Green Line (Baltimore)

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Green Line
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Overview
StatusProposed
Locale Baltimore, Maryland
Termini
Stations13
Service
Type Bus rapid transit, light rail, or rapid transit
System Maryland Transit Administration
Metro SubwayLink
Services1
Operator(s) Maryland Transit Administration
Technical
Line length4 mi (6.4 km)
Route map

Contents

Locally preferred alternative
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Owings Mills
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Old Court
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Milford Mill
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Reisterstown Plaza
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Rogers Avenue
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West Cold Spring
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Mondawmin
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Penn-North
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Upton–Avenue Market
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State Center
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Lexington Market
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Charles Center
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Shot Tower
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Madison Square
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East North Avenue
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Coldstream
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33rd Street
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Northwood
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Morgan State U
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Hamilton
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Northern Parkway
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Overlea
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Fullerton
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Perry Hall
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White Marsh
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The Green Line is a proposed mass transit line for the Baltimore, Maryland area in the United States. It is still in the planning stages and its construction is not guaranteed.

Concept

In March 2002, the Baltimore Region Rail System Plan Advisory Committee, an independent commission appointed by Transportation Secretary John D. Porcari, developed suggestions for new lines and expansions of existing lines as part of a long-term regional rail system plan for the Baltimore area. The committee applied a unified branding scheme for the existing lines and the proposed new lines, identifying each line by a color, as the Washington Metro and many other transit agencies do. In the committee's report, the existing Baltimore Metro SubwayLink was renamed the Green Line, and was to be extended northeast of its current terminus at Johns Hopkins Hospital, past Morgan State University and Good Samaritan Hospital in the northeastern part of the city, and ultimately on to White Marsh in Baltimore County. [1]

The proposed extension of the Metro SubwayLink was taken up by city and state officials as one of two proposals, from the advisory committee's long-term plan, that would be actively pursued (the other being the Red Line). [2] Although the report used the name "Green Line" to refer to the entire expanded Metro SubwayLink, the term is currently being used to refer to the extension under consideration. As the existing Metro SubwayLink is currently marked in green on the Baltimore Regional Transit Map, [3] it's possible that the term might someday refer to the entire line.

Extension from Hopkins to Morgan State University

The current Green Line study focuses only on the 4-mile section of the proposed line from Johns Hopkins Hospital to Morgan State University. [4] While an extension of the existing Metro SubwayLink might seem like the most logical mode for this line, the expense of building several miles of underground heavy rail rapid transit might make the project untenable. Therefore, the ongoing scoping process is also considering bus rapid transit and light rail options as a possibility for this corridor. [5]

Proposed stations

North to south, from Johns Hopkins Hospital station:

Station NameParkingConnection
Madison Square BSicon PARKING.svg MARC Penn Line
East North Avenueno
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33rd Street BSicon PARKING.svg
Northwood BSicon PARKING.svg
Morgan State University BSicon PARKING.svg
Future Extension to White Marsh . [6]
Hamilton no
Northern Parkwayno
Overlea no
Fullerton BSicon PARKING.svg
Perry Hall BSicon PARKING.svg
White Marsh BSicon PARKING.svg White Marsh Park & Ride
Martin State Airport BSicon PARKING.svg MARC Penn Line

Current status

Selection of a "locally preferred alternative" from the various transit options under consideration was originally scheduled for "Spring 2009 - Winter 2009." However, a selection was not announced during 2009 and the project schedule had still not been updated by the end of Summer 2010. [7] As of October 2010, project planning for the Green Line is on hold for the foreseeable future. No funding was allocated for the line's planning as of fiscal year 2011. [8]

See also

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References

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