Dorsey is a passenger rail station on the MARC Camden Line between

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and Baltimore's Camden Station.MARC station list (includes Dorsey)
''MARC official website'' The station is located at Exit 7 on

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, a.k.a.; the Paul T. Pitcher Memorial Highway.Eastbound Maryland 100 at Exit 7, Dorsey Station. Photo taken May 31, 2004 (AA Roads.com)
/ref> It was built by MARC in 1996 as a replacement for a former

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station located next to a clearance bridge over Maryland Route 103. The former B&O station site is now a condominium development.

Connections

* MTA Bus 201: Dorsey Station to BWI Rail Station * RTA 409 (Purple): Elkridge Corners Shopping Center to

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* RTA 501 (Silver):

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Nearby places and attractions

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* UMUC Dorsey Station Campus *

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* Oxford Square * Troy Hill Business Park

Station layout

The station has two

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s with a station house on the southbound platform. The station is compliant with the

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References

External links

* TrainWeb images *
Platforms beneath MD 100 Bridge
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Station Building; December 2000

Station from Highway 100 from Google Maps Street View
Camden Line MARC Train stations Former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stations Transportation buildings and structures in Howard County, Maryland Railway stations in the United States opened in 1996 1996 establishments in Maryland {{Maryland-railstation-stub