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Baltimore Penn Station
Baltimore Penn Station—formally, Baltimore Pennsylvania Station—is the main inter-city passenger rail hub in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by New York City 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 the PRR's other main 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 for the tracks of the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The NEC approaches from the south through the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel and the east through the Union Tunnel.
Amtrak owns the station, which is used by eight of its Northeast Corridor services. These include multiple daily Acela and Northeast Regional trains; daily round trips of the Carolinian, Crescent, Palmetto, Silver Meteor, and Vermonter; and the tri-weekly Cardinal. Penn Station is the northern terminus for most MARC Train Penn Line service, though some service runs further north to Perryville. It is also the northern terminus of Baltimore Light RailLink's Penn–Camden shuttle, which uses a single-track spur to Penn Station.
The present Pennsylvania Station is the third railroad depot on its North Charles Street site. The first one was a wooden structure built by the Northern Central Railway, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), that began operating in 1873. This was replaced in 1886 by the Charles Street Union Station, which featured a three-story brick building situated below street level with a sloping driveway that led to its entrance and a train shed that measured 76 by 360 feet (23.16 by 109.73 meters). It was demolished in January 1910, for construction of the present edifice, which opened on September 15, 1911.
Between the 1920s and 1940s, Savarin Restaurants provided full-service dining rooms at Baltimore Pennsylvania Station, Washington Union Station, and others. The Savarin Restaurant, located at the west end of Baltimore's station, was originally decorated with Chesapeake Bay-themed murals and had an entrance and exterior signage directly fronting Charles Street. By the early 1960s, the Savarin had ended table service and offered counter-service only.
The PRR operated local and intercity service on both the Northeast Corridor and the Northern Central. Northeast Corridor service included the PRR's own trains, as well as long-distance trains from southern railroads. The northeast Corridor was electrified through the station in 1935. Service on the Northern Central ended in the late 1960s. Penn Station was used by the Western Maryland Railway until 1958. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad instead used nearby Mount Royal Station until 1961, while the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad used a small station at North Avenue until 1954.
On September 23, 1952, Richard Nixon, then a U.S. senator from California and the Republican Party's nominee for vice president, gave what became known as the Checkers speech, in which he said his dog Checkers had been held for him at "Union Station in Baltimore," the station's former name.
As part of the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project, the station was restored to its 1911 appearance in 1984. Baltimore Light RailLink service began in 1997.
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Baltimore Penn Station
Baltimore Penn Station—formally, Baltimore Pennsylvania Station—is the main inter-city passenger rail hub in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by New York City 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 the PRR's other main 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 for the tracks of the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The NEC approaches from the south through the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel and the east through the Union Tunnel.
Amtrak owns the station, which is used by eight of its Northeast Corridor services. These include multiple daily Acela and Northeast Regional trains; daily round trips of the Carolinian, Crescent, Palmetto, Silver Meteor, and Vermonter; and the tri-weekly Cardinal. Penn Station is the northern terminus for most MARC Train Penn Line service, though some service runs further north to Perryville. It is also the northern terminus of Baltimore Light RailLink's Penn–Camden shuttle, which uses a single-track spur to Penn Station.
The present Pennsylvania Station is the third railroad depot on its North Charles Street site. The first one was a wooden structure built by the Northern Central Railway, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), that began operating in 1873. This was replaced in 1886 by the Charles Street Union Station, which featured a three-story brick building situated below street level with a sloping driveway that led to its entrance and a train shed that measured 76 by 360 feet (23.16 by 109.73 meters). It was demolished in January 1910, for construction of the present edifice, which opened on September 15, 1911.
Between the 1920s and 1940s, Savarin Restaurants provided full-service dining rooms at Baltimore Pennsylvania Station, Washington Union Station, and others. The Savarin Restaurant, located at the west end of Baltimore's station, was originally decorated with Chesapeake Bay-themed murals and had an entrance and exterior signage directly fronting Charles Street. By the early 1960s, the Savarin had ended table service and offered counter-service only.
The PRR operated local and intercity service on both the Northeast Corridor and the Northern Central. Northeast Corridor service included the PRR's own trains, as well as long-distance trains from southern railroads. The northeast Corridor was electrified through the station in 1935. Service on the Northern Central ended in the late 1960s. Penn Station was used by the Western Maryland Railway until 1958. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad instead used nearby Mount Royal Station until 1961, while the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad used a small station at North Avenue until 1954.
On September 23, 1952, Richard Nixon, then a U.S. senator from California and the Republican Party's nominee for vice president, gave what became known as the Checkers speech, in which he said his dog Checkers had been held for him at "Union Station in Baltimore," the station's former name.
As part of the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project, the station was restored to its 1911 appearance in 1984. Baltimore Light RailLink service began in 1997.