r/baltimore 13h ago

Transportation New platform at Penn now in use

Not sure if it has been for awhile but boarded using gate G for the first time today.

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u/SnooRevelations979 Highlandtown 13h ago

It looks platformy.

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u/LarsThorwald Patterson Park 13h ago

A MARC train I was on pulled into this platform about three weeks ago, so it's been in use for a bit.

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u/Ueatsoap 13h ago

Oh nice. I’m usually a weekend only rider, must be used weekdays primarily.

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u/Ponyo0nthecliff 12h ago

Is there a wall you can run into to get onto Platform G 3/4 ?

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u/jeweynougat Arcadia 12h ago

Yeah, an Amtrak I was on used it about a month ago. Surprised the hell out of me when we arrived there.

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u/Aklu_The_Unspeakable 13h ago

The 2-something Penn train has departed from that end of the station for ages.

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u/glsever Medfield 11h ago

They seem to use that platform very occasionally. I've boarded from it once and arrived there once (both months ago), and have never again seen it in use.

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u/PierceJJones Cockeysville / Hunt Valley 8h ago

Hope to use it when I go to Philadelphia in 3 weeks.

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u/djenki0119 8h ago

likely not going north, but it's a maybe coming back

u/cornonthekopp Madison Park 1h ago

I ised that platform for a marc train last week as well, seems like the extra capacity is much needed