Odenton (MARC station)

Odenton
MARC commuter rail station
MARC train led by a Kawasaki bi-level cab car enters Odenton station.
Location	1400 Odenton Road (West Entrance) 300 Morgan Road (East Entrance) Odenton, Maryland
Coordinates	39°05′13″N 76°42′23″W / 39.0869°N 76.7065°W / 39.0869; -76.7065Coordinates: 39°05′13″N 76°42′23″W / 39.0869°N 76.7065°W / 39.0869; -76.7065
Owned by	Amtrak
Line(s)	Penn Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	RTA 202, RTA 203
Construction
Parking	1,977 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes (5 Bike lockers)
History
Opened	July 2, 1872 (B&P)
Rebuilt	1943 (PRR), 1989
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	2,823 (MARC)
Services
Preceding station   MARC   Following station Bowie State toward Union Station Penn Line BWI Rail Station toward Perryville   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Patuxent toward Washington, D.C. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Harman toward Philadelphia

Odenton is a passenger rail station on MARC Train's Penn Line. It is located along Amtrak's high-speed Northeast Corridor, although Amtrak does not stop at this station. Both platforms at the station are high-level and are among the longest in the MARC system.

The Odenton station was originally built in 1872 by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad which was later merged into the Pennsylvania Railroad on November 1, 1902. The station survived the merger between the New York Central Railroad and the PRR that formed Penn Central. Upon the establishment of Amtrak in 1971 very limited passenger services to the station survived - eventually dwindling to 2 trains each way, each day, Monday - Friday. Although the station building closed to the public at that time, it continued to be used as a maintenance-of-way storage facility. Commuter passenger service has operated continuously from this station since prior to 1900. Around 1989, the station came under the name MARC, a portion of the Maryland Transportation Administration (MTA) and continuing to serve local commuter service for the area. MARC service has exploded and, currently, sees over 50 trains stopping there each day, Monday through Friday and new but growing service on week-ends and some holidays.

MARC Trains:

The National Security Agency (NSA) maintains a shuttle service from Odenton station to its Visitor Control Center at its headquarters at Fort George G. Meade; it has done so since 2005. In 2009 the U.S. Army established a similar shuttle service from Odenton station to the Army section of Fort Meade; the NSA operates this service, allowing garrison employees, persons with Fort Meade visitor passes, and U.S. Department of Defense IDs to board.