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MARC Ticketing Options
(Last Updated 02/2009)
One-way Tickets
Good for one trip in either direction. This ticket is non-refundable and is good for 6 months. Not valid for travel on Amtrak.
Weekly Tickets
Valid for use beginning on Saturday of designated week until midnight of the following Friday. May be used on selected Amtrak trains. See Monthly/Weekly Ticket Holders Privileges below for Amtrak and additional uses.
Monthly Tickets
Good for unlimited use during the calendar month for which the ticket is valid. See Monthly/Weekly Ticket Holders Privileges below for Amtrak and additional uses.
Cross Honoring of Tickets Table
Tickets sold to points on the Camden or Penn Lines are valid to equivalent destinations on the other line as shown below:
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MARC via Camden Line
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MARC via Penn Line
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| Washington, D.C. Union Station |
Washington, D.C. Union Station |
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Riverdale, MD
College Park, MD
Greenbelt, MD
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New Carrollton, MD
Seabrook, MD |
Muirkirk, MD
Laurel, MD
Laurel Park, MD
Savage, MD
Jessup, MD |
Bowie State, MD
Odenton, MD |
Dorsey, MD
St. Denis, MD |
BWI Marshall Airport Rail Station, MD
Halethorpe, MD |
| Baltimore Camden Station, MD |
West Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Penn Station, MD |
Group Tickets
To qualify for the Group Rate, the number of any group must contain a minimum of 10 passengers and cannot exceed 25, NO EXCEPTIONS. Group travel may be excluded from rush hour trains due to limited seating capacity. Customers must notify the MARC Group Sales Desk no later than TWO weeks prior to the date of travel at 410-454-7010 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM ONLY, Monday through Friday. If no one answers ,please leave a detailed message and the "Group Sales" agent will get back to you at their earliest convenience. Groups MUST call the MARC Group Sales Desk and receive confirmation in order to receive the group rate. Group tickets are NOT issued at MARC or AMTRAK ticket locations without prior arrangements through the MARC Group Sales Desk.
MARC Transit Link Card (TLC)
Combines a MARC monthly and WMATA ticket. Valid for additional unlimited monthly use of the Washington Metrorail system, including weekend travel.
The recent Metro fare increases will raise the cost of the MARC and Commuter Bus Transit Link Cards (TLC). Effective January 6, 2008 the cost of a MARC TLC will be $80 plus the cost of a monthly ticket. The new rates will go into effect for both MARC Train and Commuter Bus services with the purchase of a February monthly ticket.
Add $80.00 to regular cost of MARC monthly ticket. Click HERE for more information.
Monthly/Weekly Ticket Holders Privileges
These privileges are granted to Monthly or Weekly ticket holders ONLY.
Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)
Monthly/Weekly tickets can be used on MTA Local Buses, Neighborhood Shuttle Service, Light Rail, Baltimore Metro Subway and MTA Commuter Bus Route #991 between the Monocacy MARC Station and the Shady Grove Metrorail Station.
Washington (WMATA) Metrobuses
Monthly/Weekly tickets can be used on WMATA’s Metrobus system, good for the base fare on all Metrobuses in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.
Montgomery County RIDE-ON Buses
Monthly/Weekly tickets can be used on Montgomery County RIDE-ON buses.
Amtrak Cross Honoring
There are three (3) ways that MARC riders can use their monthly/weekly ticket to ride Amtrak Trains. All Amtrak regional trains are now reserved daily; however, MARC monthly/weekly tickets will continue to be valid on certain trains.
1. MARC passengers can use monthly (including TLC tickets) and weekly tickets, on days that MARC operates, on Amtrak trains shown in the current MARC timetable. Travel is restricted to the points indicated by the footnotes in the timetable. Please note that many trains have restrictions on what city pairs MARC tickets are accepted. Tickets must also be of the same or longer destinations to be honored. For example, a Washington-Edgewood ticket is NOT good between Washington and Aberdeen. Please note that Amtrak train 151 WILL NOT accept MARC passengers at Baltimore or BWI, regardless of the origin of the ticket.
2. MARC monthly and weekly ticket holders may ride select Amtrak Reserved Regional trains that operate on days that MARC operates. No additional step up fee is required. This rule presently applies to Amtrak trains 137, 151, 181, 85, 148, and 188.
3. On weekends and holidays that MARC does not operate, monthly and weekly tickets are good on CERTAIN Amtrak reserved Regional trains for no additional charge. Monthly and weekly tickets are NOT valid on any premium service (Metroliner or Acela Express) or Reserved Regional trains 87, 135, 152, 156, 192 & 194; or any long distance trains operating outside of the MARC Penn Line service area.
Additional Use for ALL MARC Tickets
MARC and Virginia Railway Express (VRE) are pleased to announce the cross honoring program of each other’s tickets.
VRE tickets can be used on northbound MARC Trains departing Washington before noon. In the afternoon VRE tickets are good on MARC Trains arriving in Washington after noon. The same arrangement is available for MARC riders using southbound VRE departures from Washington before noon and northbound trips returning to Washington after noon.
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