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Discussion related to DC area passenger rail services from Northern Virginia to Baltimore, MD. Includes Light Rail and Baltimore Subway.

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 #1391723  by davinp
 
A roof deck over a rail yard north of New York Avenue could create new space for bike lanes, a park, or more development in the area. The Virginia Railway Express, a commuter rail line that serves Virginia and DC, is looking at the possibility as part of a project to build a new place to store its trains.

There isn't enough space at Amtrak's Ivy City Railyard and Amtrak wants the space back to use for something else.

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 #1391731  by Sand Box John
 
About 2/3 of the property between 9th and 16th streets was previously used by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a team track. The Hecht Company was one of the customers that received merchandise delivered to and unloaded at that team track.