Baltimore came a step closer today to getting a $6 million permanent train station at Camden Yards when the Maryland Stadium Authority agreed to help with design and construction.

The stadium authority board of directors voted to accept a request from the Maryland Transit Administration to participate in planning for the station, which serves MARC commuters between Baltimore and Washington.

The current station opened in 1992 as a “temporary” facility to provide a stop at Oriole Park, which opened that year. It consists of two prefab trailers covered by a space frame roof on the east side of the B & O Warehouse. But 25 years later, it has not been replaced.

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