West Baltimore station is a commuter rail station located in the western part Baltimore, Maryland, along the Northeast Corridor. It is served by MARC Penn Line trains. The station is positioned on an elevated grade at 400 Smallwood Street near parallel West Mulberry and West Franklin Streets extending off U.S. Route 40. Three large surface lots are available for commuters. The station only has staircases from street level and two low-level side platforms next to the outer tracks and is thus not accessible to people with some mobility disabilities, but MTA Maryland plans to renovate the station with accessible platforms and entrances.
West Baltimore station platforms in March 2015
The former Edmondson station building in 2017
Stairs leading to the platform of the West Baltimore station in May 2019; the two sets of stairs on each side on the station are the entrances to the platform.
MARC is a commuter rail system in the Washington–Baltimore area. MARC is administered by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) and operated under contract by Alstom and Amtrak on track owned by CSX Transportation (CSXT) and Amtrak. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 3,860,600, or about 12,400 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023, less than pre-COVID-19 pandemic weekday ridership of 40,000.
A MARC HHP-8 leads an express train into Odenton station in Odenton, Maryland
A MARC EMD F9PH leads a service through Point of Rocks in 1987
A Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train near the Capital Beltway in 1970, running on what is now the Camden Line
A Penn Central train near the Beltway in 1970, running on what is now the Penn Line