Martinsburg station

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 2023	6,948[2] (Amtrak)
November 2022	61 (daily)[3] (MARC)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Cumberland toward Chicago Floridian Harpers Ferry toward Miami 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. Cumberland toward Chicago Capitol Limited Harpers Ferry 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

Martinsburg station is a railway station in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States, served by MARC Brunswick Line commuter rail service and Amtrak Floridian 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 station consists of a restored 1848-1876 railroad hotel and its sympathetic modern train station addition. It is 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 adjacent roundhouses and shops were destroyed by General Stonewall Jackson's troops in 1863. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg.

Amtrak took over intercity service in May 1971; no intercity service was retained on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) mainline. The B&O continued to provide limited commuter service, with Martinsburg the western terminus for one of the three daily round trips. Amtrak restored intercity service on the B&O on September 8, 1971, with the Parkersburg–Washington West Virginian. It was renamed Potomac Turbo on February 7, 1972, and Potomac Special on May 14, 1972.^[7]: 67

The Potomac Special was replaced with the Cumberland–Washington Blue Ridge on May 7, 1973. The Cincinnati–Washington Shenandoah was introduced on October 31, 1976; the Blue Ridge was cut back to Martinsburg and rescheduled to act as an additional commuter train.^[7]: 68 On October 1, 1981, the Shenandoah was replaced with the Chicago–Washington Capitol Limited.^[7]: 42 The Blue Ridge was transferred to MARC in 1986, becoming part of the ex-B&O Brunswick Line commuter service.^[8] On November 10, 2024, the Capitol Limited was merged with the Silver Star as the Floridian.^[9]

Media related to Martinsburg station at Wikimedia Commons

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