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Coordinates: 39°27′31″N 77°57′38.5″W / 39.45861°N 77.960694°W / 39.45861; -77.960694
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Martinsburg, WV
Martinsburg station in 2022
General information
Location229 East Martin Street
Martinsburg, West Virginia
United States
Coordinates39°27′31″N 77°57′38.5″W / 39.45861°N 77.960694°W / 39.45861; -77.960694
Owned byCity of Martinsburg
Line(s)CSX Cumberland Subdivision
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus transport PanTran
Construction
Parking81 spaces
AccessibleNo[1]
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: MRB
History
Opened1848
Passengers
FY 20236,948[2] (Amtrak)
November 202261 (daily)[3] (MARC)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Cumberland
toward Chicago
 Floridian Harpers Ferry
toward Miami
Preceding station MARC Following station
Terminus Brunswick Line Duffields
towards Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
Cumberland
toward Chicago
 Main Line Duffields
toward Jersey City
North Cumbo
toward Chicago
 Blairton
toward Jersey City
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Cumberland
toward Cincinnati (River Road)
 Shenandoah Duffields
toward Washington, D.C.
Cumberland
toward Chicago
 Capitol Limited Harpers Ferry
toward Washington, D.C.
Caperton Station Hotel
Map
Built1848
Architectural styleItalianate
Part ofBaltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District (ID80004415[4])
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1980

Martinsburg station is a railway station in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States, served by MARC Brunswick Line commuter rail service and Amtrak Floridian intercity rail service. The station has one side platform serving a siding track of the CSX Cumberland Subdivision, with a footbridge crossing the siding and the two main tracks to provide access to the preserved Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops complex.

History

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The historic hotel (left) and modern station addition in 2008

Martinsburg station consists of a restored 1848-1876 railroad hotel and its sympathetic modern train station addition. It is a contributing property to the Baltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District.[5] The building is among the oldest surviving railroad stations in the United States.[6] The adjacent roundhouses and shops were destroyed by General Stonewall Jackson's troops in 1863. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg.

Amtrak took over intercity service in May 1971; no intercity service was retained on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) mainline. The B&O continued to provide limited commuter service, with Martinsburg the western terminus for one of the three daily round trips. Amtrak restored intercity service on the B&O on September 8, 1971, with the Parkersburg–Washington West Virginian. It was renamed Potomac Turbo on February 7, 1972, and Potomac Special on May 14, 1972.[7]: 67 

The Potomac Special was replaced with the Cumberland–Washington Blue Ridge on May 7, 1973. The Cincinnati–Washington Shenandoah was introduced on October 31, 1976; the Blue Ridge was cut back to Martinsburg and rescheduled to act as an additional commuter train.[7]: 68  On October 1, 1981, the Shenandoah was replaced with the Chicago–Washington Capitol Limited.[7]: 42  The Blue Ridge was transferred to MARC in 1986, becoming part of the ex-B&O Brunswick Line commuter service.[8] On November 10, 2024, the Capitol Limited was merged with the Silver Star as the Floridian.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "MARC Station Information". Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "MARC Brunswick Line Technical Report" (PDF). Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  5. ^ Historic American Engineering Record (1970). "Martinsburg Station & Hotel, Martin Street, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  6. ^ Harwood, Herbert H. (Spring 1992). "History Where You Don't Expect It: Some Surprising Survivors". Railroad History (166): 103–125. JSTOR 43523701.
  7. ^ a b c Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.
  8. ^ West Virginia Department of Transportation, State Rail Authority (March 12, 2013). "West Virginia State Rail Plan: Maryland Area Regional Commuter Service". p. 2. Archived from the original on October 7, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  9. ^ "Amtrak Launching the Floridian, with Daily Service Between Chicago and Miami" (Press release). Amtrak. September 23, 2024. Archived from the original on September 23, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
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