Amtrak/MARC - Caperton Station - Martinsburg, WV
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jiggs11
N 39° 27.496 W 077° 57.651
18S E 245254 N 4371818
Fully restored historic ex Baltimore & Ohio, now Amtrak station in Martinsburg.
Waymark Code: WMRWAZ
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2016
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Caperton Station began life in 1848 as the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station in Martinsburg.
It was burnt in 1863 during the Civil War, and rebuilt by 1868.
It was a B&O passenger station until that railroad was absorbed by the C&O, and then became an Amtrak/MARC (Maryland area Regional Commuter station.
The B&O consucted two name trains through Martinsburg - The North Mountain to Chicago, and The Shenandoah Junction to Baltimiore and Washington, DC.
Today the station, which is a contributing building in the Baltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District, has 4 daily trains: Amtrak's Capitol Limited and MARC's Brunswick Line.
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Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: Yes
Is the station/depot open to the public?: Yes
What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: Amtrak/MARC
Station/Depot Web Site: [Web Link]
If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?: Not listed
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