Amtrak will adjust their normal schedule for Christmas Eve and operate on a holiday schedule.  If you will be using Amtrak service with your MARC weekly or monthly ticket on this date you will need to familiarize yourself with these changes.

Southbound:

·        Amtrak train 151 will not operate this date. MARC riders can use Amtrak 121 from Perryville at 7:53am, Aberdeen at 7:58am and Edgewood at 8:07am.

·        Amtrak 181 will not operate this date. MARC riders can use Amtrak 131 at 9:01am from Aberdeen.

·        Amtrak 85 will not operate this date. MARC riders can use Amtrak 199 at 5:20pm from Aberdeen.

·        Amtrak 137 will not operate this date. MARC riders can use Amtrak 135 at 8:45pm from BAL.

·        Amtrak 175 will not operate on this date. MARC riders can use Amtrak 165 at 10:33pm from BAL.

Northbound:

·        Amtrak 148 will not operate this date. There will be no Amtrak substitution for this train. Aberdeen riders will have to use MARC train 520 (12:25p) or 534 (5:20pm) from WAS. There will be no other rail service to Aberdeen.

·        Amtrak 188 will not operate on this date. There will be no Amtrak substitution for this train.  Aberdeen riders will have to use MARC train 538 (6:05pm) from WAS.  There will be no other rail service to Aberdeen. 

Please refer to the Amtrak web site listed here for the complete holiday schedule ... [more]

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 For further clarification:
On Monday, December 24, 2007 on the Brunswick Line the ticket offices at the Silver Spring, Rockville, Gaithersburg and Germantown stations will be closed.

On the Camden Line the ticket offices at the Savage and Laurel stations will be closed on December 24.

On the Penn Line the ticket offices at Perryville and Aberdeen will be closed on December 24.  The Odenton ticket office will close at 3:00 p.m.
 
The Amtrak ticket offices at Penn Station, BWI Marshall Rail, New Carrollton and Union Station in Washington, D.C. will be open.