St. Denis station

St. Denis is a passenger rail station on the MARC Camden Line in the Maryland town of the same name. While the small station is the line's closest station to its terminus at Camden Yards in Baltimore, it has low ridership and is designated a flag stop: trains do not stop unless the engineer sees passengers who are waiting to be picked up, or the conductor is aware that there are passengers who want to be dropped off.[3]

Not to be confused with Saint-Denis – Porte de Paris (Paris Métro).

St. Denis
MARC commuter rail station
The northbound platform of St. Denis station from East Street. The given address is across the tracks and contains a plexiglas platform shelter.
Location	1734 Arlington Avenue, Halethorpe, Maryland[1]
Coordinates	39.2243°N 76.7038°W / 39.2243; -76.7038
Line(s)	Capital Subdivision
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Construction
Parking	15 spaces[1]
Disabled access	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	11 daily[2]  37.5% (MARC)
Services
Preceding station MARC Following station Dorsey towards Union Station Camden Line Camden Station Terminus
Former services Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station Dorsey toward Chicago Main Line Baltimore Camden Terminus Relay toward Chicago Halethorpe toward Jersey City

St. Denis station contains two platforms and three tracks. The southbound platform, located on the corner of Arlington and Maple Avenues, has a shelter that is made of Plexiglas and aluminum.[4] MARC gives this platform as the official address of the station. The northbound platform contains a wooden shelter on an embankment at the end of East Street with the name of the station on the back of it. The station also contains two at-grade wooden pedestrian crossings, one which spans the entire right-of-way from Arlington Avenue to East Street, and the other which only runs from the southbound platform on Maple Avenue to the middle tracks.

East of St. Denis, the Camden Line crosses over the MARC Penn Line south of the Halethorpe MARC station. The station itself, is an excellent spot for railfanning[5][6] due to its proximity to Baltimore and its location at a point that sees Capital Subdivision, Baltimore Terminal Subdivision, and Old Main Line Subdivision freight traffic. A junction leading to the B&O Railroad Museum also exists between here and the terminus at Camden Yards.

Station layout

G	Side platform
	Southbound	←      Camden Line toward Union Station (Dorsey)
	No service	← No passenger service →
	Northbound	→      Camden Line toward Camden Station (Terminus) →
	Side platform
	Ground level	Exit/entrance and parking

Communities served

• St. Denis, Maryland, community surrounding the station
• Relay, Maryland, located just north of the station
• Elkridge, Maryland, 1.2 miles away (24 minute walk)

Nearby attractions

• Patapsco Valley State Park, Avalon Area
• Elkridge Furnace Complex
• Thomas Viaduct
• Guinness Brewery

References

1. "MARC Station Information - Maryland Transit Administration". mta.maryland.gov. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
2. "December 2018 MARC performance (for Nov 18) - Ridership" (PDF). Maryland Transportation Authority. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
3. MARC station map (includes St Denis) MARC official website
4. DanTD (April 22, 2011). File:St Denis MARC Station-Plexiglas Platform.JPG (photograph). Retrieved November 20, 2012.
5. "St. Denis, MD". www.trainweb.org. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
6. "Maryland Railroad Stations and Depots". 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

External links

• Media related to St. Denis (MARC station) at Wikimedia Commons
• St. Denis MARC Station (TrainWeb)
• Station from Google Maps Street View