The Baltimore Light RailLink is a light rail system serving Baltimore, Maryland, United States, and its northern and southern suburbs. It is operated by the Maryland Transit Administration. In downtown Baltimore, it uses city streets. Outside the central portions of the city, the line is built on private rights-of-way, mostly from the defunct Northern Central Railway, Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad and Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway. The system had a ridership of 3,546,300, or about 12,500 per weekday, as of the fourth quarter of 2023.
A train at Convention Center station in 2010
Hunt Valley, the terminus of the 5-station northern extension opened in 1997, pictured here in 2014
Construction work in progress in June 2003 to add a second track to the bridge over the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River
A typical two-car train at Lutherville station in 2014
Maryland Transit Administration
The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is a state-operated mass transit administration in Maryland, and is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation. The MTA operates a comprehensive transit system throughout the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area. There are 80 bus lines serving the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, along with rail services that include the Light Rail, Metro Subway, and MARC Train. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 52,922,000, or about per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.
MTA's headquarters at the William Donald Schaefer Building in Baltimore
Maryland Transit Administration
MTA MCI D4500CTH #176
Budd built Universal Transit Vehicle as seen on the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink departing Milford Mill station