Martinsburg station

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
Location	229 East Martin Street Martinsburg, West Virginia 25401
Line(s)	Amtrak:   Capitol Limited MARC:   Brunswick Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	3
Connections	PanTran
Construction
Parking	81 spaces
Other information
Station code	MRB
History
Opened	1848
Passengers
2013	9,331  8% (Amtrak)
Services
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Caperton Station Hotel
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	229 East Martin Street Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA
Built	1848
Architectural style	Italianate
Part of	Baltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District (ID80004415)
Added to NRHP	December 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.

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

External links

• Media related to Martinsburg (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Martinsburg, WV – Amtrak
• Martinsburg, WV – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Martinsburg Amtrak-MARC Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Martinsburg, WV (MRB) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-17, "Martinsburg Station & Hotel, Martin Street, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page