Harpers Ferry (Amtrak station)

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Harpers Ferry

Harper's Ferry (WV) Amtrak-MARC Station
Station statistics
Address Potomac & Shenandoah Streets
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425
Lines Amtrak:
Capitol Limited
MARC:
Brunswick Line
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Other information
Code HFY
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 3,315 0%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Chicago
Capitol Limited
toward Washington
Preceding station   MARC   Following station
Brunswick Line
toward Washington

The Harpers Ferry Amtrak station is a train station in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Amtrak's Capitol Limited arrives at the station twice daily. Train #30 arrives in the morning and travels east while train #29 arrives in the afternoon and travels west. The station is also served by the MARC train with trains traveling east in the morning and west in the evening. The station recently received a $2 million renovation.

Harper's Ferry Station was originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which ran through Harper's Ferry as far back as 1834.

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B&O's Columbian at Harpers Ferry in 1949
B&O's Columbian at Harpers Ferry in 1949