{"id":23371,"date":"2023-09-15T18:43:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T22:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downtownfrederick.org\/?page_id=23371"},"modified":"2024-07-02T15:23:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T19:23:13","slug":"increase-marc-train-service-to-downtown-frederick","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/downtownfrederick.org\/increase-marc-train-service-to-downtown-frederick\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase MARC Train Service to Downtown Frederick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Increase MARC Train Service to Downtown Frederick<\/h1>

Downtown Frederick Partnership is committed to achieving increased MARC train service to Downtown Frederick.<\/p><\/div> \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/header>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \n\n\n

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Support for Constructing a Point of Rocks Station Platform<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Partnership supports building a new Point of Rocks Station platform to increase weekday MARC service to Downtown Frederick. The MARC Brunswick line provides service between Washington DC and Martinsburg WV at four stations in Frederick County: Brunswick, Point of Rocks, Monocacy and Downtown Frederick. Three eastbound morning trains and three westbound afternoon trains serve the Downtown Frederick station each weekday. A total of nine trains (nine in the morning and nine in the afternoon) travel through the Point of Rocks Station each weekday. Of these nine trains, three travel on to Downtown Frederick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the current arrangement, trains bound for Frederick cannot stop at the Point of Rocks station due to the lack of a platform. As a result, trains serving Downtown Frederick pass through but do not board or discharge passengers at the Point of Rocks station. Building the platform will accommodate more Frederick bound weekday MARC service. With the new platform, the Point of Rocks station will experience improved service because all trains on the MARC Brunswick line will be able to stop at this station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Benefits of Increased MARC Train Service<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Economic Development<\/p>\n\n\n\n