Yellow Line (Baltimore)
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The Yellow Line is a mass transit line proposed by the Baltimore Regional Rail Plan in March 2002 for the Baltimore
, Maryland
area. It would begin at Columbia Town Center in Columbia, Maryland
, and end in Hunt Valley, Maryland at Shawan Road.
at the BWI Business District Station, and remain connected until Camden Yards, where the two lines would spur to create a loop around Downtown Baltimore
. In this small loop, the lines would both contain the stations of: Inner Harbour, Charles Centre, Mt. Vernon, and Pennsylvania Station. At Penn Station, the Yellow Line would again split towards the north going through the neighbourhoods of Station North, Charles Village, Waverly
, Govanstown, Belvedere Square, and Towson, Maryland
. 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.
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 Owings Mills (north) and BWI Airport (south) are designated with the color blue.
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
area. It would begin at Columbia Town Center in Columbia, Maryland
Columbia, Maryland
Columbia is a planned community that consists of ten self-contained villages, located in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It began with the idea that a city could enhance its residents' quality of life. Creator and developer James W. Rouse saw the new community in terms of human values, not...
, 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 RailBaltimore Light Rail
The Maryland Transit Administration Light Rail is a light rail system serving Baltimore, Maryland, United States, and the surrounding suburbs.In downtown Baltimore it uses city streets...
at the BWI Business District Station, and remain connected until Camden Yards, where the two lines would spur to create a loop around Downtown Baltimore
Downtown Baltimore
Downtown Baltimore is the section of Baltimore traditionally bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to the west, Mt. Royal Avenue to the north, President Street to the east and the Inner Harbor area to the south. It consists of four neighborhoods: Westside, City Centre, Inner Harbor, and...
. In this small loop, the lines would both contain the stations of: Inner Harbour, Charles Centre, Mt. Vernon, and Pennsylvania Station. At Penn Station, the Yellow Line would again split towards the north going through the neighbourhoods of Station North, Charles Village, Waverly
Waverly
Waverly is an English unisex given name meaning "quaking aspen". It can also be a last name.Waverly may also refer to:-Places:United States*Waverly, Alabama*Waverly, California*Waverly, Colorado*Waverly, Florida*Waverly, Georgia...
, Govanstown, Belvedere Square, and Towson, Maryland
Towson, Maryland
Towson is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 at the 2010 census...
. The Yellow Line would again meet up with the existing light rail line at the Lutherville station
Lutherville (Baltimore Light Rail station)
The Lutherville Light Rail Stop is one of 33 stops on the Baltimore Light Rail, and is a hub for bus routes 8 and 9. The station, which is located at a dead end at the west end of Ridgely Road, has 286 spaces for commuters...
. The lines would again conjoin until the northern terminus of Hunt Valley. Another station in the Yellow Line system was proposed for Texas, Maryland.
Proposed stations
- Columbia Town Center (Southern Terminus)
- Merriweather Post Pavilion
- Owen Brown
- Broken Land
- Columbia Gateway
- Guilford
- Waterloo
- Meadowridge
- Dorsey Station (MARC)
- Arundel Mills Mall
- Baltimore Commons
- BWI Amtrak/MARC
- BWI Business District (Connects with Blue Line)
- BWI Airport
- Linthicum
- North Linthicum
- Nursery Road
- Baltimore Highlands
- Patapsco
- Cherry Hill
- Westport
- Hamburg Street
- Camden Yards (MARC)
- Inner Harbor
- Charles Center (Red & Green Lines)
- Mt. Vernon
- Pennsylvania Station (Amtrak/MARC)
- 25th Street (Yellow Line Separates from Blue)
- Johns Hopkins University
- Waverly
- Cold Spring
- Govans
- Belvedere Square
- Rodgers Forge
- Towson University/Medical Center
- Towson
- Beltway North
- Lutherville (Both lines rejoin)
- Timonium Business Park
- Timonium
- Texas
- Warren Road
- Gilroy Road
- McCormick Road
- Pepper Road
- Hunt Valley (Northern Terminus)
Places that would be served by the Yellow Line
- Howard Community CollegeHoward Community CollegeHoward Community College is a community college in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland. HCC, in partnership with Prince George's Community College and 5 four year colleges, also has a campus in Laurel that is known as Laurel College Center...
- Howard County General HospitalHoward County General HospitalHoward County General Hospital is a 227-bed, not-for-profit health care provider located in Columbia, Maryland. The hospital was opened in 1973...
- Columbia Town CenterTown Center, Columbia, MarylandTown Center is one of the ten villages in Columbia, Maryland, United States, first occupied in 1974. It is a non-contiguous, diverse area, and the most urban-like, ranging from multi-level high density apartments homes and office buildings, to single family homes....
- Columbia Lakefront
- Merriweather Post Pavillion
- Village of Oakland Mills
- Village of Owen Brown
- Columbia Gateway Business Park
- Waterloo
- Elkridge, MarylandElkridge, MarylandElkridge is a census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States. The population was 22,042 at the 2000 census. Founded early in the 18th century, Elkridge is located at the confluence of three counties, the other two being Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties...
- Hanover, MarylandHanover, MarylandHanover, Maryland is a locality in unincorporated northwestern Anne Arundel County, Maryland in the United States, located south of Baltimore near the Howard County line....
- Maryland Seafood Market
- Anne Arundel Community CollegeAnne Arundel Community CollegeAnne Arundel Community College, founded in 1961, is located in Arnold, Maryland. The college was named "Community College of the Year" by National Business Alliance in 2000. AACC has also received many other in recent years...
(Arundel Mills Campus) - Arundel Mills Mall
- Businesses near Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- HarborplaceHarborplaceHarborplace is a festival marketplace in Baltimore, Maryland, that opened in 1980 as a centerpiece of the revival of downtown Baltimore. As its name suggests, it is located on the Inner Harbor....
- Businesses in Downtown Baltimore
- Enoch Pratt Central LibraryEnoch Pratt Free LibraryThe Enoch Pratt Free Library, located in Baltimore, Maryland, is one of the oldest free public libraries in the United States. Established in 1882 after a grant from philanthropist Enoch Pratt, the library now includes twenty-two branches in Baltimore, plus the Central Library...
- Baltimore Basilica
- Walters Art Gallery
- Peabody Conservatory of Music
- Washington Monument
- University of BaltimoreUniversity of BaltimoreThe University of Baltimore , located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood at 1420 N. Charles Street, is part of the University System of Maryland. Through the Freshman Initiative or Lower Division Initiative, UB has transformed from an upper division university to a...
- Baltimore City Department of Education Offices
- Station North Arts and Entertainment District
- Everyman Theatre
- Charles TheatreCharles TheatreThe Charles Theatre, often referred to as simply the Charles, is the oldest movie theatre in Baltimore. The theatre is a Beaux-Arts building designed as a streetcar barn in 1892 by Jackson C. Gott, located in what is now the Station North arts and entertainment district...
- Maryland Institute College of ArtMaryland Institute College of ArtMaryland Institute College of Art is an art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the first and oldest art colleges in the United States. In 2008, MICA was ranked #2 in the nation...
- North Avenue Buildings - Charles Village
- Baltimore Museum of ArtBaltimore Museum of ArtThe Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, was founded in 1914. Built in the Roman Temple style, the Museum is home to an internationally renowned collection of 19th-century, modern, and contemporary art. Founded in 1914 with a single painting, the BMA today has 90,000 works...
- Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityThe Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
- Union Memorial HospitalUnion Memorial HospitalUnion Memorial Hospital is a non-profit, acute care teaching hospital located in the North Central section of Baltimore, Maryland....
- Belvedere Square Shops
- Towson UniversityTowson UniversityTowson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is a public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S...
- Sheppard Pratt
- Greater Baltimore Medical CenterGreater Baltimore Medical CenterGreater Baltimore Medical Center, known to many simply as GBMC, is a hospital located in the Baltimore suburb of Towson, Maryland. GBMC serves more than 26,700 inpatient cases and approximately 60,000 emergency room visits annually. GBMC’s main campus also includes three medical office...
- St. Joseph's Hospital
- Baltimore County Courthouse and County Offices
- Towson Town CenterTowson Town CenterTowson Town Center is a large indoor shopping mall located in Towson, Maryland. It was the largest indoor shopping mall in Maryland prior to the completion of Arundel Mills in late 2000 in Hanover and the 2007 expansion of the Annapolis Mall.- History :...
- Towson Public Library
- Baltimore County Courthouse
- Goucher CollegeGoucher CollegeGoucher College is a private, co-educational, liberal arts college located in the northern Baltimore suburb of Towson in unincorporated Baltimore County, Maryland, on a 287 acre campus. The school has approximately 1,475 undergraduate students studying in 31 majors and six interdisciplinary...
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 LineRed Line (Baltimore)
The Red Line is a proposed east-west mass transit light rail line for Baltimore, Maryland. It is still in the planning stages and has been granted federal approval to enter the preliminary engineering phase...
and the Green Line
Green Line (Baltimore)
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 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 Owings Mills (north) and BWI Airport (south) are designated with the color blue.
See also
- Green LineGreen Line (Baltimore)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:...
- a proposed rail line in Baltimore from Johns Hopkins HospitalJohns Hopkins HospitalThe Johns Hopkins Hospital is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland . It was founded using money from a bequest by philanthropist Johns Hopkins...
to Morgan State UniversityMorgan State UniversityMorgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...
. - Red LineRed Line (Baltimore)The Red Line is a proposed east-west mass transit light rail line for Baltimore, Maryland. It is still in the planning stages and has been granted federal approval to enter the preliminary engineering phase...
- a proposed rail line from WoodlawnWoodlawn, Baltimore County, MarylandWoodlawn is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 36,079 at the 2000 census. It is home to both the headquarters of the Social Security Administration as well as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
, in Baltimore County (west), to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterJohns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterJohns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, formerly known as Francis Scott Key Medical Center, is a hospital and medical office center in East Baltimore.It is located along Eastern Avenue near Bayview Boulevard...
in Baltimore City (east). - Charles Street TrolleyCharles Street TrolleyThe Charles Street Trolley is a proposed trolley line running through northern portions of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Kittelson & Associates, a consulting firm hired by trolley advocates, estimates that the line would be likely to carry 2.5 million riders per year .The proposal is backed...
- a proposed trolley line in northern Baltimore, backed by a non-MTA group.