Aberdeen station (Maryland)

Aberdeen
Aberdeen station in June 2009
General information
Location	18 East Bel Air Avenue Aberdeen, Maryland United States
Coordinates	39°30′30″N 76°09′48″W / 39.5084°N 76.1632°W / 39.5084; -76.1632
Owned by	Amtrak
Line(s)	Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Harford Transit: 1, 1A, 4, 6, 6A, 8 MTA Maryland: Commuter Bus 420[1]
Construction
Parking	189 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Racks
Accessible	Yes[2]
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: ABE
History
Opened	1898
Rebuilt	1943
Electrified	January 28, 1935[3] (ceremonial) February 10, 1935[4] (regular service)
Passengers
FY 2023	42,671[5] (Amtrak only)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Baltimore toward Norfolk, Newport News or Roanoke Northeast Regional Newark, Delaware toward Boston South or Springfield      Acela does not stop here      Cardinal does not stop here      Carolinian does not stop here      Crescent does not stop here      Palmetto does not stop here      Silver Meteor does not stop here      Vermonter does not stop here Preceding station MARC Following station Edgewood towards Union Station Penn Line Perryville Terminus
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Edgewood toward Washington, D.C. Chesapeake Perryville toward Philadelphia–Suburban Baltimore toward Tri-State Hilltopper Wilmington toward Boston South Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Short Lane toward Washington, D.C. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Swan Creek toward Philadelphia
Location

Aberdeen station is a train station in Aberdeen, Maryland, on the Northeast Corridor. It is served by Amtrak Northeast Regional intercity service and MARC Penn Line commuter service. The station has two side platforms serving the outer tracks of the three-track Northeast Corridor, with a station building on the north side of the tracks.

The station was originally built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad approximately in 1898, and inherited by the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.^[6] The current station is a modern structure built in 1943 by Lester C. Tichy (1905–1981) for the Pennsylvania Railroad,^[7] It contains a 1960s-style pedestrian tunnel, with one of the entrances located at the former north station house. It also contains a pedestrian bridge built in 1982. Aberdeen was also served by an 1886-built Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station along what is now the CSX Philadelphia Subdivision just north of this one on West Bel Air Avenue.^[8] Prior to the mid-1980s there was a grade crossing located next to the station. It was removed after Amtrak completed the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project and replaced with an overpass.

MARC Penn Line service was extended to Perryville on May 1, 1991, with intermediate stops at Aberdeen, Edgewood, and Martin State Airport.^[9][10] The station was restored in 1993 at a cost of $400,000. The work included a new roof for the fire-damaged building.^[11]

Media related to Aberdeen station (Maryland) at Wikimedia Commons

• Aberdeen, MD – Amtrak
• Aberdeen, MD – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)