Odenton station

{{Short description|Rail station in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, US}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Odenton

| style = MARC

| image = MARC Odenton station.jpg

| image_caption = MARC train at Odenton station platform

| address = 1400 Odenton Road{{Cite web |title=MARC Station Information |url=https://www.mta.maryland.gov/marc-station-information |access-date=July 25, 2023 |publisher=Maryland Transit Administration}}

| borough = Odenton, Maryland

| coordinates = {{coord|39.0869|-76.7065|type:railwaystation_region:US-MD|display=inline,title|format=dms}}

| owned = Amtrak

| line = Amtrak Northeast Corridor

| platform = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 3

| connections = {{bus icon}} Anne Arundel County Office of Transportation: 202, Crofton Connector

| parking = 1,977 spaces

| bicycle = 5 lockers

| accessible = Yes

| opened = {{Start date|1872|07|02}} (B&P)

| rebuilt = 1943 (PRR), 1989{{Cite web |last=Camp |first=M. J. |title=Anne Arundel County, Maryland |url=http://www.rrshs.org/Maryland/annearundel.htm |access-date=October 20, 2016 |website=Significant Extant Railroad/Railway Structures of North America |publisher=Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.}}

| electrified = 1935{{Cite news |date=January 28, 1935 |title=Pennsy's New Electric Train Breaks Record |page=28 |work=The Evening Sun |location=Baltimore, Maryland |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69054254/dcu-to-phi-electric-january-28-1935/ |access-date=January 31, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}{{Cite news |date=February 9, 1935 |title=N.Y.-Washington Electric Train Service Starts Sunday on P.R.R. |page=3 |work=The Daily Home News |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69030892/prr-electrification-february-9-1935/ |access-date=January 31, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

| pass_year = 2018

| passengers = 2,984 daily{{Cite web |title=December 2018 MARC performance (for Nov 18) – Ridership |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/mta-website-staging/mta-website-staging/files/Community/December%202018%20MARC%20performance%20(for%20Nov%2018)%20-%20Ridership.pdf |access-date=January 8, 2020 |publisher=Maryland Transportation Authority}}

| pass_percent = 20.8

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=MARC|line=Penn|left=Bowie State|right=BWI Airport}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations

|system1=Amtrak

|line1=Chesapeake|left=Bowie|right=Baltimore Airport

|system2=Pennsylvania Railroad

|line2=Washington-Philadelphia|left2=Patuxent|right2=Harman

}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|MARC|Penn}} |zoom=12 }}

}}

Odenton station is a passenger rail station on the MARC Penn Line. It is located along the Northeast Corridor; Amtrak trains operating along the corridor pass through but do not stop.{{Cite web |title=MARC Train System Map |url=http://www.mtamaryland.com/services/marc/schedulesSystemMaps/marcTrainSystemMap.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040727000502/http://www.mtamaryland.com/services/marc/schedulesSystemMaps/marcTrainSystemMap.cfm |archive-date=July 27, 2004 |access-date=March 9, 2008 |website=Maryland Transit Administration |publisher=Maryland Department of Transportation}} Both platforms at the station are high-level and are among the longest in the MARC system.

History

File:Odenton station building, August 1995.jpg

The Odenton station was originally built in 1872 by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad which was later merged into the Pennsylvania Railroad on November 1, 1902. The station survived the merger between the New York Central Railroad and the PRR that formed Penn Central. When Amtrak was formed in 1971, it initially retained very limited intercity service to the station – eventually dwindling to two trains each way, each day, Monday – Friday. Although the station building closed to the public at that time, it continued to be used as a maintenance-of-way storage facility.

Commuter passenger service has operated continuously from this station since prior to 1900. Since around 1989, the station has been served by MARC, a division of the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) who continues to provide commuter service to the area. MARC service has expanded offers frequent daily service at the station Monday through Friday as well as expanded weekend and holiday service.{{Cite web |last=Calo |first=Michael |date=December 23, 2008 |title=Odenton, Maryland: The town a railroad built |url=http://www.navpooh.com/odenton.html |website=Mike's Railroad Page}}

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Station layout

The station has two side platforms serving the outer tracks of the Northeast Corridor, with a tunnel connecting the two platforms.

Connecting services

The National Security Agency (NSA) maintains a shuttle service from Odenton station to its Visitor Control Center at its headquarters at Fort George G. Meade; it has done so since 2005. In 2009 the U.S. Army established a similar shuttle service from Odenton station to the Army section of Fort Meade; the NSA operates this service, allowing garrison employees, persons with Fort Meade visitor passes, and U.S. Department of Defense IDs to board.{{Cite web |last=McCombs, Alan J. |date=February 23, 2009 |title=Fort Meade launches commuter shuttle service |url=https://www.army.mil/article/17291/Fort_Meade_launches_commuter_shuttle_service |access-date=June 25, 2017 |publisher=United States Army}} In addition, Anne Arundel County's 202 and Crofton Connector shuttles service the station, providing a link to Annapolis, Maryland and Arundel Mills.

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