Baltimore Region Rapid Transit System |
The report Baltimore Region Rapid Transit System, Feasibility and Preliminary Engineering, was prepared for The Mass Transit Steering Committee, Regional Planning Council, Baltimore, Maryland, and released in July 1968. The study report received financial aid through a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under section 9 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 as amended. The report Baltimore Region Rapid Transit System, Phase 1 Plan, was prepared by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, and released in January 1971.
This map came from Baltimore Region Rapid Transit System, Feasibility and Preliminary Engineering, was prepared for The Mass Transit Steering Committee, Regional Planning Council, Baltimore, Maryland, and released in July 1968. Click for larger map images: Medium (61K), Large (106K), Extra Large (183K). Use "Back" button to return. |
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Routes and Stations for 71-mile B.R.R.T.S. System |
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CENTRAL STATION |
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1. Charles Center |
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NORTHWEST LINE |
SOUTH LINE |
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2. Lexington Market |
13. Inner Harbor |
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3. Bolton Hill |
14. Leadenhall Street |
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4. Laurens Street |
15. Cherry Hill |
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5. North Avenue (West) |
16. Belle Grove |
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6. Mondawmin |
17. Fort Meade Road |
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7. Cold Spring Lane (West) |
18. Friendship International Airport |
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8. Rogers Avenue |
19. Glen Burnie |
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9. Reisterstown Plaza |
20. Marley |
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10. Milford Mill Road |
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11. Old Court Road |
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12. Randallstown |
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NORTH LINE |
SOUTHEAST LINE |
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21. Monument |
32. Market Place |
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22. Biddle Street |
33. Central Avenue |
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23. North Avenue (North) |
34. Patterson Park |
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24. 29th Street |
35. Highlandtown |
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25. 33rd Street |
36. City Hospitals |
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26. Cold Spring Lane (North) |
37. Dundalk |
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27. Belvedere |
38. Merritt Boulevard |
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28. Anneslie |
39. Sparrows Point |
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29. Towson |
40. Eastwood |
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30. Lutherville |
41. Rolling Mill Road |
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31. Timonium |
42. Essex |
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43. Marlyn Avenue |
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NORTHEAST LINE |
WEST LINE |
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44. Johns Hopkins Hospital |
55. Fremont Avenue |
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45. Gay Street |
56. Fulton Avenue |
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46. North Avenue (East) |
57. Poplar Grove Street |
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47. Erdman-Sinclair |
58. Wildwood Parkway |
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48. Herring Run |
59. Edmondson Village |
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49. Frankford Gardens |
60. Academy Heights |
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50. Radecke Avenue |
61. Catonsville |
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51. Hazelwood Avenue |
62. Rolling Road |
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52. Overlea |
63. Chalfonte Drive |
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53. Parktowne |
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54. Joppa-Belair |
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Route Configuration Summary for 71-mile B.R.R.T.S. System |
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VERTICAL CONFIGURATION |
TOTAL SYSTEM |
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MILES |
PERCENT |
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ON GRADE |
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SURFACE |
8.6 |
12 |
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CUT |
18.4 |
26 |
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FILL |
4.7 |
7 |
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AERIAL |
22.8 |
32 |
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SUBWAY |
16.5 |
23 |
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TOTAL |
71.0 |
100 |
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STATIONS |
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The Metropolitan Transit Authority was established in June 1969 by Article 64B of the Annotated Code of the State of Maryland, and it was charged with the responsibility of formulating a regional transit system. In conformance with the legislative mandate of Section 9, Chapter 160 of the Statute, which states in part - "The Board shall prepare a plan or plans to meet the transit needs of the District ...", the Board of Directors of the Authority adopted on January 27, 1971, the Phase 1 Rapid Transit System as the official transit plan for the Baltimore metropolitan area. The Phase 1 Plan used two lines from the 71-mile system, and had a northwest line from the downtown to Owings Mills (terminal revised from the Randallstown terminal in the 1968 report), and a south line from the downtown to Glen Burnie and Friendship International Airport (today's Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)). The two lines in the Phase 1 Plan had a downtown junction at an underground two-level transfer station at Charles Center. The rapid rail transit south line eventually fell victim to funding limitations and local opposition, and the
Central Light Rail Line was built along a similar route to that of the once-planned rapid rail south line.The Phase 1 Plan had 28 miles (44.8 km) of revenue line route and 20 stations, and included all the necessary facilities to provide an operational system, including stations, line structures, passenger rail cars, yards and shops, electrification system, ventilating and heating systems, control and communications systems, automatic fare collection system, and surveillance system. The system vehicles would be steel wheeled, operating on steel rails. The vehicles would operate singly as well as coupled in trains. The rail vehicles would be similar in many respects to the ones that were then being designed for the rapid rail transit systems in the Washington, D.C. area and in the San Francisco, California area. Train service was proposed to run automatically, with most of the system having four-minute minimum headways (train service spacing) during peak hours and ten-minute maximum headways at other times, with service being provided 20 hours per day (5:00 AM one day to 1:00 AM the next day). Predicted ridership for 1980 was 153,000 rail trips on the average weekday. The fare structure would be compatible with the bus fares in use in the Baltimore area. The construction period was proposed to span from 1971 to 1978, and the estimated cost including inflation was $656 million for the preliminary engineering, right-of-way, construction and physical elements needed to make the system operational. Two-thirds of the capital cost, $437 million, was expected to be provided by federal grants from UMTA (U.S. Urban Mass Transit Administration, today's Federal Transit Administration). About 6 miles of line would be underground in subway, with the remainder on the surface or aerial.
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This map came from Baltimore Region Rapid Transit System, Phase 1 Plan, was prepared by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, and released in January 1971.
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This map is a 1974 version of the Phase 1 Plan. Notice the modification to the south line.
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(Created 10-23-2001, updated 10-13-2002)