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I doubt SEPTA would run the 20 extra miles south into Maryland
A longtime proposal to run commuter trains between Newark and Perryville, Maryland, took a step forward this week after transportation planners submitted preliminary results of a feasibility study to officials in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.Since MARC has their own thread topic about this, can we keep this discussion SEPTA related?
It is the first formal examination looking into demand for increased rail transit across the Delaware-Maryland state line, said Dave Gula, planner at the Wilmington Area Planning Council. Results will be made public after officials from DART, Maryland's commuter rail agency MARC and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority have a chance to meet, likely next month, he said.
“Having MARC meet SEPTA in Newark … we think it’s a slam dunk,” Gula said. “At the moment, you have very few choices from Newark, how to get down to Baltimore.”
Extending SEPTA south into Maryland, however, is also a possibility, Gula said.
The 20-mile stretch of track between Perryville and Newark is the only segment of the Northeast Corridor between Washington and New York City that lacks commuter rail service.
I doubt SEPTA would run the 20 extra miles south into Maryland