Perryville station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Perryville
MARC commuter rail station
Perryville station on June 9, 2009.
Location	650 Broad Street, Perryville, Maryland
Coordinates	39°33′30″N 76°04′18″W / 39.5583°N 76.0717°W / 39.5583; -76.0717
Owned by	Amtrak
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	4
Connections	Cecil Transit: 2, 5
Construction
Parking	135 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1905 (PW&B)
Rebuilt	1992
Electrified	January 28, 1935 (ceremonial) February 10, 1935 (regular service)
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	128 daily  26.4% (MARC)
Services
Preceding station MARC Following station Aberdeen towards Union Station Penn Line Terminus
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Aberdeen toward Washington, D.C. Chesapeake Elkton toward Philadelphia–Suburban Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Havre-de-Grace toward Washington, DC Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Principio toward Philadelphia

Perryville is a passenger rail station in Perryville, Maryland, served by MARC's Penn Line. The station is located on the southern part of the Northeast Corridor, between the Newark, DE and Aberdeen, MD stations. Although Amtrak does not regularly serve the station, a single Amtrak train—Northeast Regional No. 111—stops at Perryville to board MARC ticket holders traveling south. The station is also the northernmost in the MARC system and the terminus for the Penn Line.

History

A Metroliner passes through Perryville station in 1979

The Perryville station was originally built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad in 1905 and adopted by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and is located within a wye for the PW&B's Port Deposit Branch. When Amtrak took over passenger service in 1971, the station was closed but later in the decade became a stop for the Chesapeake between Washington D.C., and Philadelphia, until it was acquired by MARC. The station was remodeled to its original specifications in 1992, and is located near an Amtrak maintenance facility.

The station also contains the Perryville Railroad Museum, open on Sunday afternoons, which includes a model train layout and exhibits about the history of railroads in Perryville.

Station layout

The station has a single side platform north of the tracks.