Dorsey station
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Dorsey | |||||||||||||||
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 Dorsey station house | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 7000 Deerpath Road[1] Dorsey, Maryland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°10′52″N 76°44′45″W / 39.1810°N 76.7457°W | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Maryland Transit Administration | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | CSX Capital Subdivision | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 802 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1996[2] | ||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 585 daily[3]  3.5% | ||||||||||||||
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Dorsey station is a passenger rail station on the MARC Camden Line between Washington, DC and Baltimore's Camden Station in Dorsey, Maryland.[4] The station is located at Exit 7 on Maryland Route 100, a.k.a.; the Paul T. Pitcher Memorial Highway.[5] It was built by MARC in 1996 as a replacement for a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station located on Route 103 east of Station House Drive. The former B&O station site is now a condominium development.
Connections
[edit]- MTA Commuter Bus 201: Dorsey Station to BWI Rail Station
- RTA 501: The Mall in Columbia to Arundel Mills Mall
Nearby places and attractions
[edit]- Elkridge, Maryland
- Ellicott City, Maryland
- UMUC Dorsey Station Campus
- Arundel Mills Mall
- Troy Park
- Oxford Square
- Troy Hill Business Park
Station layout
[edit]The station has two side platforms with a station house on the southbound platform. The station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "MARC Station Information". Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "600 spaces to be added to MARC station parking lot by spring". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
- ^ "December 2018 MARC performance (for Nov 18) – Ridership" (PDF). Maryland Transportation Authority. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ MARC station list (includes Dorsey) Archived March 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine MARC official website
- ^ "Eastbound Maryland 100 at Exit 7, Dorsey Station. Photo taken May 31, 2004 (AA Roads.com)". Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
External links
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Media related to Dorsey station at Wikimedia Commons
- TrainWeb images
- Station from Highway 100 from Google Maps Street View
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