St. Denis station (MARC) explained

St. Denis
Style:MARC
Address:1734 Arlington Avenue[1]
Borough:Halethorpe, Maryland
Coordinates:39.2243°N -76.7038°W
Owned:Maryland Transit Administration
Line:CSX Capital Subdivision
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:3
Parking:15 spaces
Accessible:No
Pass Year:2018
Passengers:11 daily[2]
Pass Percent:37.5
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
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St. Denis station is a passenger rail station on the MARC Camden Line in the Maryland town of the same name. While the small station is the line's closest station to its terminus at Camden Yards in Baltimore, it has low ridership.

St. Denis station contains two platforms and three tracks. The southbound platform, located on the corner of Arlington and Maple Avenues, has a shelter that is made of plexiglas and aluminum.[3] MARC gives this platform as the official address of the station. The northbound platform contains a wooden shelter on an embankment at the end of East Street with the name of the station on the back of it. The station also contains two at-grade wooden pedestrian crossings, one which spans the entire right-of-way from Arlington Avenue to East Street, and the other which only runs from the southbound platform on Maple Avenue to the middle tracks.

East of St. Denis, the Camden Line crosses over the MARC Penn Line south of the Halethorpe MARC station. The station itself was an excellent spot for railfanning[4] [5] due to its proximity to Baltimore and its location at a point that sees Capital Subdivision, Baltimore Terminal Subdivision, and Old Main Line Subdivision freight traffic. However, "No Trespassing" signs were installed in the spring of 2024 to prohibit public access during non-operating hours of MARC train service.[6] A junction leading to the B&O Railroad Museum also exists between here and the terminus at Camden Yards.

Accessibility

The station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, lacking raised platforms for level boarding.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MARC Station Information . May 29, 2020 . Maryland Transit Administration.
  2. Web site: December 2018 MARC performance (for Nov 18) – Ridership . Maryland Transportation Authority . 8 January 2020.
  3. User:DanTD. April 22, 2011 . File:St Denis MARC Station-Plexiglas Platform.JPG . photograph . November 20, 2012 .
  4. Web site: St. Denis, MD. www.trainweb.org. 30 November 2017.
  5. Web site: Maryland Railroad Stations and Depots. 20 April 2010. 30 November 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100420065001/http://www.railroadsignals.us/baltimore/stations/stations.htm. 20 April 2010.
  6. Web site: Relay and Elkridge MD Railfan Guide . RailfanGuides . July 19, 2024.