by RailVet
The Maryland Department of Transportation has started negotiations to lease as many as 200 acres of land at Aberdeen Proving Ground, land the state would use to kick-start a significant expansion of its MARC rail service.
The site would be used as a rail yard and maintenance facility, and is the backbone of the state transportation department’s $3 billion plan to add additional cars, more frequent service, and an extension of the Penn Line into Delaware and Northern Virginia.
“It’s giving us the opportunity for a very unique site for this rail yard, and it is pivotal for the MARC plan,” said Andrew J. Scott, special assistant to the state transportation secretary.
Scott said the transportation department only needs about 70 acres of the 200-acre property, which was used as a rail yard by the Army previously. If the deal is approved, it could take about five years for the state to study the land and determine whether it can be used as a rail yard.
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The site would be used as a rail yard and maintenance facility, and is the backbone of the state transportation department’s $3 billion plan to add additional cars, more frequent service, and an extension of the Penn Line into Delaware and Northern Virginia.
“It’s giving us the opportunity for a very unique site for this rail yard, and it is pivotal for the MARC plan,” said Andrew J. Scott, special assistant to the state transportation secretary.
Scott said the transportation department only needs about 70 acres of the 200-acre property, which was used as a rail yard by the Army previously. If the deal is approved, it could take about five years for the state to study the land and determine whether it can be used as a rail yard.
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