Cumberland station (Maryland)

Train station in Maryland, United States

39°39′02″N 78°45′28″W / 39.6506°N 78.7579°W / 39.6506; -78.7579Line(s)Cumberland Terminal SubdivisionPlatforms1 side platformTracks2Connections

Allegany County Transit

Bayrunner ShuttleOther informationStation codeAmtrak: CUMPassengersFY 20237,651^[1] (Amtrak) Services

Preceding station	Amtrak			Following station
Connellsville toward Chicago		Capitol Limited		Martinsburg toward Washington, D.C.

Former services

Preceding station	Amtrak			Following station
Keyser toward Cincinnati (River Road)		Shenandoah		Martinsburg toward Washington, D.C.

Location

Cumberland is a train station in Cumberland, Maryland, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It is also served by the Bayrunner Shuttle bus, which runs between Grantsville and BWI Airport. The station has one side platform serving the two tracks of the Cumberland Terminal Subdivision.

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides intercity service to Cumberland under the Capitol Limited route which runs between Chicago and Washington, D.C.

History

The current waiting shelter for Amtrak service in Cumberland sits on the original site of the Queen City Station. This was a 174-room hotel constructed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1871 with a ballroom, a 400-seat dining room, and gardens and fountains.^[2] The station was demolished in 1972, an act which spurred conservation efforts for architecturally and historically significant structures.^[3]

References

^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Maryland" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
^ Feldstein, Albert L. (2006). Allegany County. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-7385-4381-9.
^ Newell, Dianne (1975). The Failure to Preserve the Queen City Hotel, Cumberland, Maryland. Case Studies in Preservation. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press. ISBN 978-0-89133-023-3.