Baltimore Light RailLink

Light RailLink
A train at Convention Center station in 2010
Overview
Locale	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Transit type	Light rail
Number of lines	3
Number of stations	33
Daily ridership	15,400 (weekdays, Q3 2024)[1]
Annual ridership	3,546,300 (2023)[2]
Operation
Began operation	April 1992
Operator(s)	Maryland Transit Administration
Technical
System length	30 mi (48.3 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Minimum radius of curvature	100 ft (30 m)
Electrification	Overhead line, 750 V DC
System map Light RailLink highlighted in blue Show interactive map Legend Hunt Valley Pepper Road McCormick Road Gilroy Road Warren Road Texas (short turn) Fairgrounds Timonium Lutherville Lake Roland Falls Road Baltimore Co. Baltimore City Mt. Washington Cold Spring Lane Jones Falls Woodberry Yard and shops North Avenue Penn Station (suspended since 2019) Mt. Royal/​MICA Cultural Center Mt. Vernon Lexington Market Baltimore Arena Convention Center Camden Yards Stadium/​Federal Hill Patapsco River Middle Branch Westport Cherry Hill Baltimore City Baltimore Co. Patapsco Baltimore Highlands Balt. Co. AA Co. Patapsco River Nursery Road North Linthicum Linthicum BWI Business District BWI Airport Ferndale Glen Burnie All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

The Baltimore Light RailLink (formerly Baltimore Light Rail, also known simply as the "Light Rail") is a light rail system serving Baltimore, Maryland, United States, and its northern and southern suburbs. It is operated by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA Maryland). In downtown Baltimore, it uses city streets. Outside the central portions of the city, the line is built on private rights-of-way, mostly from the defunct Northern Central Railway, Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad and Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway. The system had a ridership of 3,546,300, or about 15,400 per weekday, as of the third quarter of 2024.