Penn Station (Baltimore)

Baltimore–Penn Station
Location	1515 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland United States
Coordinates	39°18′27″N 76°36′56″W / 39.30750°N 76.61556°W / 39.30750; -76.61556Coordinates: 39°18′27″N 76°36′56″W / 39.30750°N 76.61556°W / 39.30750; -76.61556
Owned by	Amtrak
Platforms	3 island platforms (MARC and Amtrak) 1 side platform (Light Rail)
Tracks	8 (MARC and Amtrak) 1 (Light Rail)
Connections	MTA: 3, 11, 61, 64 CCC Purple Route [1] Johns Hopkins Shuttle[2] BoltBus
Construction
Parking	550 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Bike Share Stop #21 (16 docks)
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	BAL
History
Opened	1911
Rebuilt	1984
Previous names	Baltimore Union Station
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	993,721 annually  3.7% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station BWI Airport toward Washington, DC Acela Express Wilmington toward Boston South Station Vermonter Wilmington toward St. Albans Washington, DC toward Chicago Cardinal Receive only Westbound and Discharge Only Eastbound Wilmington toward New York City Washington, DC toward Charlotte Carolinian Washington, DC toward New Orleans Crescent BWI Airport toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Aberdeen toward Boston South Station or Springfield BWI Airport toward Savannah Palmetto Wilmington toward New York City Washington, DC toward Miami Silver Star Silver Meteor MARC West Baltimore toward Union Station Penn Line Martin State Airport toward Perryville MTA Maryland University of Baltimore/Mt. Royal toward Camden Yards Light Rail Penn Station – Camden Yards Terminus   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Edmondson Avenue toward Washington, D.C. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Biddle Street toward Philadelphia Woodberry toward Harrisburg Northern Central Railway Terminus Amtrak New Carrollton toward Washington, DC Montrealer Wilmington toward Montreal Harrisburg toward Kansas City National Limited New Carrollton toward Washington, DC New Carrollton toward Tri-State Station Hilltopper Aberdeen toward Boston South Station
Pennsylvania Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	1525 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland
Area	1.9 acres (0.8 ha)
Built	1911
Architect	McKim, Meade, & White; Murchison, Kenneth W.
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference #	75002097
Added to NRHP	September 12, 1975
Location
Baltimore–Penn Station Location within Baltimore

Baltimore Pennsylvania Station (generally referred to as Penn Station) is the main transportation hub in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by New York 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.

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 seventh-busiest rail station in the United States by number of passengers served each year.