Martinsburg station

Martinsburg station is a railway station in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States, served by MARC Brunswick Line commuter rail service and Amtrak Capitol Limited intercity rail service. The station has one side platform serving a siding track of the CSX Cumberland Subdivision, with a footbridge crossing the siding and the two main tracks to provide access to the preserved Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops complex.

Martinsburg, WV
Martinsburg station in 2022
General information
Location	229 East Martin Street Martinsburg, West Virginia United States
Coordinates	39°27′31″N 77°57′38.5″W / 39.45861°N 77.960694°W / 39.45861; -77.960694
Owned by	City of Martinsburg
Line(s)	CSX Cumberland Subdivision
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	PanTran
Construction
Parking	81 spaces
Accessible	No^[1]
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: MRB
History
Opened	1848
Passengers
FY 2022	8,148^[2] (Amtrak)
November 2022	61 (daily)^[3] (MARC)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Cumberland toward Chicago Capitol Limited Harpers Ferry toward Washington, D.C. Preceding station MARC Following station Terminus Brunswick Line Duffields towards Union Station
Former services Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station Cumberland toward Chicago Main Line Duffields toward Jersey City North Cumbo toward Chicago Blairton toward Jersey City Preceding station Amtrak Following station Cumberland toward Cincinnati (River Road) Shenandoah Duffields toward Washington, D.C.
Caperton Station Hotel
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Built	1848
Architectural style	Italianate
Part of	Baltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District (ID80004415^[4])
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1980

History

 

The historic hotel (left) and modern station addition in 2008

Martinsburg station is a restored 1848-1876 railroad hotel and its sympathetic modern train station addition at 229 East Martin Street in Martinsburg. It is also a contributing property to the Baltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District.^[5] The building is among the oldest surviving railroad stations in the United States.^[6]

The station has seen many historic events. In 1862, the hotel witnessed the destruction of the B&O Roundhouses and shops by General Stonewall Jackson, and the following year General Robert E. Lee's army retreated through Martinsburg two blocks west following the Battle of Gettysburg. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the first national labor strike, began here. The station is also the portal to the state's first Civil War Trail.

Station layout

The station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

References

1. "MARC Station Information". Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
3. "MARC Brunswick Line Technical Report" (PDF). Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
5. Historic American Engineering Record (1970). "Martinsburg Station & Hotel, Martin Street, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
6. Harwood, Herbert H. (Spring 1992). "History Where You Don't Expect It: Some Surprising Survivors". Railroad History (166): 103–125. JSTOR 43523701.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Martinsburg station.

• Martinsburg, WV – Amtrak
• Martinsburg, WV – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Martinsburg Amtrak-MARC Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-17, "Martinsburg Station & Hotel, Martin Street, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page