The Yellow Line is a
mass transit line proposed by the Baltimore Regional Rail Plan in March 2002 for the
Baltimore
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,
Maryland
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area. It would begin at Columbia Town Center in
Columbia, Maryland
Columbia is a census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland. It is one of the principal communities of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. It is a planned community consisting of 10 self-contained villages.
Columbia began with ...
, and end in Hunt Valley, Maryland at Shawan Road.
Original vision
As originally envisioned by the plan, the Yellow Line would conjoin with the existing
Baltimore Light Rail
Baltimore Light RailLink (formerly Baltimore Light Rail, and also known simply as the "Light Rail") is a light rail system serving Baltimore, Maryland, United States, as well as its surrounding suburbs. It is operated by the Maryland Transit A ...
at the BWI Business District Station, and remain connected until
Camden Yards
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, where the two lines would spur to create a loop around
Downtown Baltimore
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. In this small loop, the lines would both contain the stations of: Inner Harbor, Charles Center, Mt. Vernon, and Pennsylvania Station. At Penn Station, the Yellow Line would again split towards the north going through the neighborhoods of
Station North,
Charles Village,
Waverly, Govanstown,
Belvedere Square, and
Towson
Towson () is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Baltimore County and the second-most populous unincorp ...
. The Yellow Line would again meet up with the existing light rail line at the
Lutherville station. The lines would again conjoin until the northern terminus of Hunt Valley. Another station in the Yellow Line system was proposed for Texas, Maryland.
[Baltimore Region Rail System Plan](_blank)
Advisory Committee Report, March 2002.
Current status
The future for the Yellow Line proposal seems doubtful, as only two proposed rail lines were included in the "final" Baltimore Regional Rail System Plan: the
Red Line and the
Green Line. In the current Baltimore Regional Transit Map, yellow designates a branch from the existing Baltimore Light Rail line to the Cromwell Station in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The branches to Hunt Valley (north) and BWI Airport (south) are designated with the color blue.
Baltimore Regional Transit Map
MTA Maryland. Retrieved 2010-08-26
In summer 2013, a representative of the privately funded TU Foundation expressed interest at a public meeting in the idea of a suggested partnership between the foundation and local companies to build a short piece of the line near Towson University. That small line, designated as the "Towson Trolley" was informally presented as only covering Towson-area destinations (including St. Joseph's Hospital, Towson University, downtown Towson and Lutherville Station, where it was pitched as terminating). Despite being presented as a short-line trolley, the plan as presented emphasized track compatibility in order to allow future expansion. , however, no public-record mention of the plan appears to have occurred for more than a year.
See also
* Green Line - a proposed rail line in Baltimore from Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. It was founded in 1889 using money from a bequest of over $7 million (1873 m ...
to Morgan State University
Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 1867, the university, then known ...
.
* Red Line - a proposed rail line from Woodlawn, in Baltimore County (west), to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (abbreviated JHBMC or Bayview; formerly Francis Scott Key Medical Center and Baltimore City Hospitals) is teaching hospital trauma center, neonatal intensive care unit, geriatrics center, and is home to the Johns ...
in Baltimore City (east).
*Charles Street Trolley
The Charles Street Trolley is a proposed trolley line running through northern portions of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Kittelson & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm hired by trolley advocates, estimates that the line would be likely to c ...
- a proposed trolley line in northern Baltimore, backed by a non-MTA group.
References
External links
MTA MarylandCentral Maryland Transportation Alliance
{{MTA Maryland
Maryland Transit Administration
Proposed public transportation in Maryland
Transportation in Baltimore
Proposed railway lines in Maryland