Martinsburg station

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.

Martinsburg, WV
The Martinsburg station, facing the overhead walkway to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad roundhouse as seen from the concrete platform in July 2012.
Location	229 East Martin Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia
Owned by	City of Martinsburg
Line(s)	Cumberland Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	3
Connections	PanTran
Construction
Parking	81 spaces
Other information
Station code	MRB
History
Opened	1848
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	10,687 [1]  4.03% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Cumberland toward Chicago Capitol Limited Harpers Ferry toward Washington, D.C. 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.
Caperton Station Hotel
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	229 East Martin Street Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA
Coordinates	39°27′31″N 77°57′38.5″W
Built	1848
Architectural style	Italianate
Part of	Baltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District (ID80004415[2])
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1980

Located on the mainline of CSX, the Martinsburg 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 building is among the oldest surviving railroad stations in the United States.[4]

The station has seen many historic events. In 1862, the hotel witnessed the destruction of the B&O Roundhouses and shops by General Stonewall Jackson, and the following year General Robert E. Lee's army retreated through Martinsburg two blocks west following the Battle of Gettysburg. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the first national labor strike, began here. The station is also the portal to the state's first Civil War Trail.

Station layout

P Platform level
	Track 3	← No passenger service
	Track 2	← No passenger service
	Track 1	←      Capitol Limited toward Chicago (Cumberland) →      Capitol Limited toward Washington, D.C. (Harpers Ferry) → ←      Brunswick Line termination track →      Brunswick Line toward Union Station (Duffields) →
	Side platform
	Street level	Exit/entrance, station house, parking

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 (2019): Average Weekday Ridership 96

References

1. https://www.railpassengers.org/site/assets/files/2186/mrb.pdf
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
3. Historic American Engineering Record (1970). "Martinsburg Station & Hotel, Martin Street, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
4. Harwood, Herbert H. (Spring 1992). "History Where You Don't Expect It: Some Surprising Survivors". Railroad History (166): 103–125. JSTOR 43523701.

External links

• Media related to Martinsburg station at Wikimedia Commons

• Martinsburg, WV – 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