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Metro Subway

Metro Subway
Baltimore Metro Subway logo.svg
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Metro Subway train entering the Reisterstown Plaza station, bound for Owings Mills
Overview
Type Rapid transit
Status Operational
Locale Baltimore, Maryland
Termini Owings Mills (west)
Johns Hopkins Hospital (east)
Stations 14
Daily ridership 40,100 (Q2 2016)
Ridership 12,948,400 (2015)
Operation
Opened November 21, 1983; 33 years ago (1983-11-21)
Owner Maryland Transit Administration
Operator(s) Maryland Transit Administration
Character Underground, surface, elevated
Depot(s) 5801 Wabash Avenue
Rolling stock 100 Budd cars
Technical
Line length 15.4 mi (24.8 km)
Track length 34 mi (55 km)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification Third rail (700 VDC)
Operating speed 70 mph (110 km/h)
Highest elevation 28 ft (8.5 m)
Route map
Parking
Owings Mills
I-695 (Baltimore Beltway)
Parking
Old Court
Parking
Milford Mill
Parking
Reisterstown Plaza
Parking
Rogers Avenue
Parking
West Coldspring
Parking
Mondawmin
Penn–North
Upton–Avenue Market
Baltimore Bike Share
State Center
Baltimore Light RailBaltimore Bike Share
Lexington Market
Baltimore Bike Share
Charles Center
Baltimore Bike Share
Shot Tower–Market Place
Baltimore Bike Share
Johns Hopkins Hospital

The Baltimore Metro Subway, known locally as the Metro Subway, The Subway, or the Baltimore Metro, is a rapid transit line serving the greater area of Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, and operated by the Maryland Transit Administration. Despite its name, less than half of the line is underground; most of the line outside of the central city is elevated or at surface grade.

The origins of the Metro Subway lie in the Baltimore Area Mass Transportation Plan, published in 1965, which envisioned six rapid transit lines radiating out from a central city loop. Planning studies from 1968 proposed a rail transit system 71 mi (114 km) long.

As the vision was translated into reality, the original concept was trimmed to a 28 mi (45 km) system in the Phase 1 plan, published in 1971. This plan involved two of the original six lines: a northwest line from Downtown Baltimore to Owings Mills and a south line to Glen Burnie and the airport. Phase 1 was approved for funding by the Maryland General Assembly in 1972. In response to crime concerns of Anne Arundel County residents, the MTA eliminated the south line from Phase 1 plans in 1975.

When the Baltimore Metro opened on November 21, 1983, only the "Northwest" line of the 1965 plan had come to fruition. This 7.6 mi (12.2 km) segment provided service between Charles Center in Downtown Baltimore and Reisterstown Plaza in the northwest section of the city. In 1987, a 6.1 mi (9.8 km) addition extended the line from Reisterstown Road Plaza to Owings Mills in Baltimore County, much of it running in the median of I-795. A further extension of 1.6 mi (2.5 km) from Charles Center to Johns Hopkins Hospital was opened in 1994.

Once the project was completed in 1995, the total cost for the Metro Subway was $1.392 billion.

The current system is 15.4 mi (24.8 km) long, including 6.2 mi (10 km) underground, 2.2 mi (3.5 km) elevated, and 7.0 mi (11.3 km) at grade level (with roadways separated). Eight of its 14 stations are underground, at depths of 52 ft (16 m) to 112 ft (34 m) below street level. Its elevated stations stand from 25 ft (7.6 m) to 28 ft (8.5 m) above ground.


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