[RP TownTalk] Fwd: New Camden Line schedule starts Monday, Mar 9, new trains, train numbers, full info at:

[Dwight Holmes]

MARC train service has announced a new schedule effective March 9th.
They're finally adding the long-promised mid-afternoon train.  It won't
stop in Riverdale - that would have been too much to expect, I suppose, but
it will stop in College Park as will the 4:13 express from Union Station
that previously made its first stop in Muirkirk.  So there are two
additional trains from Union Station to College Park leaving Union Station
at 3:30 and 4:13 pm.

The new timetable is at:
http://mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/Camden_Gridonly_Mar2015.pdf .


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From: MARC Service Alert <alert at mtamarylandalerts.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 2:19 PM
Subject: New Camden Line schedule starts Monday, Mar 9, new trains, train
numbers, full info at:
To: Maryland MTA Alerts Subscriber <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>


   [image: Maryland MTA Logo]   3/3/2015 2:19 PM

  The Maryland Transit Administration is pleased to announce the
inauguration of additional service on the MARC Camden Line, effective
Monday, March 9. The new train departures are in response to customer
requests and recognize ridership increases at College Park - home of the
University of Maryland and several satellite offices of Federal Agencies.

A copy of the schedule is available on the MTA website (
http://tinyurl.com/marcsvc). Hard copies will be available at Union Station
this afternoon and all other stations by tomorrow.

The new service consists of:

--An additional, earlier afternoon eastbound train, which will depart
Washington Union Station at 3:30pm. This train will operate between
Washington and Dorsey; it will not serve Camden Yards station. Passengers
traveling from Washington to Baltimore in the 3:00-3:30pm timeframe are
encouraged to use Penn Line Train 426, which departs Union Station at
3:23pm.

--An additional morning eastbound train, which will depart Washington Union
Station at 7:40am.

--An additional evening westbound train, which will originate at Dorsey (no
service from Camden Yards) and will depart at 4:45pm.

--The 5:53pm departure from Union Station will add a stop at College Park
at 6:04pm. This closes what is currently an hour and thirty minute gap in
service to College Park.

Customers should note that most afternoon train number will change with
this new service, however, train departure times are not changing. The only
exceptions to this are:

--Train 853, which will now depart Camden Yards and all stops to Washington
10 minutes later (will now depart at 3:40pm).

--The addition of the College Park stop on the 5:53pm departure from
Washington Union Station will result in slightly later arrivals at Muirkirk
and all stations en route to Camden Yards.

Again, a copy of the schedule is available on the MTA website (
http://tinyurl.com/marcsvc). Thank you for riding the MARC Train Service.


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