malley, who had originally wanted the Penn Station site because of its central location to public transportation in the city, bowed to this pressure.[2]

Following the opening of the current location in August 2016,[3] local and state politicians, including O'Malley, then-governor Robert Ehrlich, and Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele scrambled to provide better public transportation to the new site. As a result, the Maryland Transit Administration increased service on MTA Maryland bus route 27, the closest bus line to the new location, and rerouted the line into the terminal.

Baltimore Travel Plaza

Style:MTA Maryland
Baltimore Travel Plaza
Type:MTA Bus station
Address:5625 O'Donnell Street Cutoff
Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Line: 31
Owned:Maryland Transit Administration

The Baltimore Travel Plaza was a bus terminal located at 5625 O'Donnell Street off I-95 in southeast Baltimore. Several bus companies used this location, including Greyhound and Chinatown bus lines. On January 25, 2011, the Baltimore Travel Plaza ceased operations, with Greyhound and Peter Pan shifting service to their new terminal on Haines St.[4]

Former bus stations

Prior to the construction of the Baltimore Travel Plaza, the main Greyhound station was located at 210 West Fayette Street, with the buses entering from Merion Street. This had been the Trailways terminal until the acquisition of the Continental Trailways company by Greyhound.

The former Greyhound terminal prior to that was at 601 North Howard Street at West Centre Street, with the buses entering from Howard St. and exiting from Centre St.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baltimore Downtown Maryland Bus Station Greyhound . . February 11, 2017.
  2. News: National Briefing Mid-Atlantic: Maryland: No New Bus Terminal . December 27, 2001 . . February 11, 2017.
  3. News: Baltimore Fishbowl A Look at Baltimore's New Greyhound Station, Update on Two-Way Traffic Study, Former Sex Toy Warehouse Becomes New Home of Whitehall Mill -. 2016-09-26. Baltimore Fishbowl. 2018-06-01. en-US.
  4. News: Baltimore Travel Plaza to close, Greyhound to shift service to South Balto. terminal . January 19, 2011 . Lorraine . Mirabella . . February 11, 2017.