Martinsburg station explained

Style:

Amtrak

Martinsburg, WV

Address:

229 East Martin Street

Borough:

Martinsburg, West Virginia

Country:

United States

Coordinates:

39.4586°N -77.9607°W

Line:

CSX Cumberland Subdivision

Other:

PanTran

Platform:

2 side platforms

Tracks:

Parking:

81 spaces

Opened:

1848

Accessible:

No^[1]

Owned:

City of Martinsburg

Other Services Collapsible:

yes

Other Services Header:

Former services

Nrhp:

Nrhp Type:

Nocat:

yes

Caperton Station Hotel

Embed:

yes

Partof:

Baltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District

Partof Refnum:

80004415

Mapframe:

yes

Mapframe-Custom:

Shape:	none
Line:	none
Marker:	rail
Marker-Color:	000
Zoom:	12

Built:

1848

Architecture:

Italianate

Added:

December 10, 1980

Martinsburg station is a railway station in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States, served by MARC Brunswick Line commuter rail service and Amtrak intercity rail service. The station has one side platform serving a siding track of the CSX Cumberland Subdivision, with a footbridge crossing the siding and the two main tracks to provide access to the preserved Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops complex.

History

Martinsburg station is a restored 1848-1876 railroad hotel and its sympathetic modern train station addition at 229 East Martin Street in Martinsburg. It is also a contributing property to the Baltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District.^[2] The building is among the oldest surviving railroad stations in the United States.^[3]

The station has seen many historic events. In 1862, the hotel witnessed the destruction of the B&O Roundhouses and shops by General Stonewall Jackson, and the following year General Robert E. Lee's army retreated through Martinsburg two blocks west following the Battle of Gettysburg. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the first national labor strike, began here. The station is also the portal to the state's first Civil War Trail.

Station layout

The station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

External links

Martinsburg Amtrak-MARC Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)

Notes and References

Web site: MARC Station Information . . 2021-01-30.
Web site: Martinsburg Station & Hotel, Martin Street, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV . Historic American Engineering Record . 1970 . Library of Congress . Washington, D.C. . 2015-01-10.
43523701 . History Where You Don't Expect It: Some Surprising Survivors . Harwood . Herbert H. . Spring 1992 . Railroad History . 166 . 103–125.