Aberdeen station (Maryland)

Aberdeen
Station as seen from the 1982-built pedestrian bridge
Location	18 East Bel Air Avenue Aberdeen, MD 21001 United States
Coordinates	39°30′30″N 76°09′48″W / 39.5084°N 76.1632°WCoordinates: 39°30′30″N 76°09′48″W / 39.5084°N 76.1632°W
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Harford Transit
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Bike Racks
Other information
Station code	ABE
History
Opened	1898
Rebuilt	1943
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	53,883 annually[1]  27.2% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Baltimore toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Newark, DE toward Boston South Station or Springfield MARC Edgewood toward Union Station Penn Line Perryville Terminus   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Short Lane toward Washington, D.C. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Swan Creek toward Philadelphia

Aberdeen is a train station in Aberdeen, Maryland, on the Northeast Corridor. It is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional and MARC Train's Penn Line.^[2] The station was originally built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad approximately in 1898, and inherited by the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad.^[3] The current station is a modern structure built in 1943 by Lester C. Tichy (1905–1981) for the Pennsylvania Railroad,^[4] and located at 18 East Bel Air Avenue at the intersection of Pulaski Boulevard (US 40) and West Bel Air Avenue (MD 132). 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.^[5]

MARC Ridership

As of 2013, the daily MARC ridership was 210.

Bus connections

• Harford Transit Routes 1, 1A, 4, 6, and 6A

Gallery

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  Northbound populuxe pedestrian tunnel

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  Northbound platforms

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  Southbound platforms

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of Maryland" (PDF). Amtrak Government Affairs. November 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
2. Amtrak Official website
3. Harford County: Then and Now, by Bill Bates; Page 61
4. Library of Congress Photographs from 1944
5. Existing railway stations in Harford County, Maryland

External links

• Media related to Aberdeen (MARC station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Aberdeen, MD
• Aberdeen Amtrak Station (ABE) Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Amtrak Stations Database
• Photo at Amtrak Photo Archive
• Station from Google Maps Street View
• Aberdeen on Great American Stations