Baltimore Penn Station

Baltimore Penn Station, formally named Baltimore Pennsylvania Station in full, is the main inter-city passenger rail hub in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by New York City architect Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison (1872–1938), it was constructed in 1911 in the Beaux-Arts style of architecture for the Pennsylvania Railroad. It is located at 1515 N. Charles Street, about a mile and a half north of downtown and the Inner Harbor, between the Mount Vernon neighborhood to the south, and Station North to the north. Originally called Union Station because it served the Pennsylvania Railroad and Western Maryland Railway, it was renamed to match other Pennsylvania Stations in 1928.

Baltimore Penn Station
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Penn Station in January 2009
General information
Location1500 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland
United States
Coordinates39°18′27″N 76°36′56″W
Owned byAmtrak
Line(s)Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms3 island platforms (MARC and Amtrak)
1 side platform (Light RailLink)
Tracks8 (MARC and Amtrak)
1 (Light RailLink)
Connections
Construction
Parking550 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: BAL
IATA codeZBP
History
Opened1911 (1911)
Rebuilt1984
Electrified1935
Previous namesBaltimore Union Station
Passengers
FY 2022838,591 (Amtrak only)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
BWI Airport
toward Washington, D.C.
 Acela Wilmington
toward Boston South
Vermonter Wilmington
toward St. Albans
Washington, D.C.
toward Chicago
 Cardinal Wilmington
toward New York
Washington, D.C.
toward Charlotte
 Carolinian
BWI Airport
One-way operation
 Crescent
BWI Airport
toward Savannah
 Palmetto
Washington, D.C.
toward Miami
 Silver Meteor
Silver Star
BWI Airport
toward Norfolk, Newport News or Roanoke
 Northeast Regional Aberdeen
toward Boston South or Springfield
Preceding station MARC Following station
West Baltimore
towards Union Station
 Penn Line Martin State Airport
towards Perryville
Preceding station Maryland Transit Administration Following station
Mt. Royal/MICA
toward Camden Yards
 Light RailLink
Penn–Camden Shuttle
 Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Edmondson
toward Washington, D.C.
 Chesapeake Edgewood
toward Philadelphia–Suburban
New Carrollton
toward Tri-State
 Hilltopper Aberdeen
toward Boston South
BWI Airport
toward Washington, D.C.
 Metroliner Wilmington
toward New York
New Carrollton
toward Washington, D.C.
 Montrealer Wilmington
toward Montreal
Capital Beltway
toward Washington, D.C.
Harrisburg
toward Kansas City
 National Limited Capital Beltway
toward Washington, D.C.
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Edmondson Avenue
toward Washington, D.C.
 Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Biddle Street
toward Philadelphia
President Street
toward Calvert Street
Woodberry
toward Harrisburg
 Northern Central Railway
Baltimore Division		 Calvert Street
Terminus
Preceding station Western Maryland Railway Following station
Baltimore Walbrook
toward Cumberland
 Main Line Baltimore Hillen
Terminus
Pennsylvania Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area1.9 acres (0.8 ha)
Built1911
ArchitectMcKim, Mead & White; Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.75002097
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 12, 1975
Designated BCL1975

The building sits on a raised "island" of sorts between two open trenches, one for the Jones Falls Expressway and the other the tracks of the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The NEC approaches from the south through the two-track, 7,660-foot Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel, which opened in 1873 and whose 30 mph limit, sharp curves, and steep grades make it one of the NEC's worst bottlenecks. The NEC's northern approach is the 1873 Union Tunnel, which has one single-track bore and one double-track bore.

Penn Station is the eighth-busiest Amtrak rail station in the United States by number of passengers served each year.

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