[RP TownTalk] Riverdale Train Station

[Dwight Holmes]

Adrian -
First of all, welcome to town, and welcome to the MARC.  Proximity to and
convenience of the MARC was a key factor in our decision to move here 9
years ago. No regrets!!  We have one car that sits in the driveway most of
the time - it's wonderful!

I hope you learned that the MARC wasn't running today before you got to the
station!!  Generally (in my experience) if conditions are such that Federal
offices are closed, then the Camden Line that we're on will not run.  I
don't think that's a hard and fast rule, but seems usually to be the case.
They typically run the Penn Line on a holiday schedule on those days, but
that doesn't help us much.

You'll probably want to get to know MARCTracker (www.marctracker.com) which
gives you the status of the trains in real time.

Also, http://mta.maryland.gov/ is the main page of Maryland Transit
Administration, where they list advisories, closings, etc.

On their enotifications page, you can sign up for email alerts.  It was
through that alert that I learned last night that the Camden Line trains
for today were cancelled.  They also said they would make a decision on
Wednesday sometime this evening.

http://mta.maryland.gov/enotifications

Hope this helps!

Dwight Holmes



On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:10 PM, adrian limmen <adrianlimmen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> We are somewhat new to this neighborhood.  We moved here about 7 or 8
> months ago.  We really do like it here and its easy access to Washington
> DC.  There was a lot of back and forth in deciding what area we wanted to
> live in but I think it was the train that did it.  One of the things that
> had us consider this neighborhood was the distance to the Marc train.  It
> really is amazing how close it is to our home and how I can walk to it and
> be at work in under 30 minutes.  I do not know what I would do with out
> it.  Even with the noise it makes in the evenings I know I am at home when
> I hear the train go by.
>
> Just wanted to say thanks to the city doing your best to keep this area
> looking nice and especially that classic old town feel with its own train
> station!
>
> Hopefully I will be able to take it into the city tomorrow, even with all
> this snow!
>
> --
> Adrian
>
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