Penn Line, the Glossary
The Penn Line is a MARC passenger rail service operating between Union Station in Washington, D.C., and Perryville, Maryland, along the far southern leg of the Northeast Corridor; most trains terminate at Baltimore's Penn Station.[1]
Table of Contents
79 relations: Aberdeen, Maryland, Acela, Amtrak, Amtrak Thruway, Baltimore, Baltimore Light RailLink, Baltimore Penn Station, Baltimore/Washington International Airport, BestBus, BoltBus, Bowie, Maryland, Brunswick Line, BWI Marshall Airport Shuttle, Camden Line, Cecil Transit, Charlottesville, Virginia, Charm City Circulator, Chesapeake (train), Commuter rail, Conrail, Control car, DC Circulator, DC Streetcar, Delaware, Delaware General Assembly, Edgewood, Maryland, Edward Osienski, Elkton station, Greyhound Lines, H Street/Benning Road Line, Halethorpe, Maryland, Hanover, Maryland, Harford Transit, L'Enfant Plaza station, Loudoun County Transit, MARC Train, Martin State Airport, Maryland, Maryland Transit Administration, Megabus (North America), Metrobus (Washington, D.C.), Middle River, Maryland, Milestone, MTA BaltimoreLink, New Carrollton, Maryland, Newark station (Delaware), Nippon Sharyo, Northeast Corridor, Northeast Regional, Northern Virginia, ... Expand index (29 more) »
- 1834 establishments in Maryland
- Electric railways in Maryland
- MARC Train
- Maryland railroads
- Passenger rail transportation in Maryland
- Transportation in Baltimore
Aberdeen, Maryland
Aberdeen is a city located in Harford County, Maryland, United States, northeast of Baltimore.
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Acela
The Acela (originally the Acela Express until September 2019) is Amtrak's flagship passenger train service along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in the Northeastern United States between Washington, D.C., and Boston via 13 intermediate stops, including Baltimore, New York City and Philadelphia. Penn Line and Acela are passenger rail transportation in Maryland.
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. Penn Line and Amtrak are Maryland railroads.
Amtrak Thruway
Amtrak Thruway is a system of through-ticketed transportation services to connect passengers with areas not served by Amtrak trains.
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Baltimore
Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.
Baltimore Light RailLink
The Baltimore Light RailLink (formerly Baltimore Light Rail, also known simply as the "Light Rail") is a light rail system serving Baltimore, Maryland, United States, and its northern and southern suburbs.
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Baltimore Penn Station
Baltimore Penn Station, formally named Baltimore Pennsylvania Station in full, is the main inter-city passenger rail hub in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Baltimore/Washington International Airport
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is an international airport in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, located south of downtown Baltimore and northeast of Washington, D.C. BWI is one of three major airports that serve the Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area.
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BestBus
BestBus (formerly DC2NY) is a company that operates low-cost intercity bus service in the Mid-Atlantic states of the United States.
BoltBus
BoltBus was an intercity bus common carrier and a division of Greyhound Lines that operated from March 2008 until July 2021 in the northeast and western United States and British Columbia, Canada.
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
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Brunswick Line
The Brunswick Line is a MARC commuter rail line between Washington, D.C., and Martinsburg, West Virginia, with a branch to Frederick, Maryland. Penn Line and Brunswick Line are MARC Train, Maryland railroads and passenger rail transportation in Maryland.
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BWI Marshall Airport Shuttle
The BWI Marshall Airport Shuttle is a free bus service provided by Baltimore–Washington International Airport, that connects the airport terminal to BWI Rail Station. Penn Line and BWI Marshall Airport Shuttle are transportation in Baltimore.
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Camden Line
The Camden Line is a MARC commuter rail line that runs for between Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C., and Camden Station in Baltimore, Maryland, over the CSX Capital Subdivision and Baltimore Terminal Subdivision. Penn Line and Camden Line are MARC Train, Maryland railroads, passenger rail transportation in Maryland and transportation in Baltimore.
Cecil Transit
Cecil Transit is a public transit agency providing bus service in Cecil County in the US state of Maryland.
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Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in Virginia, United States.
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Charm City Circulator
The Charm City Circulator (CCC or Downtown Circulator) is a privately funded, public transit downtown circulator shuttle service giving riders connection to historic sites, parking, and businesses throughout downtown Baltimore for free. Penn Line and Charm City Circulator are passenger rail transportation in Maryland and transportation in Baltimore.
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Chesapeake (train)
The Chesapeake was a daily passenger train operated by Amtrak along the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1978 to 1983. Penn Line and Chesapeake (train) are passenger rail transportation in Maryland.
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Commuter rail
Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.
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Conrail
Conrail, formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999.
Control car
A control car, cab car (North America), control trailer, or driving trailer (UK, Ireland, Australia and India) is a non-powered rail vehicle from which a train can be operated.
DC Circulator
The DC Circulator is a bus system in Washington, D.C. The District of Columbia Department of Transportation operates the service in a public–private partnership with RATP Dev.
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DC Streetcar
The DC Streetcar is a surface streetcar network in Washington, D.C., it consists of only one line: a segment running in mixed traffic along H Street and Benning Road in the city's Northeast quadrant.
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Delaware
Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region of the United States.
Delaware General Assembly
The Delaware General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware.
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Edgewood, Maryland
Edgewood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harford County, Maryland, United States.
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Edward Osienski
Edward S. Osienski is an American politician.
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Elkton station
Elkton station is a former passenger rail station located in Elkton, Maryland.
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Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines, Inc. (Greyhound) is a company that operates the largest intercity bus service in North America.
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H Street/Benning Road Line
The H Street/Benning Road Line is a currently operating line of DC Streetcar.
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Halethorpe, Maryland
Halethorpe is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
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Hanover, Maryland
Hanover is an unincorporated community in the Baltimore/Annapolis area in northwestern Anne Arundel County and eastern Howard County in the U.S. state of Maryland, located south of Baltimore.
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Harford Transit
Harford Transit, commonly known as Harford Transit LINK, Transit LINK, or simply LINK, is a public transportation service of the Harford County, Maryland Department of Transportation.
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L'Enfant Plaza station
L'Enfant Plaza station is an intermodal transit station complex located at L'Enfant Plaza in the Southwest Federal Center neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It consists of an underground Washington Metro rapid transit station and an elevated Virginia Railway Express commuter rail station.
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Loudoun County Transit
Loudoun County Transit (LC Transit) is a public-transportation service provided by the Loudoun County, Virginia government.
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MARC Train
MARC (Maryland Area Rail Commuter) is a commuter rail system in the Washington–Baltimore area. Penn Line and MARC Train are electric railways in Maryland, Maryland railroads and passenger rail transportation in Maryland.
Martin State Airport
Martin State Airport is a joint civil-military public use airport located nine nautical miles (10 mi, 17 km) east of the central business district of Baltimore, in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
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Maryland
Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Maryland Transit Administration
The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is a state-operated mass transit administration in Maryland, and is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation. Penn Line and Maryland Transit Administration are passenger rail transportation in Maryland and transportation in Baltimore.
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Megabus (North America)
Megabus is an intercity bus service of Coach USA/Coach Canada operating in the eastern, southern, midwestern, western, and Pacific United States and in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
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Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)
Metrobus is a bus service operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
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Middle River, Maryland
Middle River is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
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Milestone
A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary.
MTA BaltimoreLink
The Maryland Transit Administration provides the primary public bus service for the Baltimore metropolitan area and commuter bus service in other parts of the state of Maryland.
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New Carrollton, Maryland
New Carrollton is a city located in central Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
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Newark station (Delaware)
Newark station, also known as Thomas R. Carper Station, is a train station in Newark, Delaware, on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, serving a limited number of Amtrak Northeast Regional trains and SEPTA's Wilmington/Newark Line regional rail trains.
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Nippon Sharyo
, formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan.
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Northeast Corridor
The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States. Penn Line and Northeast Corridor are electric railways in Maryland and passenger rail transportation in Maryland.
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Northeast Regional
The Northeast Regional is an intercity rail service operated by Amtrak in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. Penn Line and Northeast Regional are passenger rail transportation in Maryland.
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Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
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Odenton station
Odenton station is a passenger rail station on the MARC Penn Line.
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Odenton, Maryland
Odenton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, located approximately 10–20 minutes from the state capital, Annapolis.
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Orange Line (Washington Metro)
The Orange Line is one of the six rapid transit lines of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 26 stations in Fairfax County and Arlington in Northern Virginia; Washington, D.C.; and Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
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OurBus
OurBus Inc.
Overhead line
An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, electric multiple units, trolleybuses or trams.
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Penn Central Transportation Company
The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Perryville station
Perryville station is a passenger rail station on the Northeast Corridor in Perryville, Maryland.
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Perryville, Maryland
Perryville is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States.
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Peter Pan Bus Lines
Peter Pan Bus Lines operates an intercity bus service in the Northeastern United States.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
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Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission
Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC) Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC) is an American multi jurisdictional agency that provides transportation services to Northern Virginia communities along the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers.
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Purple Line (Maryland)
The Purple Line is a light rail line being built to link several Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.: Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park, and New Carrollton.
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Push–pull train
Push–pull is a configuration for locomotive-hauled trains, allowing them to be driven from either end of the train, whether having a locomotive at each end or not.
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Railway platform height
Railway platform height is the built height – above top of rail (ATR) – of passenger platforms at stations.
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Red Line (Washington Metro)
The Red Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 27 stations in Montgomery County, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., in the United States.
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Seabrook, Maryland
Seabrook is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located approximately east of Washington, D.C. Per the 2020 census, the population was 19,627.
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SEPTA
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people throughout five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Stephanie Hansen
Stephanie Leigh Hansen (born July 24, 1961) is an American politician.
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Suburban Station
Suburban Station is an art deco office building and underground commuter rail station in Penn Center in Philadelphia.
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TheBus (Prince George's County)
TheBus (stylized as THEBUS) is a bus transportation system serving Prince George's County, Maryland, providing Monday-Saturday service.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Catonsville, Maryland named after Baltimore County.
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Virginia Railway Express
Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is a commuter rail service that connects outlying small cities of Northern Virginia to Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C. It operates two lines which run during weekday rush hour only: the Fredericksburg Line from Spotsylvania, Virginia, and the Manassas Line from Broad Run station in Bristow, Virginia.
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Washington Metro
The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. Penn Line and Washington Metro are passenger rail transportation in Maryland.
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Washington Union Station
Washington Union Station, known locally as Union Station, is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Washington, D.C. Designed by Daniel Burnham and opened in 1907, it is Amtrak's headquarters, the railroad's second-busiest station, and North America's 10th-busiest railroad station.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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West Baltimore station
West Baltimore station is a commuter rail station located in the western part Baltimore, Maryland, along the Northeast Corridor.
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Wilmington/Newark Line
The Wilmington/Newark Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail system in the Philadelphia area.
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30th Street Station
30th Street Station, officially William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, is a major intermodal transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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See also
1834 establishments in Maryland
- Manchester, Maryland
- Penn Line
Electric railways in Maryland
MARC Train
- Brunswick Line
- Camden Line
- MARC Train
- Penn Line
Maryland railroads
- Allegany Central Railroad
- Amtrak
- Brunswick Line
- CSX Transportation
- Camden Line
- Canton Railroad
- Delmarva Central Railroad
- Georges Creek Railway
- List of Maryland railroads
- List of railroad lines in the Delmarva Peninsula
- MARC Train
- Maryland Midland Railway
- Maryland and Delaware Railroad
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad
- Penn Line
- Tradepoint Rail
- Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1990)
- Winchester and Western Railroad
Passenger rail transportation in Maryland
- Acela
- Aiken-Augusta Special
- Ambassador (B&O train)
- Baltimore Plot
- Bar Harbor Express
- Birmingham Special
- Blue Ridge (train)
- Brunswick Line
- Buffalo Day Express
- Camden Line
- Capitol Limited
- Cardinal (train)
- Carolinian (train)
- Charm City Circulator
- Chesapeake (train)
- Cleveland Night Express
- Colonial (PRR train)
- Columbian (B&O train)
- Connecticut Yankee (train)
- Del-Mar-Va Express
- Diplomat (train)
- East Wind (train)
- Federal Express (train)
- Hilltopper (train)
- MARC Train
- Maryland Transit Administration
- Metropolitan Special
- Montrealer (train)
- Night Owl (train)
- Northeast Corridor
- Northeast Regional
- Palmetto (ACL train)
- Palmetto (train)
- Pelican (train)
- Penn Line
- Poughkeepsie Bridge Route
- Red Arrow (PRR train)
- Resort Special
- Shenandoah (Amtrak train)
- Shenandoah (B&O train)
- Silver Comet (train)
- Silver Meteor
- Silver Star (Amtrak train)
- Tennessean (train)
- Vermonter (train)
- Washington Metro
- Washington–Chicago Express
- Washingtonian (B&O train)
- West Virginian (Amtrak train)
Transportation in Baltimore
- B&O Railroad Museum
- BWI Business Partnership LINK Shuttle
- BWI Marshall Airport Shuttle
- Baltimore Belt Line
- Baltimore Bike Share
- Baltimore Clipper
- Baltimore Streetcar Museum
- Baltimore Transit Alliance
- Baltimore Water Taxi
- Baltimore bus terminals
- Baltimore salt box
- Camden Line
- Canton Railroad
- Charles Street Trolley
- Charm City Circulator
- Daylight Speedliner
- List of MTA Maryland bus routes
- Maryland Transit Administration
- Marylander (train)
- MetroJet (American airline)
- Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad
- Penn Line
- Port Covington
- Royal Blue (train)
- Shenandoah (B&O train)
- Tradepoint Rail
- Washington–Chicago Express
- Washingtonian (B&O train)
- Yellow Line (Baltimore)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Line
Also known as Amdot, MARC Penn Line, Penn Line (MARC), Red Line (MARC Train).
, Odenton station, Odenton, Maryland, Orange Line (Washington Metro), OurBus, Overhead line, Penn Central Transportation Company, Pennsylvania Railroad, Perryville station, Perryville, Maryland, Peter Pan Bus Lines, Philadelphia, Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, Purple Line (Maryland), Push–pull train, Railway platform height, Red Line (Washington Metro), Seabrook, Maryland, SEPTA, Stephanie Hansen, Suburban Station, TheBus (Prince George's County), University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Virginia Railway Express, Washington Metro, Washington Union Station, Washington, D.C., West Baltimore station, Wilmington/Newark Line, 30th Street Station.