Camden Line Explained

Camden Line
Type:	Commuter rail
System:	MARC Train
Status:	Active
Locale:	Washington, D.C. and Baltimore suburbs
Start:	Washington Union Station (Washington, D.C)
End:	Camden Station (Baltimore)
Stations:	12
Trainnumber:	840–860
Daily Ridership:	4,684 (June 2017)^[1]
Open:	1830
Owner:	CSX Transportation (tracks)
Operator:	Alstom/Maryland Transit Administration
Linelength:	39miles
Speed:

The Camden Line is a MARC commuter rail line that runs for 39miles between Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C., and Camden Station in Baltimore, Maryland, over the CSX Capital Subdivision and Baltimore Terminal Subdivision. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began running commuter service from Baltimore to Ellicott City over part of the current line's trackage on May 24, 1830, making this corridor one of the country's oldest rail routes still in operation.^[2] The line was extended to Washington on August 25, 1835.^[3] The Camden Line is the shortest MARC line., the Camden Line is a weekday-only service.^[4]

Stations list

State	Town/City	Station	Connections
DC	Washington, D.C.		Amtrak: Acela Express, Cardinal, Capitol Limited, Carolinian, Crescent, Northeast Regional, Palmetto, Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Vermonter, Amtrak Thruway to Charlottesville, Virginia MARC: Penn Line, Brunswick Line VRE: Manassas Line, Fredericksburg Line Metrorail: Red Line Metrobus: 80, 96, 97, D6, D8, X1, X2, X8, X9 DC Circulator: Georgetown, Navy Yard DC Streetcar: H Street/Benning Road Line MTA Maryland: 903 Loudoun County Transit: Loudoun County PRTC: Lake Ridge OmniRide Intercity bus service: Greyhound, Peter Pan, Megabus, Washington Deluxe, BestBus
MD	Riverdale Park		Metrobus: F4
	College Park		Metrorail: Green Line Metrobus: 83, 83X, 86, C8, F6, J4, R12 University of Maryland, College Park: Shuttle-UM 104, 109 Prince George's County TheBus: 14, 17 MTA Commuter Bus: 204
	Greenbelt		Metrorail: Green Line Metrobus: 87, 89, 89M, B30, C2, G12, G14, R12 University of Maryland, College Park: Shuttle-UM 129 Prince George's County TheBus: 11, 15X, 16 RTA: 302
	Beltsville		RTA: 302
	Laurel		Metrobus: 87, 89M RTA: 409
	Laurel
	Savage		RTA: 409
	Jessup
	Dorsey		RTA: 501
	St. Denis
	Baltimore	Camden Station	Baltimore Light RailLink

Web site: MTA Average Weekday Ridership - by Month . June 2017 . Maryland Open Data Portal . June 2, 2019.
Book: Stover, John F. . History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad . January 1, 1995 . Purdue University Press . 9781557530660 . en.
Book: Dilts, James D. . The Great Road: The Building of the Baltimore and Ohio, the Nation's First Railroad, 1828-1853 . 184 . Palo Alto, CA . Stanford University Press . 1996 . 978-0-8047-2629-0.
Web site: MARC Camden Line Weekday Schedule . March 2017 . MTA Maryland . June 1, 2019.