When it opened in the early 1990s, the MARC train station at Camden Yards was supposed to be a temporary structure – prefab trailers topped by a space frame roof, assembled in time for the 1992 opening of Oriole Park. But nearly 25 years later, it’s still in use.
Now state officials are exploring options for replacing the utilitarian structure with a permanent train station that would be more consistent in quality with the rest of Baltimore’s Camden Yards sports complex.
Michael Frenz, executive director of the Maryland Stadium Authority, told his board this month that representatives from his agency would be meeting with Maryland Transit Administration designers and engineers to discuss ideas for replacing the station. He noted that the current station was never intended to last as long as it has.
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