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Martinsburg
Amtrak station
MARC commuter rail station
The Martinsburg station, facing the overhead walkway to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad roundhouse as seen from the concrete platform in July 2012.
General information
Location229 East Martin Street
Martinsburg, West Virginia 25401
Line(s)Amtrak:MARC:
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsPanTran
Construction
Parking81 spaces
Other information
Station codeMRB
History
Opened1848
Passengers
20139,331[1]Increase 8% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Template:Amtrak lines
MARC
TerminusTemplate:MARC lines
  Former services  
B&O
Template:B&O lines
Caperton Station Hotel
Martinsburg station is located in West Virginia
Martinsburg station
Location229 East Martin Street
Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA
Built1848
Architectural styleItalianate
Part ofBaltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District (ID80004415[2])
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1980

Martinsburg is a railway station in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States, served by Amtrak and MARC. The station also included the historic Baltimore and Ohio Railroad roundhouse, and Martinsburg Shops.

Located on the mainline of CSX, the Martinsburg station sits among the eponymous city's many cultural and historic destinations. The station is a restored 1848-1876 railroad hotel and its sympathetic modern train station addition at 229 East Martin Street in Martinsburg. It is also a contributing property to the Baltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District.[3]

The station has seen many events historic to Berkeley County and the nation. In 1863, the hotel witnessed the destruction of the B&O Roundhouses and shops by General Stonewall Jackson and was also the site of the first national labor strike. The station is also the portal to the state's first Civil War Trail (the Antietam Campaign) and the Gettysburg Campaign: General Robert E. Lee's army retreated through Martinsburg two blocks west following the "high-water mark of the Confederacy."

Transit connections

PanTran Blue, Red, and Green bus routes originate and terminate at the station. Blue and Red routes stop there approximately once every hour and half, running between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on weekdays and roughly between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays (see route schedules for details). The Green Route provides a shuttle service between the station and Shepherd University during weekday rush hours while the university is in session.

Ridership

MARC (2013): 177

References

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ Historic American Engineering Record (1970). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Martinsburg Station & Hotel, Martin Street, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0054/ Martinsburg Station & Hotel, Martin Street, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV. Retrieved 2015-01-10. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)