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Pennsylvania Station (generally referred to as ''Penn Station'') is the main train station in Baltimore, Maryland . Designed by McKim, Mead & White , it was constructed in 1911 in the Beaux-Arts Style of Architecture for the Pennsylvania Railroad . It is located at 1515 N. Charles Street, on a raised "island" of sorts between two open trenches, one for the Jones Falls Expressway and the other the tracks of the Northeast Corridor . The Mount Vernon neighborhood lies to the south, and Station North is to the north. Penn Station is about a mile and a half north of downtown and the Inner Harbor . The station was originally known as '''Union Station''', but was renamed to match other Pennsylvania Station s in 1928 . Penn Station is served by Amtrak , MARC , and the Maryland Transit Administration 's Baltimore Light Rail system. It is the tenth busiest rail station in the United States by number of passengers served. PROPOSED HOTEL AND REMODEL As of March 2006, Amtrak is in negotiations with a unnamed developer to build a 72-room hotel on three unused floors of Penn Station. As part of this redevelopment, the station's main floor may also be revamped include more retail space. If Amtrak is able to build a hotel at Penn Station, it would be a first for any Amtrak station in the United States. 1 REFERENCE |
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